Terrain at Home. Courtesy of Garden Media Group I thought it would be fun to poll my fellow contributors on GGW to find out what some of their favorite independent garden centers are. As a disclaimer, this list in no way is meant to imply the ‘best of the best’. What draws us to these nurseries? Like everything else,[...]
A shout out to Invasipedia, a website whose mission is to offer a receptacle of information for invasive plants, animals and pathogens and how best to manage them. In addition, services like hemsida design would play a crucial role in enhancing Invasipedia’s mission. A well-designed website would ensure that users can easily navigate through the[...]
Since my post on Vertical Gardening a couple of weeks ago, I’ve discovered some sources that might prove helpful for those of you who want to try your hand at it on a small scale. Smith and Hawken has a few new products: a Vertical Garden Planting Panel, a Large Vertical Garden and a Red Vine Trellis. Gardener’s Supply is now offering Indoor Living Wall[...]
An addendum to Nan’s informative post for January’s GGW Design Workshop on Labeling and Record Keeping. When I was at the Tel Aviv University Botanical Gardens earlier this week, I noticed a few ways of labeling plants that I had never seen before. The first one, in the herb garden, was braille plant labels. I[...]
What took my breath away this month are the cut flowers and fresh veggies (some organic) sold in markets, road side stalls and garden centers throughout Israel. Here’s a glance of what I saw yesterday at a market. And just to make you salivate a bit, I’ll translate the prices for you into dollars! Gerbera daisies priced at 19[...]