Landscaping & Gardening Information

Light Up the Night! Quick Facts about Outdoor Lighting


When the days start to get shorter, the darkness may drive us inside from our porches, patios or decks. Don't despair - outdoor lighting can lengthen the day and dramatically extend the potential of our outdoor living spaces.

How to Decorate your Outdoor Space without Breaking the Bank


Noted English clergyman Sydney Smith (1771-1845) is quoted as saying, "Economy in the estimation of common minds means the absence of all taste and comfort." But finding thrifty ways to decorate your outdoor living space doesn't mean you have to sacrifice either of those things.

Gardeners: Contain Yourselves!


Whether you live in a tiny city apartment or on a large country estate, gardening in containers is a way to add colour and the beauty of nature to your surroundings. The three main elements of creating successful containers gardens are:Choosing the potsGetting the right planting mediumSelecting the plantsIn all of these elements, the key is to create a healthy growing environment for the plant roots.

Fountains of Refreshment


When hot, sticky days hit, try to use all your senses to keep cool. Sight and sound have amazing psychological effects, even when the thermometer soars.

Grey Water- Not Drinking Water- For Your Garden


The average home can reduce their water consumption by around 30% by re-using grey water on their garden.The figures are compelling.

About Hummingbirds and How to Attract Them to Your Garden


Visualize watching a bright green hummingbird in your garden moving from flower to flower in search of the tasty nectar within. These beautiful and tiny birds weigh about 2 to 20 grams and are found in a wide variety of environments from the high Andes to lowlands, and from dry desert areas to rainforests.

Spurce Up Your Garden With Decorative Birdhouses


Decorative Birdhouses are active garden ornamentation --the presence and movement of birds creates a fluid focal point for your garden. As such, placement is critical for you to earn maximum benefit from your birdhouses.

22 Fun Things To Do With Your Dozen Rose Gift


Your dozen rose gift doesn't only have to decorate your favorite room. Roses are about romance and enjoying the moment they are given and received.

How To Brighten Up Your Home With These Flower Arrangement Ideas


A beautiful flower arrangement piece can become the focal point of the room you choose to decorate. It's truly fascinating how we can combine different flowers to create a mesmerizing bouquet.

Growing Great Asparagus


I went out to feed the birds this morning - the temperature was comfortably above freezing, and a downy woodpecker was telegraphing his territorial rights on the nearest utility pole. I realized it was time to feed the asparagus.

Gardening - Natural Science NOT Rocket Science


Don't force yourself out of the most profitable hobby in the universe because you think it's too hard to learn ..

10 Free Gardening Products


One of the pleasurable spin-offs in organic gardening is finding alternative ways of coming up with the same, if not better, end result..

Feeding the Hummingbirds


Early in May here in west central Wisconsin, I can count on seeing a Ruby Throated Hummingbird hovering in front of my kitchen window, flitting back and forth, as if to say, "there was a hummingbird feeder RIGHT HERE last year. Where is it?"And then I know it is time to put out hummingbird nectar.

Butterfly Gardening


Butterfly gardening is not only a joy, it is one way that you can help restore declining butterfly populations. Simply adding a few new plants to your backyard may attract dozens of different butterflies, according to landscape designers at the University of Guelph.

Herbs: Growing Your Own


The first thing you need to do when deciding to create your own Herb Garden is to decide on the size of the plot of land you want to use. This will depend on what herbs and how much you want to grow.

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The Natural Look, With Much Effort (New York Times)

With the growing interest in sustainable gardening and the widespread dissatisfaction with the time and expense required for traditional lawn care, meadows are becoming increasingly popular. Alys Fowler on inexpensive do-it-yourself gardening (Guardian Unlimited)

Gardening has never been more fashionable - or more expensive. And yet you don't have to spend a fortune. Alys Fowler of Gardeners' World explains Kurri Garden Ramble time (The Advertiser)

Kurri Kurri Tidy Towns is again gearing up for its annual Garden Ramble, to be held on September 20. Seven gardens will be open for visitors to ramble through. All the gardens reflect their owners? unique designs and their passion for gardening. Business And Careers (Benson News-Sun)

(ARA) - Now in its eighth season, the Emmy award-winning investigative drama CSI draws a weekly audience of about 20 million viewers. But CSI is more than simply entertainment. CENTRAL NEW YORK NEWS (The Post-Standard)

Editorial assistant Brenda Duncan interviewed Nick Riciputo, 11, of Fulton, who has a passionate interest in botany. He and his mother landscape at the family business, Bronze Images in Fulton. Love of landscaping (The York Weekly)

YORK and#8212; When Thomas Lovejoy was seven he would sneak into a neighbor's yard and take flower clippings to plant in his family's garden. Secrets of Season-long Stunning Color in Your Garden (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - In summer, there's drought; in winter, snow and cold. Does it seem like Mother Nature is determined to leach the color from your garden? It is possible to keep your garden colorful much of the year. All you need is the right combination of plants and a little green thumb savvy. Eagle Co. opts for greener gardening (Vail Daily)

Neils Lunceford landscapers Red Waldron, left, and Corey Brown work on the Eagle County Xeriscape project Tuesday at the county building in Eagle. EAGLE, Colorado ? Horticulturist Laurel Potts has a message about Eagle County?s new landscape project at the county administration building in Eagle. Rooftop retreat (Rapid City Journal)

For a Hisega couple, it was a case of adding a garden or living with an eyesore of a rooftop view. When Joe and Nancy Engler bought their rustic hillside home in 1991, they knew they would have to do some extensive renovation. Walkway Over the Hudson construction begins (The Voice Ledger)

After 15 years, the Walkway Over the Hudson project has moved into its construction phase. The construction on the 120-year-old steel bridge will begin on the western shore of the Hudson River in Highland.
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