The Blue Garden

While color-themed gardens intrigue in the planning stages, they can be a bit difficult to pull off. One drawback is the self-limiting nature of it… there are so many plants that attract our attention and to reduce them to only one color is quite a task. Then, next, the color blue is not a common one in nature, perhaps as an offset to all that sky. Finally, there is the color itself. Colors have visual...

The Prairie Garden

Few of us will ever see a true prairie like the pioneers of old had seen, but we still have the plants, and many of those are ideal for the challenging conditions of drought. Prairies are rare now, but some enthusiasts believe you can have a little piece of the prairie in even the smallest of yards, and I am inclined to agree. How did the original settlers see the native prairies? What do conservationists think...

Garden Ornaments: To Have or Have Not?

Garden ornaments are a tricky topic. You are going to risk offending someone or another if you say something is tacky… and it is just your opinion, anyway, right? Well, though my own taste tends towards the garden of little and classic ornament, I have seen all sorts of flourishes done well. From the Medicis influenced by Hadrian’s sculptures and garden to fifty’s style flamingos and those...

Making a Fairy Garden

Yonie′s Greenhaus charming fairy garden You may want to start with a moss garden, or perhaps plot out an entire garden within a flat container, or maybe tuck one away between some large rocks in your yard, but wherever you decide to situate a fairy garden it may end up being as fun and entrancing as any miniature world of tiny houses and furnishings could be! …But with the added fascination that tiny...

Containers of Flowers

Containers:To Pretty Up Just About AnyplaceCreating your own brightly colored accents Containers make eye catching focal points, or can even comprise an entire garden picture when grouped together. With the variety within the components of container style, size, and combination of plants the effects and uses are many. Container gardening has become increasingly popular due to the easy effects and versatility for...