Tag Archives: garden design

An Easy Way to Blur the Line Between Patio and Garden

May 22, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 0

If your yard includes a patio between the house and the garden, you know it can serve as a great link between indoor and outdoor living. Yet because a patio is paved and includes furniture, it can sometimes seem more …

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Annuals Aren’t Evil: Reasons to Grow Annual Flowers

May 22, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 15

Question: I’ve read some opinions on different blogs stating that annuals aren’t a great choice because the methods of producing them aren’t always ecologically friendly and because they take a lot of water and fertilizer to grow well. Your thoughts?

Make a Butterfly Garden: Features That Attract Butterflies

May 14, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 0

If you hope to be attracting butterflies to your garden this summer, be sure to include these simple details. They are the key to a successful butterfly garden.

How to Make a Climbing Rose Look Fuller

May 8, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 1

Here’s a very easy way to make a climbing rose appear more lush and cover an arbor or trellis better.

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A Brilliant Orchid Show in New York

May 6, 2012 | Dorian Winslow | 0

Patrick Blanc, the French botanist and artist known for creating vertical gardens, was invited by the New York Botanical Garden to design their annual orchid show this spring.

Designing and Growing the Cutting Garden

April 30, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Question: What can you tell me about growing a cutting garden?

Hillside Gardens

April 16, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 0

I want to develop the back of our yard into a new garden, but it is a hillside. Do you have advice for planting on a slope?

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Planting a Hedge

March 27, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 1

Here’s how to plant a hedge. It’s most economical to start with young plants about two feet tall; these are often called whips.

Mailbox Planting

March 27, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 5

Tips for planting a garden around a mailbox.

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Plants for a Pergola

March 6, 2012 | Meghan Shinn | 2

Can you recommend some plants for growing over a pergola?

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Book Review: Free-Range Chicken Gardens

February 28, 2012 | Kylee Baumle | 0

Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard by Jessi Bloom 222 pages Timber Press, 2012 List price: $19.95 Let me preface this review by saying that I have chickens. We got eight layers last May, and I …

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