High Density Gardening

Growing roses is both an art and a science: as my gardening aunt used to say, “…it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other!”
As a rose grower myself and author of a gardening website, I get many questions about why a certain rose bush has failed or what a person might be [...]

If you are serious about your beloved garden then you will be serious about your local garden supply center. You want to be sure that your garden center supplies quality plants and garden tools. You get to know after time what they stock and when the seasonal items will be coming in. Some very customer [...]

Whether you’re one person with a little garden or a large landscape company, a topsoil screen can make you more efficient. Topsoil screens come in a variety of configurations, from small, individual screens to huge motorized pieces of equipment. Some of the most common uses are the removal of rocks, sticks, and sod to leave [...]

Jumping into a landscaping project can be extremely time consuming and costly. It can be disappoint to put a lot of time and money into a complicated project just to end up not being satisfied with the results. It would be great if there was a way to know before you did your first hole [...]

Whether the occasion is a birthday, secretaries day, mothers day, fathers day or the holidays (Christmas, Hanukah or Kwanzaa) bonsai trees make great gifts. Bonsai trees are a perfect gift for any loved one born with or without a green thumb. If you know someone special who loves and takes delight in caring for plants [...]

When considering building a garden shed, you have to realize that there are a number of options to choose from. You do not have to settle on a shed that you have no interest in just because it is all that is out there. Of course there are a number of variables that can determine [...]

There is still another use for a customized variety of the rock garden which has been taken little advantage of. This is referred to as “rock garden foundation planting.”
There are a few such plantings effectively executed to feel content that there is a field here which has not yet been developed. In many sections where [...]

Underfloor heating is a modernized heating concept, which perhaps owes its origin to the Roman times. It is believed that in those days, civilizations constructed their structures with voids, which enabled circulation of warm air, heated due to the open fire outside, thus maintaining high temperatures inside the premises. Since then times have changed, however [...]

Many people love the unique look of cacti and succulents. These cute, lumpy plants are seen on people’s desks and in their homes. For those that live in warm and dry climates, they can actually plant cacti and succulents outdoors with other annual plants. However, for many of us the cacti and succulent plants are [...]

Having a log cabin in the garden can be a delightful accessory to add. It can give your garden a personality and style like nothing else. However, it can prove to be quite expensive if you are not careful. But there are some things you can do to keep the costs down and save money [...]