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'I was willing to learn': How one green-fingered graduate swapped history for horticulture
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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New gardener Ben Dark at the Lambeth Garden Museum For the very rich, there's no difficulty in finding a designer to make them a brilliant garden. Designers' names Tom Stuart-Smith, Cleve West, Dan Pearson, Arabella Lennox-Boyd are well known, their
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How a snail ruined England's Gardening World Cup chances
Southampton :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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But fearing the rogue mollusc could wreak havoc on their country's eco-system, the officials quarantined the container for seven days...Garden designer Jonathan Denby only took possession of the materials and props on the day of judging and didn't
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Vertical gardens make the most of small spaces
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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At the recent UC Davis Arboretum anniversary sales, her Pocket Gardens became a best-seller. "Vertical gardening is all the rage," explained the Davis artist and volunteer. "I found a good idea. It does a lot to brighten up areas such as a wall or
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Garden Marathon: Grow your own art movement
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Charles Jencks's The Avenue of Doubles There's a Garden Marathon going on this weekend. Don't worry it doesn't involve 26 hours of double digging, or a strenuous session of sweeping up autumn leaves. It's being held at the Serpentine Gallery the
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Gardening World Cup 2011 - in pictures
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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This year's contest was themed around 'world peace' and 'Japanese recovery' and was won by Jim Fogarty from Australia The show is open to visitors until the end of October in aid of Japanese tsunami victims; visit english.huistenbosch.co.jp for
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Designers turn other people's trash into gardening treasures
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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He holds creative reuse workshops, and his yardscaping creations made from locally available items have become austerity-chic collectibles. I'm trying to get people thinking about alternative sources for their materials, said Levesque, author of The
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For a waterwise landscape, consider Mediterranean garden design
Boston :: MA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Those that originated in the Mediterranean region are ideal for a low-water landscape. Many in California and elsewhere are looking for inspiration in creating a gorgeous, low-water landscape, and the traditional Mediterranean garden provides ample
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Gardeners grow when they visit botanic garden
East Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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And these horticultural showplaces have much to offer gardeners of every skill level. "We have people who come to stroll, to enjoy the beauty of plants, the landscapes, to research favorite plants, to get garden design ideas," says Jane Nicholson,
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Soil: The most important aspect of gardening
Boston :: MA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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After having spent most of my garden design career planting ornamentals often Asian plants -- I'm still not a natives zealot, but I like to plant them among the ornamentals in gardens and have the best of both worlds.
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Some homeowners finding out that garden police can go too far
Los Altos :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Jeff Gillman and Eric Heberlig have written a sweetly provocative book, "How the Government Got in Your Backyard," about the ways officialdom dictates what we can and cannot do in our gardens. If the authors wanted to write a sequel, Julie Bass could
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