WHIMSY IN THE GARDEN

Every year at the Chelsea Flower Show there’s always one designer who separates themselves from "the pack" in the design of their garden, perhaps with a bit of whimsy, tongue in cheek or simply just choosing not to take themselves too seriously. In 2009 there was a magical garden created out of plasticine, designed and organized by James May, which elicited childhood memories of "Play-Doh" and plastic fruit “still-lifes” on dining room tables...

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Winterizing Evergreens Anti Desiccant Spray

Winter cold and winds can be harsh on your landscape. Evergreen trees and shrubs maintain foliage throughout the winter months where they continue to lose moisture. With winter temperature fluctuations, moisture loss and the ground still frozen, transpiration occurs from the needles and leaves increasing water demand.   If the roots cannot keep up with these demands the needles and leaves start to turn brown and...

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5 Tips to Summerize Your Patio

I found a great article, courtesy of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, showing five simple ways to summerize your home and outdoor living space. Color, seating and comfortable landscape features are the way to make it happen.Painting with vibrant colors can really warm up old chairs, tables and benches helping bring them to life. All you need is a few cans of spray paint and some tape to make give seating areas some personality. Apply an even coat of...

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Behind The Scenes Raised Culinary Garden

Ive just finished a raised herb and vegetable garden for a garden care client with a beautiful predominantly indigenous garden. Weve been discussing the options for this area for a while - she wanted an area that she could grow some herbs and veggies.The area planned for the vegetable garden was an area that hasnt been very successful as an ordinary garden bed. Sweet potatoes seemed to flourish though, so it seemed like the right spot.We would both...

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A Garden’s Best Font Size

Really a question of appropriate scale of plants and plantings, if you can’t read it without straining your eyes, then the font is too small.  A dizzyingly detailed landscape that is busy with a million colors and textures and fine leaves and so on cannot possibly be quickly rationalized.  Details are fine if there is an opportunity to be close to the landscape and if there is time to explore the landscape.  However, if it is being...

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The best choice of Exterior Shutters

Selection of modern shutterModern Exterior shuttersAdding modern shutters to your property can reasonably accommodate quick way to style and color to the outside of his house to be able to. The cover can be found in historical and modern buildings can and will benefit from eternity style of blinds. Since the quality of the blinds last longer and are a unique addition to the houses of this type of home improvement and evaluation should think before...

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Sustainable Landscape Design

Sustainable Landscape DesignA film by Bob Brzuszek about designing for the future in Mississippi. Interviews of students and staff at the Department of Landscape Architecture ...

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