Materials

Twool Wool Garden Twine

A vote for Twool’s new line of garden twine may not be a vote for a product you are going to see on your local nursery shelves (unless you live in the UK) – but that is kind of the point.  Twool twine is local to England is made of wool from sheep in Dartmoor. [...]

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Straysparks Hand Forged Decorative Trellis

Straysparks modular trellis system, which allows you to make your own trellis configuration, has been nominated for the best the new product award a Chelsea Flower Show. The individual pieces are handforged and can be built up to create any size or shape of trellis that you and your plants might require. There are 13 [...]

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What Would it Take to Get You Outside?

This morning in my yoga class my teacher shared a dirty little secret.  She used to smoke <gasp>. This is confession was part of her sharing a realization that when she once had this habit (many years ago) it did have a very positive upside…..she did it outside.  Part of her smoking habit was to retire outside [...]

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Inspiration: Not Gardens – Knot Garden by PEG

Karen M’Closkey and Keith Vandersys of Peg OLA have been making interesting projects with the use of parametric software and laser cut weed fabric.   Patterns are precut to customized designs which are then laid out on site and seeded.   The inexpensive and relatively easy installation and maintenance are helping them to create interesting landscape features.     I [...]

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The Green Barn

I know this news might not be as exciting to you as it is to me….but nonetheless my excitement for this announcement borders (irrationally) on the level of engagements and new babies.  WE HAVE DECIDED ON A PAINT COLOR FOR THE BARN! I know that might not seem that momentous ….but given that we have mulling it [...]

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Texture in the Garden

I happened across this image on Flickr today  -  It struck me as so pretty.  As I figured out what I love about it, I came to the conclusion that it is all the textures.   It re-opened my eyes to the sensory contrast that can be created with simple plants, pots and walls.  Remarkable. image by [...]

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DIY: Terracotta & Copper Plant Markers

Are you getting ready for spring?  I took a walk around the garden today and was so pleased to see all the little nubs of plants poking through the ground and leaf buds ready to pop on the trees and shrubs. My seed orders arrived last week and I realized that I had gone all-in on things [...]

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