Tag Archives: garden design

Hosta Shade Partners

November 5, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Many gardeners are drawn to a particular plant and design gardens to showcase and accentuate that favorite kind. Many gardeners of the shade have hostas on the top of their must-have list. Hostas are easy to grow, come in …

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Create a Garden for Next Spring

October 30, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Now is the perfect time to start a garden for next year. You had all season to evaluate your garden spaces. Do you know where you can expand a space or where a new garden can be added? Take this …

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Try Your Hand at Straw-Bale Gardening

October 16, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Poor soil, no soil, trouble bending and kneeling: all this matters not when you use the straw-bale gardening practice. Bales or bundles of straw are used as individual planters, or they can be used to create a raised bed. Today we …

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Plan Now for Spring-flowering Bulbs

October 8, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Don’t delay. Plant bulbs before the first hard frost, which may be as late as Thanksgiving or Christmas in some USDA Zones. Give bulbs time to establish their roots a bit before the weather turns cold. Bulbs planted late may …

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Smart Gardening Online Workshops

October 6, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Horticulture presents four new FREE online workshops for 2016. Spring Ahead with Cool-Season Flowers with flower farmer Lisa Ziegler. Learn about growing hardy annual flowers such as snapdragons, sweet peas, bells of Ireland and other spring beauties that are favorites …

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For the Record: Garden Note-Taking Made Easy

October 1, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 1

I garden in public places, and I want interested gardeners to have access to the plant names, so I always place the plant tags in the gardens. Unfortunately, the tags would wander off and come spring I would be at …

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Rethinking the Diva Sun Garden

September 29, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

I had been giving serious thought to relinquishing my sun garden at Ault Park. It’s a bit of a diva—no fault of its own of course; I am the one who planted it. But, given my new roles at work, …

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Tips for Dressing up the Autumn Garden

September 18, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are a bit cooler and there is a definite nip in the air when the sun sets. That all means one thing: autumn is approaching and its time to give our gardens a …

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Taking Stock of the Fall Garden

September 4, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Now is the perfect time to take a critical eye to the garden and identify areas that will benefit from new trees and the division of perennials. Here are few key points to keep in mind as you evaluate your …

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Why This Works – Garden Design

September 4, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Curved garden beds are elegant. They provide movement in the garden, gently guiding your eyes and your feet as you explore. They remain visible, even in the winter. The curve of the garden bed can be created by the contours …

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We Love Caladium ‘Modern Art’

September 4, 2015 | Jennifer Smith | 0

We love Caladium ‘Modern Art’ for its stunning foliage that is perfect in container gardens as well as in the garden bed. In containers, ‘Modern Art’ is the focal point, the plant around which the design is based. In the …

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