From small wooden potting sheds to large garden studios that function as guest rooms and offices, here are our favourite ideas for garden sheds.
Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe' and pink Hollyhock mallow (Malva alcea 'Fastigiata'), mid July.
The weather here in sunny Queensland is absolutely perfect, our mornings chilly but the days are crisp and fresh, perfect weather for a picnic, whether it’s on the beach or the mountains all rugged up with cosy blankets with delicious lunch and wine.
Hi Everyone! You guys! Can we just talk for a minute about my latest obsession: black and glass green houses. They. Are. Just. So. Damn. Good. As you know Im in the throws of planning our kitchen garden and one element I know I want incorporated is a greenhouse/potting shed. With the space Im alloting...Read the Post
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Photographer duo India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson (known collectively as Haarkon) celebrate the universal beauty and rich history of glass greenhouses in a new book, Glasshouse Greenhouse. Filled with verdant images of greenhouses from around the world, the book is divided into seven thematic chapters including History, Research, and Pleasure. Haarkon complement the visual storytelling with written reflections that explain each location and their experience in discovering it. The UK-based pair travels widely for their editorial and commercial work as visual storytellers, and seeking out greenhouses has become a touchpoint in their explorations of new places. More
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Gravel is a superhero in a landscape, a maintenance-free ground cover that allows water to drain back into the soil. Here are ten gardens with gravel to envy (with ideas you can steal for your own garden):
Outdoor Steps One of the best ways to create a visually interesting outdoor living space is to play with changing levels in your design
In my last post, we finished off at the entrance to the one sunny pocket in the backyard garden. Let's head under the arbor and look around. Before we move away to explore the rest of the garden, I wanted to show you this pretty, little Japanese birdbath. I also want to point out the interesting way the gardener has managed to combine rock of different scales both in this bright, sunny corner and in other areas of the garden. On the left, she has created a dry stream bed using river rock with a flagstone edging. On the right, she has mixed flagstone with pea gravel to create a path. Pea gravel has a nice crunch under foot, but flagstone is easier to walk on. Assorted groundcovers soften and blend the edges of the path into the rest of the plantings. And speaking of groundcovers...I like Creeping Jenny, but I always stress over its aggressive spread. This gardener obviously does not share my worry, because as you will notice, she has it planted throughout the garden. It does make an interesting textural matt under this Japanese Maple doesn't it? She had this Black Bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra planted in a partially buried pot (initially slow to spread, but be warned, it can also be invasive). I love the skirt of ornamental grass that hides the pot. Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Moving to the left, we enter an area of half-shade with dappled sunlight. Among the flowering plants and shrubs are pink Astilbe and a number of hydrangeas. As you can imagine, she waters both frequently! In terms of foliage plants, the homeowner has planted a variety of hosta, heuchera and variegated Jacob's Ladder (see lower right corner two photos back). There are also Ostrich Ferns toward the back of this flowerbed. In the far corner of the garden, there are a number of mature trees and full shade conditions. Added to the combination of hosta and heuchera, there is a Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium niponicum var. pictum on the left. I am going to make a wild guess that the perennial on the right is a Heuchera,'Southern Comfort'. Always pretty for shade: Siberian Bugloss, Brunnera macrophylla, 'Jack Frost' I thought this was a fun idea. Hanging from the tree branches are several birdcages with plant pots inside. No room for a full-sized pond? Check this out! This pond was no bigger than a bucket. I messed up this shot a little and missed the last word expressed in the sentiment on the little pebbles in the foreground. The rocks say, "Hello, have a nice day!" I pass that sentiment on to you.
Zwiebelblumen in Töpfen unter Zierkirsche (Tulipa ‚Apricot Beauty‘, Muscari, Hyacinthus)
When former Vogue editor Fiona Golfar was told by her husband that he had bought a house in Cornwall, she fell over in shock. But as she explains, it did not take her long to realise that she had fallen on her feet.
PinterestTwitterFacebook Boy have we been taking advantage of the nice warm days here. Hubby was kind enough to put up my Purple Martin house this week. Look at all those rooms in that mansion. I’ve wanted one for quite some time but didn’t want to pay the price. Have you looked lately, a decent size...
White Garden planting.
Create an all-season perennial garden so that the blooms just keep on blooming! Enjoy three or four seasons of color and beauty throughout your yard by following our easy guide.
Its been a hot week in Boston, in the nineties! I was out in the yard quite often and as usual I include the dogs. The spot where the pink swing sits needed some flowers so I decided to add a trellis, and then put my planter next to it and grow some morning glories. I will be attaching the trellis, but the plan is to hide the trash barrel behind it. Cute striped pillows, the outdoor type, were a gift from my sister. I think Dillon says we need to go to the upper yard so we can weed the rose bed. My roses have exploded due to the heat. Still waiting on the hydrangeas. Heat means lots of watering, even though I use the moisture retentive type potting soil in the planters. Weeding all along the back rose bed and Dillon overseas my work. The rest of the week I was busy helping Mr. Maison Decor. When he is not being a policeman, he is running his excavation company. This week he had a demolition job and was digging the foundation. I actually spent an entire day in this bathroom with him ripping out 3 ceilings and 3 floors, and the walls. Plaster dust, even though it is white, is not pleasant. Triple ugh. We were all glad when the interior demo was finished, and we moved onto digging the foundation. I was promoted to superviser! Did you know white hard hats mean you are the boss? Don't you just love white? I guess he had enough of my supervision, and I was soon back to doing grunt work. The other thing I did this week was list my Titanic style steamer deck chairs on Craiglist. They sold in about one hour! Originally purchased for the deck on our NH house, they have been sitting on the lawn waiting for me to move them every time I have to mow the lawn. So the last time the lawn was mowed, was the last time I had to move them~ A nice lady came by and shoved them in her Mercedes at 8am this morning and handed me the cash! That was my fun and crazy week!
Old carriage house or garden shed in disuse and disrepair? Fixing it up isn't as hard as you think. A design pro shares four easy tips to get those garden shed renovation ideas going. If you're just looking for a refresh, we've got garden shed decoration inspiration, too.
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The Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour this past weekend yielded this Asian style garden; it is also on Santa Ana's West Floral Pa...
Hydrangeas are spectacular flowers and they will look amazing in any garden. But if you want to plant something truly special-looking fo the warm season, you should go with Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangeas. When blooming, this special species will make your garden look bright and cheerful and surely every visitor is going to notice it. This […]
