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A Fall Tea

The wonderful thing about having a tea is the time spent sipping tea, and eating sandwiches and sweets. An even more wonderful thing about a tea is the time spent with family and friends and the endless conservation around the table as you catch up on all the new happenings. I started having teas about […]

Flower Symbolism

Learn the unspoken language of flowers, how to send a special message with a single flower or a bouquet of flowers and a little history of flower symbolism. Flowers not only can be enjoyed for their beauty, they can also be used to speak for you. As in the past, you may want to use […]

Wedding Anniversary Flowers

We all love to get a beautiful bouquet of flowers for our wedding anniversary. And how wonderful it is when the bouquet comes with a special unspoken message. It’s a great way to add fun to your next anniversary celebration. A wedding anniversary has long been recognized as an important occasion for a married couple. […]

Birthday Month Flowers

A birthday brings family and friends together. A day filled with gifts and cake and ice cream. Add something special to your next family birthday by giving flowers with a special meaning. Everyone loves getting flowers. And when the gift of flowers comes with a meaning or symbolism it makes them all the more special. […]

The English Garden Ha-Ha

An inspired landscape feature that became an amusing and unexpected discovery.   If you have ever been to England, and went on a tour where you visited centuries old country estates, and even parklands, a tour guide may have pointed out a feature in one of those landscapes, known as the ha-ha. This landscape feature […]

Got Flowers?

Is it true? A flower can make you happy? Can lift your mood and reduce your stress? The happiness and enjoyment flowers can bring to our lives is something we all need with our never ending to-do lists and schedules of places to be. I think one of the most exciting times of the year […]

Garden Geranium

A garden geranium is the quintessential summertime annual, don’t you think? Favorites are the  salmon-pink, and a red and white combination. Which color, or color combinations to use? There are so many colors to choose from, it’s like trying to pick a flavor at the ice cream shoppe. The common geranium originated in Southern Africa. […]

Hardiness Zones

Learn about landscape plant hardiness zones to help you select trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and annuals for your outdoor spaces as you page through plant books and plant catalogs. What is Plant Hardiness? The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the developing agency of the hardiness map. Basically, the hardiness of a plant refers […]

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