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The Benefits of an Edge

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Sometimes borders are a good thing and that includes in the garden. Edges help provide a transition between elements and can help contain gravel, mulch and turf from spreading. Besides its use for providing a barrier, edging provides an additional design element and should be considered detail. Metal edging along a gravel pathway.      Bricks on edge between turf … READ MORE

G A R D E N S, gardening, Gardens, Landscape Design, Piet Oudolf

Kurt Bluemel – Horticultural Royalty Remembered

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Last week I received a copy of Kurt Bluemel’s obituary, the Grass King, pioneer of ornamental grasses. (Read the obituary here from the Baltimore Sun). Last year at the Perennial Plant Association symposium in Vancouver I was on a garden tour with Kurt….. While touring a botanical garden he corrected the botanical name of grass for a master gardener.  The master gardener stood … READ MORE

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Posh Agritourism

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I grew up taking a week “field to table” vacation every summer to my grandparents pig farm in rural Ohio. Our excursions included early morning feedings, trips to the feed mill, swimming in the pond, picking bramble berries, helping in the fields, and sleeping outside listening to the cicadas. When I was younger I assumed everyone grew up with a connection to the … READ MORE

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Garden Design Magazine

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On Tuesday evening a box of fresh off the press copies of the relaunched Garden Design Magazine arrived at my house.  I know I cannot provide a truly objective point of view since I contributed an article (page #62 ) and pretty much stop every ten minutes to confirm it is really there. But the magazine is must subscribe and great … READ MORE

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The Garden Museum & Tom Stuart-Smith

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This might be something everyone already has on their subscribe list, but if not you need to join the Garden Museum’s email list or at the very least periodically check in on what they have going on. The Garden Museum is the ultimate place for plant geeks, with exhibits of garden visionaries and garden tours with leading designers among the list activities … READ MORE

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Dan Pearson’s Old Rectory in Gloucestershire

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Awhile back I got hooked on watching garden videos featuring my favorite designers. Dan Pearson is one of those great landscape designers whom I admire for his combinations as well as his overall designs. What makes this video so amazing is the ability to place the viewer in the garden with the mixture of sounds, soft movements and multiple compositions … READ MORE