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Posts Tagged ‘plants’

Gardeners and Their Gardens – The Tanners

. One of my favorite things about being a passionate gardener myself is getting to meet other passionate gardeners.  I’ve been so lucky to have met so many incredible people, and then when I see their gardens I’m even MORE amazed. . A gardener’s own garden is truly an expression of their soul.  And you [...]

Garden Designers Round Table – Focal Points

. This month’s Garden Designers Round Table topic is The Focal Point.  And to simply illustrate a perfect focal point example, I’ve chosen the Bullseye. . Why is this small dot a focal point, anyway?  When you think about it, the combined mass of the concentric circles is so much greater than that one little [...]

Tomatomania

. . WOW.  I was up in Sonoma last weekend and attended the ‘World’s largest traveling  heirloom seedling sale’, called Tomatomania. , We happened to stumble upon this event, and the timing couldn’t have been better as not only am I ready to plant my annual 2 tomato plants, but we were heading over to [...]

Insider’s scoop at Annie’s Annuals…

. By now, most of you know what an amazing place Annie’s Annuals is.  The sheer amount of plants for sale is mind-staggering…and the full, lush planting beds provide enough eye-candy to let you feast there for hours, completely losing track of time… . I was fortunate enough to attend a little soiree there last [...]

My very first Author Review….(and book review, too!)

. This is my very first official ‘Book Review’.  But since there’s already so many wonderful reviews of Debra Lee Baldwin’s Succulent Container Gardens out there, I thought I might do something a little different – review the AUTHOR first, and THEN review  the book. . I mean, really – who doesn’t want to know [...]