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Top 13 Perennials For 2013

Fran Sorin — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:38:14 +0000

I’ve experimented with several dozen perennials over the years. But there are certain ones that I return to ~ time and again. They are star performers, easy to grow, hardy, can handle a wide range of soils, and moisture. Each of them adds a unique element to any garden. They are classics. The genii listed [...]

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44 Inspirational Quotes About Nature’s Beauty

Fran Sorin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:48:27 +0000

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa [...]

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Why You Need To Take Super Creative Risks In The Garden…And In Life

Fran Sorin — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:30:09 +0000

Do you plant the same thing in your garden year after year? In my last garden, each spring when I walked around and envisioned what I wanted to plant that year, I always went through the same process of longing for the familiar. An old fashioned climbing rose, bleeding hearts, or salvia that I had [...]

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7 Reasons Why Making A ‘To Done’ List Will Help You Be More Creative In Your Garden and Life

Fran Sorin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:49:41 +0000

You may see the ‘TO DO’ lists in your life and garden as a necessity. The problem is that the majority of the time they make you feel lousy. Why? The ‘productive you’ writes a list of everything you plan on getting done each day. If you’re like most people, your list is way too [...]

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Spring into Summer

Noel Kingsbury — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:30:54 +0000

This flower arrangement, picked from our garden somehow encapsulates the place. We had Daniela Coray staying, who used to be a florist, hence the arrangement. The wild garden is at its best now, in fact just going over – a brief moment of glory, like so many real wildflower spectacles. Iris sibirica seems to have [...]

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5 Ways To Know If You’re A Spontaneous, Uncontrollable Plantaholic

Fran Sorin — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:42:00 +0000

After 2 years of experimenting, researching, and trying to find someone who could help implement my ideas, i FINALLY finished and planted the first phase of my front garden. Any of you who have been following my garden making in Israel know that I am someone who can live with ambivalence. Not rushing to decision [...]

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Fill the Frame – Tripods

Saxon Holt — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:55:31 +0000

“Why, when stabilization is built into many cameras and lenses, is a tripod so important ?” asked a student at a recent workshop. I always ask my students to bring tripods to our photography workshops and stabilization is not the main reason. It is true that a good tripod will provide a rock solid, steady [...]

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How To Have Faith That Spring’s Coming While Trudging In A Foot Of Snow: 7 Tips

Fran Sorin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:04:00 +0000

I feel like I’ve been living on Noah’s Ark for the past few weeks. Non stop thrashing pellets of rain. And sand storms. This has been one of the rainiest records on history for Israel. For a country that gets only 8” of rain a year, this is good news. Up to a certain point. [...]

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Garden on a windowsill

Noel Kingsbury — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:30:44 +0000

The January to March period in Britain is pretty dreary, its the dark getting you down as much as anything. Flowers growing on windowsills can make such a difference, and given my growing interest in bulbs, there is huge scope for making the most of light windowsills. We’ve got a nice long south-facing one in [...]

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Why Accepting The Rhythm of Nature Can Bring Joy To Your Life

Fran Sorin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:21:18 +0000

Gardeners strive for beauty. We work endless hours, season after season, and year after year. Designing, planting, and tending to our gardens. With the hope that we can capture some moments of perfection. Moments where we sigh and experience a sense of ‘something other’ than our regular state of being. Where the exquisiteness overwhelms us. [...]

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