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The Environmental Gardener: A few holiday gift suggestions for gardeners
With Christmas and Hanukkah just around the corner, our Environmental Gardener columnists Greg Levine and Erica Glasener collaborated on this gift guide for gardeners. Bluestone Perennials We both find that as we get older it can be challenging to buy gifts for friends and family who don’t really need anything. But for our friends that are gardeners or lovers of plants, we have a range of gift suggestions. A Living Present Erica’s Pick: It’s hard to go wrong with a living arrangement in a beautiful decorative pot, whether it’s a simple phalaenopsis orchid for indoors (almost foolproof), or a container garden for the patio with winter blooms. Try including violas,…
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Sussex-based gardener shares ‘evergreen’ Christmas gift ideas
As we approach the festive season, bespoke Garden Designer Maxime Jones-Lloyd provides tips on ‘Evergreen’ Christmas gifting, urging consumers to turn their attention to presents that will long-outlive the Christmas season. National Trust Build Your Own Next Box Fatigued by festive frivolity, the established garden designer based in Petworth is encouraging ‘Evergreen’ gifting – by promoting the longevity of gifts for the garden. With ideas for all budgets and ages, the garden proves itself as a worthy source of inspiration this winter. From seeds to propagated plants, hedgehog houses to terracotta lanterns, ‘Evergreen’ gifts will inspire all who wish to gift consciously. “There’s no better place to see a present…
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Memories of Queen Elizabeth II from a Walla Walla gardener |
The first time I met Queen Elizabeth was on a Monday afternoon the third week of May, 2003 at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. The occasion was the opening day of the flower show, a day anticipated, planned and worried over for a solid previous year. Proposals to participate in the show are submitted almost a year in advance to the Royal Horticultural Society. For over 100 years the show has been held the third week in May, the date and occurrence only disrupted by the World Wars and lately COVID-19. It is held on the grounds of the Royal Hospital in the Chelsea district of London, a venerable…
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Casual Gardener: Grand garden designs at Serc’s Holywood Campus
South Eastern Regional College is offering a chance to hone your garden design skills… MOST gardeners are garden designers, whether they realise it or not. Choosing where to place a particular container or deciding which two plants work well together is part of a process that seeks to maximise the impact of a space on the eye. When taken to extremes by the likes of Capability Brown, the 18th century landscaper, garden design can involve acres of land, huge amounts of labour and thousands of plants. But good design can be just as crucial in a small space, where planting and hard landscaping can together create a look and atmosphere…
