WELCOMING - Garden Guide
Honey Bees - Protect Our Threatened Friends
Honey Bees are one of natures best friends, one of our best friends. They pollinate our fields, pollinate our flowers. They pollinate our vegetables and fruits. Honey bees are in danger. Through the high use of chemicals we...
Attracting Birds To Your Garden
Traditional gardens are sometimes completely shut off from the natural environment and are frequently inhospitable to birds and other wildlife. Gardens are part of the larger landscape so becoming familiar with local ecosystems...
Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden
Gardening offers a visual experience that can open
the portals to the emotions, to the psyche and
to the senses. Its also inspirational.A garden is more than an array of colors and
scents. Given a chance, a garden offers...
Immerse Yourself In The Serenity Of A Fine Garden
Gardening in and of itself is an art form. And the art of fine gardening is just that, an art. Fine gardening may mean many things to many people, but to me fine gardening means more than just a garden. It encompasses all...
A Quick Guide To Yard Bridges
Have you looked around your yard lately? Is it rather grim
and boring, dreary and unwelcoming? Maybe you need to
consider some updating with yard bridges. Yard bridges can
give your yard a whole new look and feel.If its...
What Are The Best Types of Outdoor Lights For Your Home?
Always read the manufacturers instructions and labels to make certain that the product is weatherproof and safe for outdoor use. Types of outdoor lights that are the safest have an approved transformer which converts 240...
Frontyard Landscaping
Landscaping is not the reserved area of the backyard. The front of your home can also greatly benefit from a garden makeover!Design Ideas For Your Front YardThe front yard is your homes first chance to make visitors feel...
Best-Loved Garden Themes
Garden themes are not uncommon among sprawling areas where homeowners can use as much space as they want. But lately, even down-town apartment tenants have made use rooftops, and other reclaimable small pieces of spaces to make...
7 Timeless Garden Decor Practices
Are you looking for a way to add to your garden décor? Want something timeless, natural or stylish? There are many things that you can add to your outdoor living space to make it comfortable and inviting and still provide...
Design An Entrance Garden
Foundation plantings have traditionally been intended to screen cement foundations of houses. This is a bit short sighted, however. Creating a welcoming entrance garden is a more appropriate way go about designing these spaces....
Container Gardening - The Fundamentals Towards Attaining A Beautiful Garden
A natural sanctuary can be made by container gardens on balconies, next to rooftops or even in a busy city street. One can very easily emphasize on the convivial look of a patio or a deck with colorful annual pots or by filling...
Set Yourself Apart - Create Your Own Wind Chime Garden
Wind chimes are an eclectic addition to any landscape. They add a dynamic element to yards that host flower gardens and water features and can accessorize walkways, herb gardens, and entry ways. There is no limit to how you...
Enhance Your Garden Surroundings With Landscape Lighting
If you have a garden, yard or walkway that you intend to light up you may consider landscape lighting.It enhances the beauty of your house and landscape around it, be it a garden or a yard or a walkway. This innovative art of...
Container Gardening
Container gardens can make a natural sanctuary in a busy city street, along rooftops or on balconies. You can easily accentuate the welcoming look of a deck or patio with colourful pots of annuals, or fill your window boxes...
Fine Gardening the Art Form
Gardening in itself is an art form. And the art of fine gardening is just that, an art. Fine gardening may mean many things to many people, but to me fine gardening means more than just a garden. It encompasses all thats good...
Let Life And Energy Flow From The Garden
Gardening offers a visual experience that can open the portals to the emotions, to the psyche and to the senses. Its also inspirational.A garden is more than an array of colors and scents. Given a chance, a garden offers...
Lavendar - Fragrance and Beauty In The Garden
Lavandula angustifolia
Family Labiatae - MintTraditionally an herb, Lavandula angustifolia, or Lavender, will be a welcome addition to any flower garden. The silvery white lance shaped leaves have a felt like look, and the...
Welcoming Home the Farm Next Door: Small Farms are Returning Across the Land
When the harvest moon rises in the sky, the faint memory of a nation of local farms celebrating another season of abundance lingers in the air.But soon it may be more than just a vision of long ago. More frequently now, if we...
Create Beautiful Outdoor Living Spaces
Outdoor living spaces are becoming quite popular, and why shouldnt they? What better way is there to expand your square footage without building an addition? Making your yard, garden, or patio feel like an extension of your...
Creating Garden Rooms
Garden rooms provide great impact in both large and small spaces. You can divide large spaces into smaller rooms with different themes and different seasonal appeal. For example, a vegetable garden, a shade garden and a...