12 Tips on How To Use Color Effectively In The Garden

Color In the Gardene

There are several elements that make up a well thought out landscape: they include structure, shape, texture, scent, and movement. But for the majority of us home gardeners, the first element we take into consideration when designing our own personal paradise is color. But there are some people who really trust an expert like Drake’s 7 Dees logo to make their garden healthy and beautiful.

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Thanks to renowned garden authors like Penelope Hobhouse, who wrote Color In Your Garden,  Rosemary Verey, author of Making of A Garden, and Christopher Lloyd’s Gardening Year, (just to name a few), I became enthralled with color in the garden when I first became a passionate gardener in the late 80s. Although I had worked with design and colors for several years in other arenas, learning how to use it effectively in the landscape was something all together different.

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13 Reasons Why Gardening Is Good For Your Health

Wildflowers at Chanticleeer

The results of a multitude of research is now showing what gardeners have intrinsically known for generations –

that gardening is good for your health.

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Christmas Wishes and Adieu

All of us at GGW want to wish each of you a magnificent and fun holiday season

I am also taking this moment to let you know we are closing up shop at GGW. We’ve had an incredible eleven year run as a group gardening blog. For the past two years though, with my interest no longer solely focused on the gardening world but rather on ensuring that all of humanity gains access to real food on pennies a day through my participation in Peter Diamandis’ Abundance 360 group of entrepreneurs, GGW has been able to maintain a presence through Saxon’s and Debra’s postings.

At this point though, both Debra and Saxon have their own successful blogs and mailing lists so you can keep up with all of their inspirations, thoughts, and awesomeness through their personal websites.

But because we have such a strong and interactive community that it just makes sense to continue sharing thoughts, updates, and happenings on our GGW Facebook page. So please continue responding and questioning anything you want on that page.

To say that we are grateful for the support that you have offered all of us throughout these years would be understatement. It has been a true privilege to participate in such a stellar and responsive gardening community.

I know I speak for Saxon and Debra when I say that we wish all of you blessings, joy, health, and an abundant future.

With much love,

Fran

Join Me in Celebrating the Joy of Succulents!

You’re invited to subscribe to my “Celebrating the Joy of Succulents” newsletter—a fast-growing community of several thousand subscribers. 

I’m primarily interested in serving a select and savvy group who share my passion for “plants that drink responsibly.” 

Recent “Celebrating the Joy of Succulents” topics include Succulent Windowsill Pots DIY, How Rain Benefits SucculentsHow to Grow Succulents Indoors, and The Secret to Happy Succulents. I also take my subscribers on virtual tours of noteworthy gardens I’ve visited, such as Jim Gardner’s Succulent Showplace in Palos Verdes.

If you and “Celebrating the Joy of Succulents” seem a good match, go to https://www.debraleebaldwin.com. At top, type your full name, email, and click “subscribe.” Voila! You’re now a valued member of a vibrant, cutting-edge group of sophisticated, joyful succulent aficionados.

I’ll soon send out my next newsletter. You won’t want to miss it and all the upcoming eye-candy I’m eager to show you!

You’re invited! Subscribe to my “Celebrating the Joy of Succulents” newsletter. 

Joyfully and succulently yours, Debra Lee Baldwin 

The Green New Deal

Finally!  Hope ! Something we can actually do about climate change.  The Green New Deal is an actual plan.  Read on.

Energy old and new – oil well pumpjack and windmill, Oklahoma

(I hope our readers at Gardening Gone Wild and gardeners everywhere will recognize this is not a political issue and turn your heads and cringe.  This is positive news, gardeners understand the Earth is not going anywhere  – it is us who need to figure out sustainability. – Saxon Holt)

When young activists stormed the Congressional office of Nancy Pelosi last week demanding an environmental plan in the wake of the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, I wondered why go after one of the most liberal members of Congress, in the most liberal city in America, in the heart of the environmental movement. [continue reading…]