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Conserving Water in Garden Watering Restrictions

May 12th, 2009 3 Comments

Drought prone regions often call for smarter garden watering practices as water is an extremely precious commodity. In fact, authorities in some places will even impose water restrictions thereby limiting water usage of households. If you live in a drought prone region, you have probably already mastered the art of gardening with water restrictions in [...]

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How to Search Daily Gardening Updates

November 30th, 2008 No Comments

Active gardening requires constant update on all new happenings around. An active and intelligent gardener very well understands the importance of being update with news, methods and new techniques, researches, and shared experiences of fellow gardeners around the world. This is an age of internet and communication. It is simply a click that will carry [...]

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How Large is Hope Gardens in Jamaica?

November 10th, 2008 2 Comments

The straight answer to this question is “200 acres of land”. “Hope Gardens” of Jamaica is the largest botanical garden in entire Caribbean. You will find a cactus garden, orchid house, greenhouse, a forest garden, an ornamental pond, a plant nursery, lily pond, poet’s corner, bandstand, fountains, zoo, bougainvillea walkway, shrub maze, sunken gardens, coconut [...]

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Nude Gardening -Natural Gardening: A Critical Point

November 4th, 2008 3 Comments

An incidental search on Google leads me to a strange world of gardening. I have been reading and writing about several types and techniques of gardening and very obviously the natural concept has always been one of the core themes in my mind. Natural gardening is not just gardening with mother nature but there is [...]

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Landscaping Featuring Non-Invasive Ornamental Grasses

November 2nd, 2008 2 Comments

Landscaping with ornamental grasses is something like painting a canvas with lovely colors. Home gardens and landscapes featuring ornamental grasses are natural nesting sites, food, and cover for birds and animals. Different types of ornamental grasses weave out a different pleasant texture for home gardens. Such new textures add up new dimensions to the beauty [...]

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Online Gardening Community: Discussion on Key Issues

September 14th, 2008 4 Comments

 A garden in real life is a little different from the garden on internet. On internet, it is kind of a virtual existence though the participants are real. In a sense, it is an altogether different experience. Garden on internet can be visualized in many forms. There may be websites, community forums, and bulletin boards.
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Shangri La Botanical Gardens

April 23rd, 2008 No Comments

If you ever happen to be visiting the lovely town of Orange, Texas you should stop by the beautiful Shangri La Gardens and Nature Center. If you’re a fan of botanical gardens, this one would be a real treat. The garden has more than 300 different plant species and received platinum certification for LEED(R)-NC. [...]

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