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Gardening

Flower Gardening


Gardening with the Masters: Flower gardening 101 seminar
Brandon Valley Challenger - Sep 3, 2010

... program is a series of three workshops that focus on training new or somewhat experienced gardeners how to enjoy and be successful at flower gardening. ...  

Herb Gardening


NEW Herb gardening basics to be offered Thursday
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Aug 15, 2010

Priore has traveled internationally and domestically, learning skills about successful farming. She will share ideas about how to grow, harvest, ...  

Water Gardening


Texas & Neighbors: San Angelo celebrates its love for water lilies
Dallas Morning News - Aug 22, 2010

The last official week of summer brings the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society to San Angelo for its annual symposium (Sept. ...  

Container Gardening


Distill, then till: Brown-Forman chef reuses barrels as a garden
Louisville Courier-Journal - Sep 1, 2010

Earlier this summer, Williams gave a weekend container-gardening class, open to the public, which about 50 people attended. Some were experienced gardeners; ...  

Vegetable Gardening


Local gardeners adjust their hobby to their ages
Visalia Times-Delta - Sep 2, 2010

Almost anything can be grown in pots, which can make vegetable gardening easier for those who find row gardening too difficult.  

Farming


TEXT-NZ Farming Systems recommends Olam takeover offer
Reuters - Sep 2, 2010

WELLINGTON, Sep 2 - NZ Farming Systems (NZS) recommends acceptance of Olam offer in respect of at least part of shares held. As advised earlier this week, ...  

Garden Design


September time to rejuvenate the garden
Victoria Times Colonist - Sep 3, 2010

Mondays, 6:30 to 9 pm Introduction to Garden Design, seven sessions beginning Sept. 13. Basic principles and procedures for a successful residential garden ...  

Landscaping


Landscaping Jordan-Hare
Opelika Auburn News (blog) - Sep 2, 2010

Jordan-Hare Stadium sits empty Tuesday, just a few days before Auburn's season opener against Arkansas State. Yeah, I know I said I would try to stay away ...  

Xeriscaping


Homegrown: Xeriscaping, butterfly bushes
Grand Junction Sentinel - Aug 30, 2010

We are in the process of xeriscaping our 1-acre property with red shale, gravel, pea gravel and trail mix. The backyard faces west and behind ...  

Square Foot Gardening


Square-foot boxes and spacing?

PennLive.com (blog)PennLive.com (blog) - Sep 3, 2010
A: I think Square-Foot Gardening is a great system for the most part. My own garden is based on it -- with a variety of modifications and tweaks from other ...  

Bonsai


Join us for the Bonsai and Botanical Tour!
VillageSoup Belfast - Sep 3, 2010

By Plants Unlimited | Sep 03, 2010 Bonsai West has the most extensive collection of specimen Bonsai outside of Japan, featuring the work of American Bonsai ...  

Flower Arranging


Southwestern Community College offers basic flower arranging
Asheville Citizen-Times - Sep 2, 2010

FRANKLIN — Dee Zaske, long- time florist, will teach basic skills in using fresh and silk flowers at Southwestern Community College's Macon Campus. ...  

Ikebana


Beauty Meets Creativity with the Ikenobo Ikebana Japanese Floral Art Show
Town Crier Newspapers - Aug 31, 2010

Experiencea traditional Japanese art form as Sherway Gardens (Hwy 427 & the QEW) presents the 12th Annual Ikenobo Ikebana – Japanese Floral Art Showon ...  

Greenhouse Gardening


Extend the growing season with your own greenhouse
The Daily News Online - Aug 30, 2010

According to the National Horticulture Society, in 2009 there were almost 2 million Americans practicing greenhouse gardening. Dorian Winslow, owner of ...  

Landscape Gardening


The Kids Are All Right
Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 3, 2010

She's planning to revive her long dormant landscape gardening business and when he obligingly hires her to remake the overgrown wilderness behind his house, ...  

Indoor Gardening


SOUTHGATE: Gardening supply stores upgrade security after break-ins
Southgate News Herald - Aug 28, 2010

SOUTHGATE — Indoor gardening supply stores Downriver are stepping up their security as more thieves are targeting their high-priced ...  

Organic Gardening


Waste Management going for 'black gold'
CNET (blog) - Sep 1, 2010

The trash and recycling services company Waste Management is expanding into the organic gardening business, the company announced ...  

Japanese Gardening


Urban tranquility

Chicago TribuneChicago Tribune - Aug 29, 2010
... university professors worked steadily to create their version, based on Vivianne's design, incorporating a few principles of Japanese gardening. ...  

Tropical Garden


Our Man in Miami: Talking Trash with Carl Hiaasen
BlackBook Magazine - Sep 1, 2010

On Monday night, amid the mannered wilds of Fairchild Tropical Garden, I at long last got to get with the wily maestro. As suspected, Hiaasen is one ...  

Hydrangeas


Hydrangeas 'not your grandmother's plants anymore'

Aiken Standard (subscription)Aiken Standard (subscription) - Sep 2, 2010
The group meets quarterly and brings in guest speakers who are experts in the field of hydrangeas to share some of their secrets to success. ...  

Lilacs


Fringe drama at Shipley School tackles Whitmanesque dilemma
Montgomery Newspapers - Sep 3, 2010

The play, “When Lilacs Last,” will be showing for two weekends at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr. It is an appropriate venue for the play, because it is ...  

Orchids


'Going The Distance' Stars Share Romantic Gestures Gone Awry

MTV.comMTV.com - Sep 1, 2010
These are beautiful, and I'm pretty sure this person loves orchids,' " Long recalled. "I brought them home. She was always so appreciative of just the ...  

Wildlife Garden


Hambrooks wildlife garden wins top award
This Is Hampshire.net - Sep 1, 2010

A GROUNDBREAKING garden that will help wildlife thrive has won a prestigious award for Hampshire designers. Hambrooks garden design and landscaping worked ...  

Zen Garden


Zen and the art of economy repair

Christian Science MonitorChristian Science Monitor - Sep 1, 2010
The late Japanese master Katsuo Saito designed this Sacramento, Calif., Zen garden, which has a koi pond, waterfall, and an artfully disguised swimming pool ...  

 
 
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