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The unmissable Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2009 has many new
attractions including the first Daily Telegraph Gardening Theatre.
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Gardening Question of the Week: What Do You Think of Garden Shows?
A recent article in The New York Times, follows the Cleveland
Botanical Garden's switch from a Flower Show (the largest outdoor
garden show in North America), to the "RIPE! Food & Garden
Festival", in an effort to reach a wider audience. The garden's
executive director said "Food is an easier sell." The article's
author, Judith H. Dobrzynski, seemed to appreciate the cynicism of
this when she wrote that RIPE "...celebrates the trend of locally
grown food." Is it a trend?...Read Full Post
Fall Flower Show and Seminars!
Fall Flower Show and Seminars Sponsored by Idaho Horticulture
Society and 36th Street Garden Center “Autumn
Breeze; Falling Leavesâ€
Designs—Horticulture—Education
September 18: Noon-5pm September 19: 10am-4pm Location: 36th Street
Garden Center 3823 N. Garden Center Way, Boise Corner of Hill Road
and 36th Street You are invited to view, and encouraged to enter,
the flower show and do not have to be a member of [...]Fall Flower
Show and Seminars! is a post from: Gardens of the Wild Wild West
Landscaping Ideas for a Beautiful Yard : How to Make a Flower Bed
Making a flower bed is the fun part of gardening, get expert tips
and advice on plants, yards, and gardening in this free video.
Expert: Carolyn Holt Bio: Carolyn Holt owns her own landscaping
business, Carolyn’s Gardens, and has been a professional
landscaper for over 30 years. She also has a degree in
horticulture.
Perfect Container Gardens For Patios
Many people enjoy doing some container flower gardening around
their patios, decks, and porches, but some people tend to choose
plants more suited to this area than others. The very first thing
to consider when enjoying container flower gardening for areas like
decks and patios is that the plants are intended to provide an
attractive enhancement to the setting.
Giving Your Garden a Sense of Age and Substance
I love to tour old, established gardens. ThereÂ’s
nothing so evocative as trees obscured by clinging vines and the
scent of damp stones. It gets me thinking about how
IÂ’d use the garden, where my favorite place to sit
would be if IÂ’d lived there and what it would be like
to grow up in a place like that. ThereÂ’s a charm to an
old garden that only patience can bring to a new garden. But if
youÂ’ve ever been to a garden show with landscape
displays, youÂ’ve seen gardens that were put together
in a matter of days, yet still have a sense of mellowed maturity.
So I asked for some tricks of the trade: How to you give a new
garden the feel of age? Five tips were repeated over and over...