April 2008

GBDW – Front-Yard Gardens Wrap-Up

– Posted in: Garden Design

It seems we have plenty of readers here at GGW who aren’t shy about showing off their love of gardening where everyone can see it. If you’re looking for a new supplier for your gardening tools check out Tradefix Direct. As with any garden, these front-yard spaces are often works in progress; even if others [...]

Grocery Store Gardening

– Posted in: Miscellaneous

Around here there are all kinds of chichi food stores and Latin and Asian markets. And in some of them, the produce sections bulge with all manner of intriguing looking items:  tropical bulbs, rhizomes and who knows what all. I have no idea what these strangely bulbous things are, other than a part of somebody else’s diet.  [...]

Flowers: Keeping Selections Simple

– Posted in: Garden Design

I promised myself this year that I would run over to Chanticleer once a week to maintain a record of what is in bloom. As I sprinted through the garden last week on a beautiful spring day, I was blown away by the magnificent spring plantings. After scanning through the photos at home, what struck me was how the same specimens were used in [...]

Front Yard Controversy in England

– Posted in: Garden Design

Last night as I was browsing through the latest issue of Gardens Illustrated, I came across a short article on page 11 that touched on front yards from a political/environmental standpoint. Since our Garden Blogger’s Design Workshop’s theme this month, thanks to our dear Nan, is on Front Yards, I couldn’t resist passing this onto [...]

California Pack Trials .2

– Posted in: Garden Photography

Where did I leave off ? My last posting California Pack Trials .1 ended with observations of how plants are marketed to the younger generation. I think it was this: Most of the comments I received from my first Pack Trials posting were amused by the marketing photo, assuring me I was indeed observing a [...]