I’m back from San Francisco and inspired after my trip to Flora Grubb Gardens. I’ll share photos of the nursery and more detail in a future post. Today I want to highlight a versatile product they were selling that I am excited to experiment with in the new year. Woolly Pockets are “flexible, breathable and [...]
vertical gardening
The Latest Update on Vertical Gardening
May 31, 2009 – Posted in: MiscellaneousAs discussed in an earlier GGW post on Vertical Gardening, Patrick Blanc is the designer extraordinaire of this art form. An article published in The Guardian and written by Stuart Jeffries, So How Do You Water Them ? The Rise and Rise of Vertical Gardens offers more information on a subject that I can never get enough of. It’s definitely worth a [...]
Vertical Gardening, A Postscript: Plus Bits and Pieces of Industry News
January 20, 2009 – Posted in: MiscellaneousSince my post on Vertical Gardening a couple of weeks ago, I’ve discovered some sources that might prove helpful for those of you who want to try your hand at it on a small scale. Smith and Hawken has a few new products: a Vertical Garden Planting Panel, a Large Vertical Garden and a Red Vine Trellis. Gardener’s Supply is now offering Indoor Living Wall [...]
Vertical Gardening
January 5, 2009 – Posted in: Garden DesignI’ve always been a big fan of vertical gardening, especially when it comes to covering fences that add no value to the landscape or when space is cramped. I’ve been in Israel for over a week now. And although I’ve walked in this neighborhood several times before, on this visit my daughter showed me a [...]
How Arbors Help To Create A Magnificent Vertical Element
January 8, 2008 – Posted in: Garden DesignAs my garden developed into several different levels in a variety of garden styles, it became obvious that I needed some vertical elements not only to add height to each of the gardens but also to offer this crazy, intense ‘patch work quilt’ of a garden some cohesiveness. I began to contemplate the type of [...]