NATURALISTIC - Garden Guide
Rock Gardens
While "Rock Gardens" is the modern name, another term used in connection with natural rock gardening is "rockeries". The biggest problem is to determine the plants that are likely to succeed under the conditions that can be...
Waterwise Xeriscaping for an Extraordinary Spring Garden
Now that spring is officially (on the calendar, at least), it's time to think about how to turn your garden from ordinary to extraordinary.One way to do that is to think in terms of xeriscaping. The term means to use waterwise...
Two Giants Of Landscape Architecture
The thing about landscaping is that you're taking what nature has created, and changing and altering it to fit your own needs, wants and desires. The ability to affect nature for the better began in the 1800s.Up until about a...
Xeriscaping For An Extraordinary Garden
Is it time to think about how to turn your garden from ordinary to extraordinary?One way to do that is to think in terms of xeriscaping. The term means to use waterwise plants, which is especially useful in dry climates. Xeric...
Promise Her a Rose Garden, An Antique Rose Garden
Why antiques? Antique roses are those breed by species, sports, varieties, or cultivars prior to the first hybrid tea,
(LaFrance) in 1867. Some people are not as strict in their interpretation of antique roses as the American...
Playing in Dirt has Environmental, Aesthetic, Nutritious and Health Benefits
Xeriscaping and even more so, naturalistic gardening (naturalistic gardening means to closely imitate the nature, to garden with native plants) have many benefits for our immediate as well as global nature space. They...
Choosing The Right Water Feature for Your Garden
Choosing the right water feature for your garden can be a real challenge. There are as many types of water features as there are techniques for installing and servicing. This article will deal with a few examples of water...
Landscape Gardening
Few people know how to improve their gardens. Many of us have grown so accustomed to the vertical rectangular beds of flowers and the quadrangle greenery zones, that we dont even get to think how to change that. Landscape...