Garden Design, Garden Makeover, Garden Coach
Another article from the home-and-garden website Houzz: 8 Ways a Garden Can draw You In. I'll write a post of my own on this subject in the future, and I've alluded to it in various past posts. (I'm always looking for ways to encourage residents/families to get out into the garden, not just look at... Continue Reading →
Irises The year I moved into this house I got irises from various friends. I thought I loved Iris, especially Bearded Iris, with their spectacular colours and falls and beards. Because they're so hardy, and drought tolerant, and need virtually nothing in the way of care, I planted them--more like "placed" them, since they don't... Continue Reading →
Winter interest part 2 I mentioned in the previous post that ways to create winter interest in our garden is to "think of the aspects to the garden that you like through the rest of the year, and then find winter tolerant providers-- texture, colour, movement, smell". So a quick note on "movement". Wind causing movement... Continue Reading →
5 Elements to Designing Curb Appeal What really constitutes"curb appeal"? Is it just making the front of the house look nice? Is it just a sales tactic, like baking bread or lighting a fragrant candle? In looking through pages and pages of Houzz pictures, I've determined the following 5 (of course) landscaping elements that are... Continue Reading →
Grasses in My Garden--no, not MY garden, though after looking at these pictures, I'll definitely be adding some of them to MY garden--and YOURS. Admittedly, you need to have a fair sized garden to really appreciate these, and as you'll see, located in such a place where you'll SEE the flowers and seed heads backlit... Continue Reading →
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