Jun 22, 2009 -
Last Friday, I featured Kelly's cool succulent favors in the Weekend DIYs. Kelly wrote to me to announce that she's just opened up a shop featuring her succulent designs. I'm a huge fan of these hardy plants, and I'm also loving the designs that Kelly features at SucculentLOVE.
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Jun 16, 2009 -
Bay Area landscape architecture firm Studio Green creates gorgeous garden elements for its clients, like these patio squares that have been seeded with colored glass. I love the unexpected sparkle to these simple patio steps. Making patio stepping stones isn't too difficult, and by adding colored glass tiles, you can get the same special sparkle without all of the work of sanding down the broken glass pieces.Summer is an ideal time of the year to make these pavers, since hot, sunny weather will help them dry more quickly.
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Jun 13, 2009 -
My mother-in-law has amazing flower and edible gardens at her cabin on Whidbey Island, off the coast of Washington. She also has a very exuberant ball-fetching standard poodle named Zoe. When I visited the cabin last weekend, I walked around her property, stunned by the bursts of color from her rhododendrons, peonies, roses, lilacs, honeysuckle, and numerous other flowering plants.
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Jun 08, 2009 -
These water-retaining plants are sometimes referred to as "fat plants." What's their more common moniker?
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May 19, 2009 -
If you're in London, stop by the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see garden designer David Domoney's Biker's Garden, which may be the perfect garden for a motorcyclist with a green thumb. When asked to explain the design, Domoney said, "this is the Hells Angels' garden — it's called Ace of Spades after Motorhead's song, the bikers' anthem."
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Love It or Hate It?
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May 19, 2009 -
From today until May 23, lucky Londoners can wander among thousands of blooms on the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is taking place. Arguably the world's most famous flower show, it showcases horticultural trends, products, and most important, simply beautiful flowers.
This year, you can check out innovative garden designs, including several Credit Crunch gardens.
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May 11, 2009 -
Over the last couple of years, honeybees have been disappearing at an alarming rate. Seeing as the buzzing creatures are responsible for pollinating many of our nation's crops, including a wide range of fruits and vegetables, their disappearance is a crisis. According to Zac Browning, VP of the American Beekeeping Federation, “Every third bite we consume in our diet is dependent on a honeybee to pollinate that food."
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Apr 30, 2009 -
Ready to throw a garden party? With this set of Glass Tealights and Garden Stakes (originally $59.99, on sale for $29.99), your garden will be the hit of an evening party, as the glass tea lights gently illuminate its blossoms and greenery.
This set includes 12 powder-coated black metal stakes that are almost three feet high, and different colored glass tea light cups.
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Apr 10, 2009 -
While I love to have birds around my home, and put out bird feeders to encourage them, I don't want them in my vegetable garden. This is especially true in the Spring, when birds might scratch up newly planted seeds. So, how to keep them out of your garden patch?
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Carefully chosen statuary can really add flair to a garden. I love the calm ambiance this statue adds to this landscape. Do you tend to forgo statuary?