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Yakima County Master Gardeners: Creating a potager garden | Home And Garden
We humans have been making gardens all-around our households for thousands of many years. Traditionally, gardens have taken many types, and re-producing them can be a interesting challenge. One particular sort of yard style and design can be very practical in our modern day-day gardens. The potager is a marvelous mixing of flowers, herbs and greens. The word is French and suggests “a thick soup,” the notion getting that every thing for the soup can be identified in one particular yard. The earliest documentation of this type of backyard garden comes from a layout program relationship from the 10th century in France for a uncomplicated, utilitarian back garden in a…
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Master Gardeners: Creating a Potager Garden |
We humans have been creating gardens around our homes for thousands of years. Historically, gardens have taken many forms, and recreating them can be a fascinating challenge. One form of garden design can be very functional in our modern-day gardens. The potager is a marvelous blending of flowers, herbs, and vegetables. The word potager is French and means “a thick soup,” the idea being that everything for the soup can be found in one garden. The earliest documentation of this form of garden comes from a design plan dating from the 10th century in France for a simple, utilitarian garden in a monastery. It was a simple plan with small…
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The Garden Design Secret to Creating Enduring, Self-Sufficient Landscapes
We may all need a little refresher when it comes to the birds and the bees. And who better to give it than garden design experts and AD100 firm Hollander Design Landscape Architects, which presented on the subject this week as part of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s Bunny Mellon Curricula? (The firm’s serene outdoor settings have oft graced the pages of AD, most recently with the impeccably manicured lawn at Candice Bergen’s Hamptons retreat.) Plus, with renewed enthusiasm for outdoor design still going strong, it may be to designers’ benefit to tune in more to how they can help foster biodiverse landscapes in their projects. Hosted in…
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Theory Design creating interior of custom home in Esplanade Lake Club
FORT MYERS, FL – the fastest-growing, high-end interior design firm in Southwest Florida – is creating a custom interior for a 4,000-plus-square-foot private residence by Seagate Development Group in Esplanade Lake Club. Located just one minute from Gulf Coast Town Center in South Fort Myers, it will take a coastal modern approach to a tropical community that extracts much beauty from never-ending Lake Como and a resort-style landscape. Come Summer 2023, Theory Design’s Vice President of Design, Ruta Menaghlazi, and Interior Designer, Emily Mastropietro, will breathe life into this custom home fit for an active family of four. Inspired by Theory Design creations in Quail West and other prestigiously renowned…
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How to design a formal living room: Emma Sims Hilditch advises on creating smart spaces
A formal living room is the one room in the house that you might keep the kids and pets out of, where you’re unlikely to indulge in TV dinners but are very likely to invite guests into for smart soirées. Designing a formal living room follows a number of formula that are easy to translate – but how to do so in a way that makes the room feel welcoming as well as beautifully curated? If you have been browsing formal living room ideas, you will likely have noticed that they have quite tight layouts, that furniture is neatly upholstered and that drapes are sumptuous. But how to add that…
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Tips for creating an inviting outdoor entertaining space
Carmen Johnston, a Georgia-based garden designer and lifestyle expert, has been busy throughout the pandemic creating lush backdrops for family living and entertaining, whether it’s with plantings, flower beds or container gardens. Through her virtual business, Bespoke Garden Plans, Johnston collaborates with clients across the country to create custom gardens that match their location and needs. Johnston is the outdoor living designer for the 2022 HGTV Smart Home in Wilmington, N.C. She can answer questions on how to create an inviting garden space for entertaining and more. Every week, Jura Koncius helps you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. She and weekly guests, whether Martha Stewart, Marie Kondo, or…
