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07/06/2008

Be wary of invasive Dame’s Rocket
Q: Dame’s Rocket has been one of my favorite flowers ever since I was a child and fell in love with its perfume.

Shade trees and windbreaks can cut heating and cooling costs
Utility costs are on the rise, along with so many other expenses. One way to cut bills is to landscape your home for energy efficiency.

Bible gardeners grow plants cited in the Scriptures
People who grow gardens grow in faith, according to the Rev. Marsh Hudson-Knapp, which accounts in large part for the Bible garden he helped established adjacent to his church a quarter-century ago.

Backyards can take on wilderness look
Boulders, waterfalls, even fallen trees are part of a natural ambiance —but the unkempt designs don’t always come cheap

RIC president celebrates retirement
Some 600 guests bid goodbye to Rhode Island College’s president John Nazarian on June 20 during a party at the college.

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“A garden is living and changing,” says landscape designer Andrew Grossman. “It’s mysterious. If you walk into a beautiful home, it regis- ters as a beautiful home, but when you walk into a beautiful garden it’s a different experience entirely. It’s magical.” H2

06/29/2008

Larkspurs yield incredible displays
I was on my way across my state to give a seminar recently and decided to visit one of my favorite cottage gardens. Magnificent larkspurs, poppies and even salvias kept the spiky texture alive and well, creating garden excitement.

Tree houses for all
PHILADELPHIA Bill Allen’s Burlington, Vt., nonprofit is aptly named Forever Young Treehouses. Nothing brings out the kid in us like a tree house.

Tree houses popping up at public gardens
PHILADELPHIA

How to pick a children’s playset for your backyard
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The days of the flimsy metal backyard swingset are pretty much gone.

Today’s improved solar-powered lights are better than ever
Solar-powered lights have improved as the technology they use has advanced — today’s models give off more light than their ancestors did. Plus, they never go dark when the electrical lines go down.

There are right ways and wrong ways to use fertilizer
CHICAGO — New gardeners often are daunted by fertilizing — or they shrug, buy some blue chemical and apply it lavishly without really knowing why. But there’s no need to let your garden’s need for nutrients trip you up. We assembled a cast of experts (Tom Tiddens, supervisor of plant health care at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe; Jon Rosenthal, vice president of business development at Florikan, a Florida fertilizer-maker; and Chris Paisley, service programs manager for Mariani Landscapes in Lake Bluff) to point you in the right direction. Here are five things you might not know about fertilizer.

Do you want great plants? Here are some winners
WASHINGTON — Every gardener wants plants that perform well, that are hardy, pest-resistant and long-lived, as well as aesthetically pleasing. But how do you find such stars?

06/22/2008

Soil doesn’t get any respect — and it should
ALBANY, N.Y. — If you’ve been eyeing your yard for space to start a vegetable plot, you are not alone. A recent Garden Writers Association survey indicates that 39 percent of Americans with yards are planning to grow some of their own food this year. That’s 5 percent more than last year.

Grow-your-own veggies take root
More families are looking right under their feet to ease the problem of high food prices.

You won’t believe what grows in pots
Interest in patio vegetable gardens and edible landscapes is going through the roof. We have known that this explosion was going on in Europe and wondered if it would hit here, too.

A Rare Breed of Gardeners
The hunt is on. Join in. The trail is fresh and fragrant.

06/15/2008

Buyer beware: Not all topsoils created equal
Topsoil is one of the haziest terms used by gardeners — and by those who sell the stuff.

Newport garden tour reveals well-kept secrets
NEWPORT Myra Duvally was right. That was 25 years ago, and she has been right every year since: A garden tour could go over big in Newport.

Some say faux grass anything but green
Jude Albanese doesn’t pay a landscaper or run lots of sprinklers to maintain his lawn. He has retired his mower, and he doesn’t use fertilizer. Yet the grass in front of his New Jersey home looks so lush that some passersby feel the need to bend down and touch it.

Electric mowers a cut above
Mowing the lawn no longer has to begin with a nervous tug on a starter cord, or the smell of gasoline and oil.