June 2011
8 posts
“Heaven Scent” – By Judy Fenyvesi →
I think that our sense of smell can be one of the most powerful senses and one that can stimulate our emotional senses too. The smell of baking bread, the smell of fresh cut grass, the…
Green Education Foundation (GEF) and Bonnie Plants... →
Green Education Foundation (GEF) and Bonnie Plants Team Up to Launch “Garden … Online PR News (press release) GEF worked extensively with LEED accredited…
Alex targets Crown's city land in bid to raise... →
Alex targets Crown’s city land in bid to raise millions Scotsman ALEX Salmond could soon be collecting the rent for a shop in George Street, half of Fort…
The Joys Of June… →
Gardens are now getting into their peak time and for us gardeners were into our own busy time for gardening tasks. Hopefully, with the weather warming up and the days getting even longer,…
The Greendays Gardening Panel On Garden Design -... →
KUOW NPR
The Greendays Gardening Panel On Garden Design KUOW NPR When you’re designing your garden, how do you choose which flowers to place next to…
Gardens & containers go sustainable in 2011 -... →
Garden Center Magazine
Gardens & containers go sustainable in 2011 Garden Center Magazine Gardeners also want the same easy-care, eco-friendly plants…
Gardening: Graham Porter looks at natural garden... →
Gardening: Graham Porter looks at natural garden predators Huddersfield Examiner Take a look at the Garden Organic website to get more ideas on these and…
Hedgehog numbers down by quarter due to gardening... →
Telegraph.co.uk
Hedgehog numbers down by quarter due to gardening trends Telegraph.co.uk Hedgehog numbers have declined by a quarter in the past…
May 2011
14 posts
Upcoming rain garden tours - My Ballard →
My Ballard
Upcoming rain garden tours My Ballard The tours will be an hour and a half long and will visit different residences in Ballard to learn…
May It Always Be My Favourite Time Of The Year… →
Undoubtedly May is my favourite time of year in the gardening calendar. It is the loveliest month in the garden as a lot of plants are putting on a splendid show of new growth, blooms,…
Volunteers Put Final Touches on Colony Pool -... →
Volunteers Put Final Touches on Colony Pool Patch.com Fiumara hand-picked the plants for the pool from a wholesaler she knows through her garden designing…
Who judges the judges? The seeds of change are... →
The Guardian
Who judges the judges? The seeds of change are planted at Chelsea The Independent Robert Myers, whose Cancer Research UK garden won a…
Cullen: Take back the night - Toronto Star →
Cullen: Take back the night Toronto Star Many garden designs and landscapes are worthy of a permanent and substantial investment in professionally installed…
Trends at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011 - Which? →
Sydney Morning Herald
Trends at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011 Which? Gardening tested some ready-made wildlife homes last year and found that many…
HGTV/UT plant internship program for horticulture... →
HGTV/UT plant internship program for horticulture students Knoxville News Sentinel She and Dr. Sue Hamilton, director of the UT Gardens and associate professor…
Sierra Club Day celebration at Pinder's Nursery -... →
Sierra Club Day celebration at Pinder’s Nursery TCPalm This week’s topic is “Garden Designs for your Flag Pole and Mailbox”. Learn some easy techniques to dress…
Making “Sense” Of Your Garden →
I thought this week we’d take a look at a Sensory Garden – a garden which can literally delight the 5 senses… a garden which is just a joy to be in…
So. let’s first take a look at…
Gavin's large-scale, low-budget 'Avatar' garden -... →
BBC News
Gavin’s large-scale, low-budget ‘Avatar’ garden Irish Times The garden’s design combines waves of exotic shrubs, grasses and bamboos, as…
Growing Minds - Vienna/Oakton Connection →
Growing Minds Vienna/Oakton Connection Much of the garden designs are DiFrancisco’s creations. DiFrancisco has volunteered with the gardens for seven years, she…
Gardener hopes to design for Chelsea show - Henley... →
Henley Standard
Gardener hopes to design for Chelsea show Henley Standard Mrs Butler, 41, a former art teacher, put her dream of going into garden…
PL Series of Planters by Collaboration »... →
Vancouver, Canada-based sculptor Marie Khouri and landscape designer Dave Demers have formed a new design company called Collaboration. They will be exhibiting their first collection of…
River City Harvest Kicks Off Gardening Season -... →
River City Harvest Kicks Off Gardening Season KFBB NewsChannel 5 … least 25% or more of our garden, to Meals on Wheels and the food bank and it was really a…
December 2010
162 posts
Botanic Gardens cafe owner speak out over closure... →
Botanic Gardens cafe owner speak out over closure of Botanic Gardens Museum … Southport Visiter lWHAT do you think about the closures? Write to the…
Conservation expert calls on garden centres to... →
Conservation expert calls on garden centres to stock insect-friendly bedding … Horticulture Week Gardeners who plant bedding will also be planting herbs,…
End of an era as Donaldsons ends cut-flower... →
End of an era as Donaldsons ends cut-flower production after 124 years Horticulture Week But this is the end of mass market UK-grown cut flowers for several…
UK Faculty Recognized at Bench2Business Event -... →
UK Faculty Recognized at Bench2Business Event UKNow (press release) B2B was sponsored by the Bluegrass Business Development Partnership, which includes UK…
Blues and Saints engaging in a war of words over... →
Blues and Saints engaging in a war of words over scrum WalesOnline A WAR of words has erupted between the Blues and Northampton ahead of tomorrow’s crucial…
Business profile: Delights of Tuscany - Get... →
Business profile: Delights of Tuscany Get Bracknell … tourists to privately owned villas and gardens all over Italy. “I eventually moved back to the UK and…
Restoration project wins special prize -... →
Restoration project wins special prize thisiskent.co.uk Runners up included the garden at Spencer Square which recently won an RHS award, the gardens at Nelson…
Not All Colors Come from Flowers - The Ledger →
Not All Colors Come from Flowers The Ledger If you’ve ever been a garden-design consultant, you know that clients who say “I want lots of color” mean “lots of…
10 great places to have a royal good time - USA... →
USA Today
10 great places to have a royal good time USA Today … lobster. www.roh.org.uk Johnson’s favorite royal park is hands-down the Regent’s…
MP drops into supermarket - Bucks Free Press →
MP drops into supermarket Bucks Free Press Across the UK Active Kids has donated 100 million pounds worth of sports, cooking and gardening equipment to schools…
Revisiting the English Walled Garden at the... →
Telegraph.co.uk
Revisiting the English Walled Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden Telegraph.co.uk … and is the author of the highly influential…
Sussex students in peaceful tuition fees protest -... →
Sussex students in peaceful tuition fees protest BBC News The protesters marched to Victoria Gardens for a rally, before a second march to the Clock Tower. Supt…
LISTINGS: Sport and outdoors Dec 9 - Dec 16 -... →
LISTINGS: Sport and outdoors Dec 9 - Dec 16 Sheffield Telegraph … meet at Barkers Pool, (www.cyclesheffield.org.uk/event-calendar/). Sheffield General…
More book ideas for Christmas - Vancouver Sun... →
More book ideas for Christmas Vancouver Sun (blog) By Chris Young Sumptuously illustrated work covering the principles of good garden design as well as how to…
UK agricultural economists The balance sheet for... →
UK agricultural economists The balance sheet for ag is strong GardenNews.biz (press release) “Larger volumes of grain exports at higher prices, as well as…
Spring into the Garden Speaker Series 2011 To... →
Spring into the Garden Speaker Series 2011 To Benefit Northumberland Big … NorthumberlandView.ca Frank teaches garden design and horticulture at George Brown…
Starting young - The Nelson Mail →
The Nelson Mail
Starting young The Nelson Mail Or, if you want to encourage the birds into the garden, design and construct bird feeders. Have…
Gardening Gift Guide - Patch →
Gardening Gift Guide Patch It’s also a time to think up fresh garden designs, pick up some new tools, and perhaps even find some funky “flair” for the garden.
Blues star Rees takes no notice of critics -... →
Blues star Rees takes no notice of critics WalesOnline Dai Young’s men face the English pacesetters at Franklin Gardens on Saturday evening before the return…
Visit garden for nothing - Evesham Journal →
Visit garden for nothing Evesham Journal AS a special treat for winter, Ryton Gardens, the 10 acres of south Warwickshire gardens managed by Garden Organic,…
BALI awards recognise outstanding work -... →
BALI awards recognise outstanding work Horticulture Week … Horticulture Week, that will be circulated across our entire readership. Soft copies are available…
Real Estate News: Notorious Housing Project Goes... →
Real Estate News: Notorious Housing Project Goes Dark Wall Street Journal (blog) … has recast itself, upgrading its hotels in a bid to catch up with rivals…
News Notes – December 9 - Fenway News Online →
News Notes – December 9 Fenway News Online … groundwater management and that sort of thing, than they are about rural garden design,” George Thrush, director…
Growing your food - The Oxford Times →
Growing your food The Oxford Times I am gardening vicariously (owing to the weather) and browsing through seed catalogues with my sights firmly fixed towards…
Green fleece for trees - Telegraph.co.uk →
Telegraph.co.uk
Green fleece for trees Telegraph.co.uk Write to Thorny Problems at helen.yemm@telegraph.co.uk or Gardening, The Daily Telegraph,…
Review: Arcadia - Montreal Gazette →
Review: Arcadia Montreal Gazette Author Hannah Jarvis (Sophie Holdstock) is studying garden design for her next book, a critique of the romantic mindset….
Events for Dec. 9-16 - OregonLive.com (blog) →
OregonLive.com (blog)
Events for Dec. 9-16 OregonLive.com (blog) … candidate for a project to preserve and enhance the Japanese Garden. Design…
Linden Hall beats snowy rough - Journal Live →
Linden Hall beats snowy rough Journal Live David Common, from one of our suppliers, Rickerby Horticulture in Hexham, was kind enough to lend us an extra tractor…