We now return you to our regularly scheduled Gardening Gone Wild programming: the end-of-the-month summary of this month’s posts on the topic of stone in the garden. In Fran’s post this month, she commented on the value of “simplicity and subtlety” when it comes to stonework. I think the photo above is a good[...]
In response to Nan’s topic this month for Garden Blogger’s Design Workshop, I have only one thing to say, I can’t get enough of stone: beautiful, authentic slabs of stone in different intensities and blends of color, textures, shapes and thickness. These stones are a real turn on for me, perhaps because they are so[...]
Stone may seem like an odd topic for a design workshop, I suppose. But in the last year of blog-reading, I’ve noticed that many of you incorporate stone into your gardens in one form or another: as gravel for paths, slabs for paving and Patios, rocks for walls, and boulders for accents. Our driveway specialists[...]
It seems we have plenty of readers here at GGW who aren’t shy about showing off their love of gardening where everyone can see it. If you’re looking for a new supplier for your gardening tools check out Tradefix Direct. As with any garden, these front-yard spaces are often works in progress; even if others[...]
Last night as I was browsing through the latest issue of Gardens Illustrated, I came across a short article on page 11 that touched on front yards from a political/environmental standpoint. Since our Garden Blogger’s Design Workshop’s theme this month, thanks to our dear Nan, is on Front Yards, I couldn’t resist passing this onto[...]