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Sponsor a Paver For Civic Pride

May 2, 2011

I was reading a story in The Republic this morning with a rater larger title. Centennial Circle project allowing Prescott residents to put their mark on the city’s history Well I guess it deservices a large title as it is about how the city of PRESCOTT, Ariz is laying down 1066 pavers and hopes to [...]

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Flower Shows Ends May 15th

April 23, 2011

There is still time to visit Disney’s Epcot International Flower & Garden Show running through May 15th 2011. There are not a lot of gigantic flower and garden shows around the world so if you can make it to a show like this you will be rewarded with spectacular sights.  

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Celebrate National Public Gardens Day – May 6, 2011

April 22, 2011

May 6th is National Public Gardens day and to help celebrate that day Better Homes and Gardens is giving away free admission passes just for signing up on their website. Use this link Free Pass To Public Gardens It appears that you can get up to ten free passes for your family or group. Don’t [...]

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People Love Gardens Everywhere

April 17, 2011

I caught a post this morning in the NZ Herald talking about how Lucy (Zena) Lawless is rehabbing her Auckland estate by putting in extensive gardens, you can read the whole story here – Lucy’s spend-up on massive eco-garden And talking about people in the entertainment business and their gardens, I just read in the [...]

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Gardening Mistakes & Urban Gardening Revisited

April 14, 2011

I think I can safely say winter is over, oh I know there is plenty of time for one or two early spring snow storms to slam us but I’m going to go out on a limb and predict it won’t happen. If we do get more snow I’m not prepared to be held responsible, [...]

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Spring Flower Shows Break Out

April 8, 2011

Those flower lovers amongst us wait for the first flower show with anticipation of what they foreshadow, spring and our getting out into our own gardens. Across the Atlantic in the town of Cardiff (GB) they are having a flower show to ring in the new season. Shows director Stephen Bennett said there were high [...]

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Mulch Catches Fire? And Other Landscaping Thoughts

April 7, 2011

A Houston woman had her newly laid down mulch catch fire, was it spontaneous combustion or something else. Read the story for yourself – Mulch Fire The soil in our gardens is warming up and if you have not yet removed the winter mulch and leaves tangled in your bushes now is the time to [...]

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Here Comes The Sun

April 5, 2011

I ran across a great little video on YouTube and thought I would post it here for all of you wondering about spring and warm weather.It’s just a quick video with some background music from the Beatles singing Here Comes The Sun. Enjoy!

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Too Many Pavers?

March 29, 2011

Yesterday I talked about some of the great ways you can use pavers to increase the the visibility of your landscaped yard and enhance the visual appeal of flowers and shrubs but, have you thought about what to do it you areas in your landscaping simply have too many pavers. Maybe you got carried away [...]

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Finishing Touches To Landscaping

March 28, 2011

Creating a walkway to the backyard, the front door or even just to the garage is a great opportunity to put an exclamation point to your beautiful landscaped yard and highlight your home at the same time. Using pre-cut pavers offers you the most choice in color and material as well as shape and cost. [...]

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