Garden guilds: Plants that grow in harmony Jun 1, 2009
With just a few tweaks to our existing garden design, Bov and Kevin Bayuk from the San Francisco Permaculture Guild have helped me transform The Chronicle's rooftop garden from a ragtag group of planters into a collection of mini ecosystems. Emulating nature on a SoMa rooftop may seem far-fetched, but garden guilds have helped us maximize production in a limited space, a huge challenge for container gardening. (San Francisco Chronicle)
3 GREAT IDEAS FOR YOUR NEXT 48 HOURS May 29, 2009
Open Garden Day and plant sale, Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Goodell Gardens and Homestead, 221 Waterford St., Edinboro, will include talks about rose garden design (11 a.m.) and composting (1 p.m.), plus a guided tour of the garden's rhododendrons and azaleas. Local nurseries will be on hand selling perennials and vegetable starts, and Goodell Gardens will be offering summer bulbs, annuals and perennials, gardening tools and accessories. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Garden variety May 16, 2009
When Toronto garden designer Meredyth Hilton visits her clients these days, she hears fewer demands for reflecting pools, giant boulders and those interconnecting "outdoor rooms" that all the gardening magazines were abuzz about over the past 10 years ... According to Meredyth Hilton of Artistic Gardens Inc., consumers are becoming more and more fluent in the language of garden design, which allows them to communicate with their landscapers more efficiently. (Globe and Mail)
Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia) Dwarf S... May 15, 2009
These miniature shrubs are not only easy-to-grow, they also bring new possibilities to southern summer garden design. Crapemyrtle dwarf cultivars are shorter than 5' and may be utilized. (Suite101.com)
Art inspires ambitious landscape May 15, 2009
And incorporating sculptures into the landscape makes garden design and maintenance a little easier, noted Jane, a master gardener and the horticultural expert of the family. "I can leave space around each sculpture and don't have to fill in everything with plants.". (AZCentral -- Home)
Quilters Will Stitch on Quiltat St. Peter's Church May Faire May 13, 2009
The pattern, baskets of triangle-shaped "flowers" in shades of brown, is a variation of the Grandmother's Garden design. Mrs. Koehler said her aunt began the process of stitching the quilt on the frame, but part of it, which is rolled at one end of the frame, remains incomplete. (Voices, CT)
SFMOMA's Rooftop Sculpture Garden opens May 11, 2009
The whole project, the garden design and placement of art, was conceived in a way that leaves room "for things we haven't yet imagined," Jensen said. "I really hope you come here some day and you won't even recognize the space, because it will be so transformed by something that's put in here." {sbox. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Passion for sculpture inspires an ambitious landscape May 9, 2009
And incorporating sculptures into the landscape makes garden design and maintenance a little easier, noted Jane, a Carver/Scott County master gardener and the horticultural expert of the family. "I can leave space around each sculpture and don't have to fill in everything with plants.". (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Wakefield businesses: one in three is woman-owned May 8, 2009
Service businesses that are women-owned include ABC Home and Healthcare, Pure Gentle Design, Sun and Moon Landscape Design, On Target Personal Training, Total Print Solutions, North Suburban and Lakeside Counseling, Account-able Bookkeeping, Holiday Travel, Duran Staffing Agency, Lucy s Deliveries, All Pet Grooming, Yoga East Center, Pilates Fitness Studio, Sew Trendy Studio, Campus Cleaners, Dragon Fly Garden Design, in addition to most home design, hair, tanning and nail salons, spas,... (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)
Local events for gardeners May 7, 2009
May 9 at the Gateway Education Building at the Alaska Zoo on O'Malley Rd. Among the classes offered are: Maintaining Your Garden Tools, Garden Design and Layout, Proper Selection, Placement and Planting of a Tree and Build Your Own Wooden Garden Trellis. Registration is $75, lunch is included. (Anchorage Daily News)
These authors cultivate a garden and a passion May 4, 2009
Early bloom: Garden designers Joe Eck, left, and Wayne Winterrowd's daffodil meadow is among the sights on their 7 acres in Vermont ... Eck and Winterrowd are founders of the highly regarded garden design firm North Hill and, most recently, authors of February's Our Life in Gardens (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 312 pp. (USA Today -- Life)
Guide to Home Landscaping May 1, 2009
Learn garden design and how to landscape a yard ... Garden Design Basics ... Home Landscaping is an excellent choice for creating a basic garden design. (Suite101.com)
Mark your calendar: Here's a list of plant sales and garden tours Apr 28, 2009
-- Perennial Garden Design at 10 a.m.; Pond Seminar at 1 p.m.; Rockwood Gardens l, 128 Theater Road, Onalaska, Wis. free. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Cultivating a Moss Garden Apr 20, 2009
Instead of growing slick algae by chance, grow moss by choice, integrating this water-lover into the garden design. While mosses will colonize a rocky surface, moss is a slow-growing plant, so consider buying some to get started. (Suite101.com)
A Warm Place In The Fog Apr 19, 2009
With its roomy, well-lit, stone-lined bathroom adjoining the bedroom and modern front garden designed by Alameda landscape designer Shirley Watts, the small house seems palatial ... Eventually, the deck got wider with larger stairs as Watt's garden design evolved ... -- Shirley Alexandra Watts Garden Design and Installation: 1000 Park St., Alameda. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Walk with the Bard Apr 17, 2009
More than just plants and flowers, the RLC s Shakespeare Garden design calls for seats or benches where visitors can take respite while soaking in all it has to offer. And things such as a bust of Shakespeare or a sundial may be included to remind visitors of the garden s inspiration and the passing of time. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Community Calendar Apr 16, 2009
The program will be on basic garden design and taught by Sylvia Wood. All are invited to come. (Lebanon Express, OR)
> Best Hospitality Project: Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research Apr 11, 2009
The gardens were developed to be teaching gardens for plants and garden design of the period and provide two acres of manicured gardens for the midtown neighborhood while preserving a small green space in the midst of major construction. The project is being proposed as a LEED Silver project, as directed by the City of Houston. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Theft brings to light workings of pawnshops Apr 7, 2009
"A girl that works with me suggested (it)," the owner of Garden Girl garden design said. "She is more street smart than I am.". (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Take a look at your perennial garden Apr 5, 2009
If you are interested in learning the basics of garden design, check out the UConn Home & Garden Education Center Web site for information on registering for a seminar on April 4 at Auer Farm in Bloomfield. For information on perennials or on other home or garden related items, call the UConn Home & Garden Education Center (toll-free) at (877) 486-6271, or get in touch with your local Cooperative Extension Center. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Catalog Plant Shopping the Wise Way Mar 29, 2009
And falling in love with too many plants can lead to garden design disaster. Knowing a company s reputation and the needs of your garden can save you money and lead to a better garden design. (Suite101.com)
Memorial and Meditation Garden Land... Mar 27, 2009
Modern low-maintenance plants surrounding walkway and patio edges in memorial and meditation garden designs convey intimacy ... Specific Low-Maintenance Plant Selections for this Landscape Garden Design. (Suite101.com)
Asian Bamboo Garden Blooms at Jacks... Mar 26, 2009
Features throughout the gardens include the Moon Gate, a traditional Asian gate with a circular entry that symbolizes perfection; the Lotus Pool, featuring rock and water expressing the yin and yang principles of Chinese garden design; the Moon Bridge, which reflected in the water becomes a full circle recalling the moon and which is expected to be a prime spot for weddings (several of the zoo's exhibits are available for rent during off-hours); the Orchid Pavilion, surrounded by bamboo and... (Suite101.com)
Colleen Moira Mar 24, 2009
Her favorite subscription was to Smithsonian magazine, and she often ventured into exploring her varied interests including pottery, woodworking, architecture and garden design. Intensely interested in teaching techniques and methods of encouraging children to learn, she took the opportunity to reconnect with her teaching career after her children were grown. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Spring Into Action Mar 16, 2009
Instead of just praising the arrival of springtime's beauty, Garden Design raises the aching question of how climate change will affect your garden ... As always, Garden Design offers gorgeous spreads on the types of flowers we can still have, and are worth reviewing before visiting your garden center this spring. (New York Post -- Business)
Arts association seeks works for show Mar 12, 2009
In 1996, Nielsen founded Healing Gardens, a garden design business, and has been involved in the Marblehead Art Festival with her winning garden designs as well as writing a monthly newspaper column on the art of feng shui. A complete prospectus on this event may be downloaded from the association Web site at scituateart. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Malibu Garden Club may soon be a thing of the past (195) Mar 12, 2009
"This was not the case in the late '50s, when Malibu was just "a bunch of rolling hills, chaparral and maybe only one or two houses at Point Dume," Tally Philbrick, at 85 one of the club's oldest members, said.Malibu landscaping pioneers were faced with windy climates, salt-laced breezes and a paucity of experienced advice when it came to garden design. Philbrick said young eucalyptus trees and myoporum shrub primarily represented local flora. Most home gardening was a process of trial and... (Malibu Times, CA)
Garden Seminar set for April 4 Mar 7, 2009
Susan Appleget Hurst, Better Homes and Gardens, will be highlighting budget-wise ideas for outdoor d;cor and garden design. She will be sharing a lot of great ideas that are creative and easy on the pocketbook, officials said in the press release. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Christchurch, Garden City of New Ze... Mar 6, 2009
The Christchurch Festival of Flowers ends in a flourish with the five-day an extravaganza of floral and garden design. With its 407 acres of wide open spaces and mature woodlands in the centre of Christchurch, Hagley Park is an ideal venue for what has become an internationally prestigious event that attracts gardening enthusiasts from around the globe. (Suite101.com)
Oakland cemetery adds to its boards Mar 6, 2009
Brooks Garden, owner of Fine Gardens, a resident garden design and maintenance firm. Garcia serves on the restoration and landscape committee. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
What's Happening Mar 5, 2009
Watkinsville Garden Club Meeting - 10:15 a.m., Union Christian Church, 1130 Union Church Road, Watkinsville; Andrew Wahlers, general manager of Outdoor Specialty nursery, retail garden center and irrigation store, and owner of Lotus Landscape Design and Installation, specializing in residential garden design and construction, will present a program entitled "Taking the Irritation out of Irrigation"; a covered dish luncheon will follow; (706) 353-1336. Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Studio Replica coming to Design Center Feb 23, 2009
Add that to the lightweight rock and water features, tile flooring in myriad textures, planters, bowls, pedestals and columns, and all the color and patina possibilities, and you get the idea of what can be accomplished for an interior or garden design. When Smith n picked up part of his regular product line, Lamos decided to expand his production facility, moving it to Sebastopol, and open a new Studio Replica showroom at the San Francisco Design Center later this month. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Feb 20, 2009
A garden design by Capability Brown, one of England's greatest gardening architects, is to be brought to life after remaining hidden for 250 years. The Government's drugs rationing body has been ordered to release the calculations it used to deny thousands of patients with thinning bones treatment on the NHS with an osteoporosis drug. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Orchid shows brighten up winter Feb 20, 2009
ORCHIDS: The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx hosts its seventh annual orchid show, this year showcasing the plants in a contemporary Brazilian garden design with fountains, pools, mosaics and palms. "The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern" takes place Feb. 28-April 12. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Green garden tips Feb 17, 2009
Green, sustainable and eco-friendly garden design does not mean you have to compromise on a beautiful garden ... Rainfall is becoming less predictable in our changing climate and so an important part of sustainable garden design planning relates to the management of rainwater ... Recycled materials may well cost more than new materials, but remember that recycled brick, stone and timber will immediately give a scheme character and make your garden design look established as well as improving... (iAfrica.com)
Top Ten 2009 Gardening Trends Feb 16, 2009
"Water features such as fountains are showing up not only in the garden but on tabletops, and sometimes more than one in the garden," says Jon Carloftis, a renowned garden designer ... "Colors are bold, crazy, exaggerated, and in-your-face, almost like pop-art, and reflect a playful spirit in the face of world events," says Donna Dorian, former style editor of Garden Design Magazine. (Pekin Times, IL)
'Great gardens sell houses' Feb 16, 2009
" She adds that no amount of money spent on garden design or content can make up for good soil preparation. Its absolutely vital, she adds. There is general agreement within the green industry that a really wonderful garden is worth 20 percent of the value of a residential property. In the United States, the Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers states that well-maintained, mature, healthy trees, for example, can increase the value of your property by 25 percent! Do you insure your trees?... (iAfrica.com)
Basic garden design, part 4 Feb 15, 2009
Melody Parker is arts/special sections editor for the Courier. A master gardener and the Home and Garden editor, she has written Growing Things for 13 years. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Beds or borders, formal or informal - and reaching critical mass Feb 10, 2009
To paraphrase singer/songwriter Don Henley, we're getting down to the heart of the matter in this series on garden design ... Late English garden designer Gertrude Jekyll's main border at Munstead Wood, for example, was 200 feet long and 14 feet wide ... In their groundbreaking book, "Plant-Driven Design," authors Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden advocate restoring "life-affirming vitality" to garden design and letting plants take the lead. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
