Category Archives: General
Garden Travel: Downtown San Francisco pocket gardens November 6th, 2016
Creating oasis among concrete Calm amongst chaos Habitat amongst housing Back in June, I took advantage of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Garden day and spent the day in San Francisco. . The Garden Conservancy is an organization that saves and share gardens throughout the nation. Each year they open hundreds of private gardens to visitors …
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Monthly Gardening Tasks – November November 1st, 2016
November Garden Tasks Turn off irrigation if rain more than 1” over 2 weeks otherwise the seasonal adjustment irrigation controller should be set to 25% WATERING – One of the major reasons why some plants do not make it through winter’s cold weather is because the soil is too dry. Be especially careful to check …
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Monthly Gardening Tasks – October October 1st, 2016
October Garden Checklist Irrigation controller seasonal adjustment should be set to 45%- Plants still need water but the shorter days and cooler nights reduce their water needs. Time for planting- Fall is the best time to plant new landscapes. The soil is still warm, but the weather is not too hot and it is the beginning …
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Garden Travel: Santa Fe September 30th, 2016
Water water never where so what’s a garden to drink….. As part of a design conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico I got to visit several private gardens to see how the designers here adapt to the lack of water and harsher environment. Most of the remote homes has some sort of rainwater collection system, whether from …
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Garden Travel: Scotland September 29th, 2016
Scotland We traveled to Scotland mid May, while the countryside is amazingly beautiful – much of it was just coming out of winter dormancy so it isn’t necessarily the best time of year to visit gardens. The heaths and heathers from a distance looked like they were still recovering from winter dormancy, but close up you …
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Garden Travel- Netherlands Gardens September 4th, 2016
Other Netherlands Gardens While there are hundreds of gardens in the Netherlands and I have wrote about a few of the more prominent ones I visited in previous posts here I am just going to summarize a few of the remaining ones we visited where the garden were only a part of what was offered. …
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Monthly Gardening Tasks – September September 1st, 2016
Tasks for September Irrigation controller seasonal adjustment should be set to 70% Fruit trees are bearing, so water frequently and deeply for plump fruit. Plant winter vegetables while the soil is still warm- broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas, cabbage, and beets, onions etc Prune all sap bleeders such as maple, walnut and large magnolias Apply pre-emergent …
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Garden Travel- Utrecht Netherlands August 29th, 2016
Utrecht and Utrecht University Botanical Gardens- Botanische Tuinen Utrecht Utrecht is a beautiful canal “city” It is surrounded by park lined canals and includes many pocket /courtyard gardens We were there on a sunny warm weekend where all the local residents and students lounged on boats and barges while floating on the water. While the …
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Garden Travel- Hortus Botanicus Leiden August 15th, 2016
Hortus Botanicus Leiden Leiden Botanical Garden is oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands- recently celebrated 425 year anniversary celebration. This is a university affiliated garden and had a long history of plant collectors and collections. Supposedly they brought the first extensive set of tulips to the Netherlands. (although I saw very few tulips within the garden) …
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Garden Travel – Keukenhof Gardens August 14th, 2016
Earlier this year my husband I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Europe. Of course most of the items on my must see list included several gardens. First stop is Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse Netherlands. There is not spring visit to the Netherlands without a visit to this amazing show of color. Lisse is about 30 …
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