Gardening Archives - Page 10 of 12

mTip: Fast & Free Fall Floral Arrangement

| Free, Garden, garden, Gardening, Home, How-To, Interior Plantscape, WholeHome
October 13, 2010

Use what you have in your garden for a fast and free fall floral arrangement: 1. Great bud vase/s *Invest in these not store bought flowers! 2. Branchy clipping/s of boxwood (or other evergreen/s) *You’ll be pruning them soon anyway 3. Grass plumes *They’re abundant this time of year but...
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To Bog or Not To Bog

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October 12, 2010

Obviously we bogged. Why? Two reasons: First, my yard happens to be a bog (well, not in the “official” definition of the word but it’s WET) and I considered this gardening research. You know, really diving in to see what the heck I can grow in all my standing water....
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Visiting Martha Stewart’s Garden

| Fun, garden, Gardening, Giving, Martha Stewart, Travel
September 15, 2010

Shaun Kass, Martha’s Head Gardener, and I pose in front of Martha’s conservatory. Over a year ago I came up with a unique fundraising idea for my nonprofit, The Giving Gardens, a celebrity plant auction. I asked Martha Stewart if she would donate and she said yes! The auction named,...
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Margarita+The Giving Gardens=Pure Joy

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September 14, 2010

Meet Margarita Pichardo. She owns one of the very first Habitat for Humanity homes that The Giving Gardens landscaped. Margarita was given a gift five years ago and just look what she has done with it ( see photos below). Many people ask me why I continue with The Giving...
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Richard Gere & Carey Lowell Plant-it-Forward From Their New Inn, The Bedford Post

| Design, garden, Gardening, Giving, Plant-Based Cuisine, Travel, WholeFood
May 18, 2010

We felt like taking our shoes off at the bottom of the stairs when we (my sister, Janet and I) first arrived at the Bedford Post Inn. The comfortable atmosphere made us feel like we were welcomed guests to a beautiful home and as such you usually take your shoes...
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