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The Foodscape Revolution- Just Plant the Edge!

Foodscaping, How-to, Planning and DesignApril 11, 2018gail
“Garden to Table” is the best way to describe my passion of Foodscaping. The idea is simple: add purpose to landscapes in developed areas such as suburban neighborhoods, office parks, school campuses and retirement communities. With an education in design, an enthusiasm for ornamental horticulture, and a hunger for local, organically raised produce I see...
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2018 California Spring Trials

California Spring Trials…Here We Come

Flower Shows and Festivals, Planning and DesignApril 9, 2018gail
Every spring, breeders from around the world bring their brightest and newest varieties for the next growing season (2019) to California to get the horticulture industry drooling over next year's new offerings. It’s a mind-blowing week with literally hundreds of exciting new varieties that will be coming to the market (and your garden!) in 2019....
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Gardeners Bible

A Garden Devotion

Garden Planning & Design, Herbs, Pollinator GardeningMarch 26, 2018diane
It is an especially hallowed week in the garden, as the warmth of spring begins to wake up dormant plants with new life and flushes fresh growth in winter-weary evergreens. Against such a revival backdrop, the holy celebrations of Passover and Easter are set. What can gardens “speak” to us about these faith festivities? He...
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Five Fabulous Finds for Fall - National Garden Bureau

Friday Five – Five Fabulous Finds

Container Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plant Care & Maintenance, VegetablesOctober 20, 2017gail
Fall is transition time in the garden.  It's time to properly overwinter your containers, harvest fall crops and make your own Hoop House for extending your growing season both this Fall/Winter and next Spring.  It's also a time to gain some gardening knowledge and fun facts. Enjoy the season and these five fall finds! How...
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Top 10 Favorite Daffodils to plant in your home and garden from National Garden Bureau

Top 10 Daffodils for Your Yard and Garden

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & DesignSeptember 8, 2017gail
Top 10 Daffodils for your Yard and Garden Top Daffodils to Choose... Yellow trumpet daffodils are far and away the world’s most popular style of daffodils. But why stop there when the daffodil world has so much more to offer? According to the American Daffodil Society, there are 13 official daffodil flower types and more than...
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Coleus Adding Color to Your Garden

Coleus – Adding Color to Your Garden

Container Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plants for ShadeMay 16, 2017gail
Grown for its foliage, Coleus is one of the easiest and most diverse foliage in and out of the garden.  Coleus can be used in garden beds, containers, and patio pots and then brought indoors for winter color! Coleus Care in the Garden: Coleus are quite tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. They...
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Coleus – Color All Season!

Container Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plants for ShadeMay 16, 2017gail
When you are looking for color that lasts the season through, think Coleus! Coleus has a long history of use in our gardens as a foliage plant and with new varieties each year, coleus has become an indispensable plant for many gardeners. This member of the mint family comes in a wide range of foliage coloration,...
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Tomato Talk – Let’s Grow This!

Container Gardening, Planting Tips, VegetablesMay 8, 2017gail
Tomato History: Tomatoes wild relatives originated in South America, most likely in the Andes Mountains, but the fruit was not cultivated by the Andean people. Instead, it traveled over 2,000 miles north of its center of origin to Central America where the pre-Mayan people grew and domesticated the plants, naming them xitomatl. Hernán Cortés and...
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Why and How to Create a Healing Garden

Garden Planning & Design, Gardening as TherapyApril 11, 2017diane
In the best of times flowers help us celebrate the joyous occasions in our lives. In more difficult times plants give us hope and inspiration to meet life’s challenges. The role of plants and gardens in healing is ancient. As early as 3000 B.C. the Chinese were using medicinal herbs. The Greeks built a temple...
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Basics for Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Garden

Backyard Habitat, Planning and Design, Pollinator GardeningFebruary 17, 2017shari

Every year, one week in June is designated as National Pollinator Week. In an effort to perpetuate a great cause, the National Garden Bureau is following up that event with some specific tips on how to plant a pollinator-friendly garden. Pollinators can include bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, bats, and beetles. Since the first three are the…

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