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'chilly finger'd spring'
Spring is a busy time for all gardeners. Staking, weeding and much else besides. Make your bit of 'paradise' in the city and don't forget to sit down and enjoy it!
english gardening • english gardens • springtime

English Style Gardens
English gardens can take many shapes, colors, and sizes but they all have a distinct English personality
english garden • walled garden • knot garden • herb garden • formal garden

An English Garden in High Summer
Key front row performers for your garden. Covering such plants as old fashioned roses, a host of clematis and other star performers of the summer garden.
roses • english roses • english roses • old-fashioned roses • alba roses

Autumn Blues
With a dismal October finally coming to a close, we look at the devasting affect of climate change on our gardens. We also tackle some common problems that affect many gardens.
gardening • english gardens • english gardening • gardens • clematis

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Blazes with Color
Birmingham Botanical Gardens in England's West Midlands sparkles with color, from greenhouses to the outdoors. A walk through the garden delights the senses.
birmingham botanical garden • english gardens • tropical rainforest gardens • cactus gardens • traditional english garden

Chicago Botanic Garden a Treat for the Senses
The Chicago Botanic Garden offers an escape from the stresses of the city, with 26 different formal gardens and natural environments located north of the City of Chicago.
chicago botanic garden • horticultural society • public gardens • north shore • japanese bonsai

English Garden by Gertrude Jekyll at Lindisfarne
This small garden in the north of England was created by Gertrude Jekyll in 1911. Reached via the Causeway at Holy Island and overlooked by dramatic Lindisfarne Castle.
gertrude jekyll's garden at lindisfarne • edward lutyens • lindisfarne castle • lindisfarne major centre of christianity • lindisfarne mead

English Gardens - Crook Hall County Durham
Crook Hall Gardens belong to the oldest house in Durham city, dating back to the 13th century. Step inside the scented gardens and leave the 20th century behind.
english gardens • crook halldurham • durham cathedral • crook hall gardens • durham city

Graham Rice -- An English Garden Writer
This is the start of a two part interview with Graham Rice, a British Garden Writer
graham rice • book review

I'm a Gertrude Jekyll Wannabe: Mistakes Beginning Gardeners Make
Unless you have an estate sized garden, and a small staff of gardeners, some borders are just a bit ambitious.
english gardens • garden design • white gardens • color • colour

Maggie Ross's English Garden in Texas
A beautiful English garden, complete with espalier, growing in the clay soil of Texas - a minor miracle!
english gardens • texas • bluebonnets • native wildflowers • garden design

Rose Standish Nichols
In the 1900s, Rose Standish Nichols, one of Boston's prominent residents ,distinguished herself as a business woman, an author, and an advocate for Women's Rights.
women's rights • beacon hill • english gardens • willa cather • jane addams

Sublime Chaos
Early summer is here and with long cool drinks in the evening, but also pruning, cats and a few surprises.
baskets • summer • gardening • garden • acanthus

Unity - Part 10 - Utility
The 10th in a series on how to create a garden which is a unified work of art.
cottage gardens • english gardens • garden history • garden design

Plants by Post
Spring has arrived and it's green for go in the garden. Seed sowing and planting will be the top jobs for many gardeners. Serious gardeners get their plants and seeds from specialist suppliers, small family firms that supply plants and seeds by post. Gardening mail order is big here in the UK. I look at the big advantages of receiving your plants with the letters and parcels in the morning post. How to find your plants and Nurseries using the invaluable 'Plant Finder' which lists thousands of plants and the nurseries that supply them.
gardening • gardens • english gardening • gardening mail order • garden mail order

Sudeley Castle Gardens
Sudeley Castle gardens in the English Cotswolds are over 500 years old, but today they look better than ever. Find out why.
sudeley castle • victorian kitchen garden • parterre • knot garden • the knot garden

Green Gardens
Many people think of green gardens as being a bit unusual, but they are really very traditional.
gardens • gardening • history • egyptian gardens • persian gardens

The Beth Chatto Gardens - Part 2
Continuing from the last article, looking at Beth Chatto's waterside and woodland plantings.
beth chatto • garden • shade • woodland • damp

The History of Garden Borders
Garden borders have a relatively short history; the origins of today's garden borders were popularized in 19th century England when fragrant plants were common borders.
history of garden borders • origins of fragrant borders in the garden • medieval garden borders • victorian garden borders • edwardian garden borders

Calgary's Central Memorial Park
Calgary's oldest work of public art is found in the city's first public garden. A level site with easy access from all sides, this Park is pleasant and peaceful by day.
calgary • alberta • central memorial park • beltline • parks in calgary

Going Native - Plants for the Rural Garden
The use of native plants can help to integrate a rural garden with the surrounding countryside.
native plants • native flora • country gardens • rural gardens • cottage gardens

Recent and Readable: A Terrific Design Duo
A review of two recently published and complementary garden design books. One shows how modern gardeners can adapt "Classic Garden Designs" to their own property. The other, "The Essential Garden Design Workbook", is a fundamental and pragmatic guide for students and design professionals, as well as serious gardeners wanting distinctive garden designs
georgene a bramlage • georgene bramlage • cercis • home landscape design • designing home landscapes

Springing into Action
With the snowdrops nearly over and hellebores in full swing, I look at some early spring jobs. These include how to feed the soil and keep it healthy and I also attempt to sort out two major new problems. Whilst Sophie my cat plays amongst the pots in the sunshine.
gardening • gardens • english gardening • city gardening • town gardening

The Famous English Historical Estate, Chatsworth
Chatsworth, the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, is one of the best loved and most beautiful country houses in all of England.
chatsworth • derbyshire • peak district • national park • british attractions

Downtown St. Paul Architecture Features Variety
Whether Contemporary or Italian Renaissance, Victorian or Richardsonian Romanesque, St. Paul's architecture is among the U. S. best. Check out the following to see why.
rice park • landmark center • xcel energy center • saint paul hotel • ordway center for the performing arts

Lilianfels, Australia's Blue Mountain Resort
For those who prefer to tread off the beaten path, but still enjoy the luxuries of a five-star hotel, Lilianfels Hotel and Spa in New South Wales is the perfect getaway.
blue mountains • boutique hotel new south wales • new south wales national park • lilianfels hotel and resort • lilianfels spa

Color in Autumn Garden Landscapes
Michaelmas daisies shout that autumn has arrived. The garden landscape fills with color and autumn landscaping design ideas are abundant.
michaelmas daisies • autumn landscapes • autumn landscaping • autumn projects • autumn color

Hollister House Gardens – Rural CT
Hollister House Gardens (Washington, CT) demonstrate how garden designs furnished with plants matched to regional- and micro-climates allow garden landscapes to thrive.
house hollister garden • garden conservancy • connecticut gardens • garden styles • garden microclimate

Middleton Place
Middleton Place, near Charleston, South Carolina, features the oldest landscape garden in North America. Begun in 1741, its construction took 100 slaves a decade to complete.
middleton place

Jardins Anglo-Chinois
The jardin anglo-chinois grew out of the English landscape style, but it was just a little bit different.
anglo-chinese gardens • jardins anglo-chinois • garden design • french

Marie Antoinette's Jardin Anglais
A description of Marie Antoinette's English style garden at the Petit Trianon.
marie antoinette • petit trianon • jarden anglais

Tasmania - Island of Beauty where I Garden
Tasmania, not a mythical Island but the beautiful Island State of Australia
tasmania • australia • garden • tasmanian garden

Topiary as Living Sculpture - Part II
Learn more about what plants are best suited for topiary and virtually visit some amazing gardens.
topiary • topiary • topiary gardens • boxwood • yew

Myrtle - My Sainted Aunt
To her family, Aunt Myrtle personified what gardening was all about, fun and beauty. In fact it was in Aunt Myrtle's garden I began to learn how to use the four senses, many times over, to enjoy the sights, smells, sounds, and touch of those magical living items - plants.

Caricaturist Dean Minton Lives Exaggerated Life
Sometimes life imitates art. For Dean Minton, who draws caricatures for a living and whose first novel will be published in 2010, it's all a matter of perspectve.
caricature artist • art • caricature • deano • dean minton

Make Gardening Fun for Kids
Getting kids involved in gardening is a challenge, even without competition from cool gadgets. Create a unique garden atmosphere that draws kids into eager participation.
kids • vegetables • garden • gardening • kids garden

Spring Affair in the Midwest
You will not want to miss out on this exciting event to be held in April in the Midwest. It will give you a great opportunity to acquire classic garden favorites for your garden beds.
spring affair • unl garden friends • plant sales • garden shows

Vigo – Spain's Art Heritage is Alive in Museums
Early Celts settled in Galicia, in northern Spain, beginning an artistic tradition that lives on today in Vigo's vibrant art scene and in its public galleries.
vigo spain cruise port • spanish art heritage • museums prehistoric contemporary • artistic treasures • celts settled gallicia

Annual Poppies as Landscape Focus
Seaside and sheltered landscape plantings and herb gardens present some down-to-earth examples for using annual poppies in natural appearing gardens.
celia thaxter garden • an island garden • glenlyon house gardens • perthshire hill country • old sturbridge village

Atonement – Movie Review
Based on Ian McEwan's Novel, the film is sumptuous and well acted, but ultimately unconvincing.
atonement • atonement movie review • atonement film review • joe wright • keira knightley

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