Tips on Constructing a Fire Ring
We like to make sure our clients get out and enjoy their garden spaces. We can add little patios out …
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Garden Quote – Lafcadio Hearn, In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden…
“In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand — or at least to …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2014 Flowers from the #GBFling14
Just back from an action packed long weekend in Portland Oregon attending the Garden Bloggers Fling 2014, #GBFling14. We toured …
Garden Poem – Andy Doty, To Salvia
TO SALVIA In these times of fashionable rages Let us honor enduring sages. Known to cure, to mend, to ease; …
Hostas in Houston
Here at Ravenscourt we face the west and have two-story houses on both sides creating some very shady beds on …
Magic elixir for plants! The benefits of seaweed in your garden.
Seaweed has a long history of use by humans, around the world in coastal areas, as food and to help …
Garden Quote – Thich Nhat Hanh, Letting go gives us freedom… My thoughts on the 4th of July.
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling …
Blue Chip Buddleia for beauty, birds and butterflies!
A favorite perennial shrub of mine for cottage gardens, butterfly attracting gardens and as a low border is Blue Chip …
How to make a decomposed granite path.
Looking for an inexpensive flat path? Decomposed Granite (DG) is a great, low-maintenance, and inexpensive material to use for paths. …
Garden Quote – William Ewart Gladstone, ….blessings of peace.
“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our …
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