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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Every landscape plant has lots of unique features. Make a chart to organize the information for a quick reference for a landscape project, because there is a lot of information available on each plant regarding its characteristics, flower color, attributes, problems, and so on. There are literally thousands of different plants worldwide that the plant […]
Victory Gardens, created during W.W.I and W.W.II, became an essential part of life on the home front and a way for civilians to do their patriotic duty. Make your own Victory Garden like the one your parents and grandparents had. There are two times in history when Victory Gardens have played a significant role in […]
Are you looking for an outdoor landscape light for shorter (4’ or less) walls and masonry columns where ground level uplighting won’t work because of location? Usually, the type of light fixtures that are used to accent walls are installed at ground level and directed upward toward the wall. These types of light fixtures work […]
I’m embarrassed to show you what my garden hose looked like after leaving it outside, in the elements, continuously, over about a 3 year period. Not only was it left outdoors, but it was lying on the ground in various locations – in the garden bed, in the grass. So after the 3 years it […]
