Summer Rayne Oakes's Houseplant Masterclass aims to give you a green thumb.
Learn how to grow sweet alyssum, a garden favorite with dainty scented flowers. Get care tips for keeping your alyssum blooming in containers, hanging baskets and flower beds.
Ancient Ireland, Scotland and England had a fantastic folk religion that has been classed as Celtic. The way into understanding these religions is through the Druids.
A collaborative blog by Pre K and Kindergarten specialists. Child growth and development, information, free printables.
A bug hotel is part garden craft and part winter home for insects! Create one today with this fun and easy bug hotel craft for kids!
Learn How to Grow Philodendron Spiritus Sancti showcase its beautiful and long leaves in your rooms for a touch of class!
Community gardens are magical spaces. They turn empty plots into vibrant landscapes teeming with lush plants and buzzing with community life. Starting a community garden can seem daunting, but it doe
Learn how to make compost at home for your own plants. Diy compost can be made in small quantities, perfect for a few pots on the patio. A great ...
With a little imagination and a slightly broader palette of plants, these ornamental grass combinations showcase your grasses all season.
Want to learn a new skill? Check out this amazing resource of Free Online Craft Classes including sewing, quilting, baking and more!
This post is inspired by the recent hoopla over the $15.5M installation of four “New York City Waterfalls” created by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson placed along the East R…
Hello stamping friends, I have another sneak peek to share with you from the 2024-2025 Annual catalogue. As a demonstrstor we have access to preorders from new upcoming catalogues. When I first saw the Country Flowers Bundle, I knew it was one that I would love. The stamp set includes two different containers, three foliage and flower stamps, a stool and five greetings. For this card I stamped the front pail and flowers first. I created a mask for the pail and then stamped the stool and the teapot and flowers. I stamped the stool again on a piece of woodgrain card stock from the Country Woods DSP and fussy cut it out. I trimmed the stool so that it would fit behind the front pail. I coloured the image with my Blends Markers and cut out the image with a Deckled Rectangle Die. Happy Easter stamping friends, be sure to pop back soon for more peeks from the new catalogue. If you live in Australia and do not already have a demo, contact me and I can send you your own catalogue as soon as it's available. Happy stamping, Rachel
National Trust to restore Gertrude Jekyll’s ‘horticultural gem’ at Lutyens-designed home in Surrey before public opening
Learn about the best Types of Ginger Plants and their uses. You can grow them for ornamental and culinary purposes easily!
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Scilly Isles, UK Looking at the plants in this garden it is difficult to believe that Tresco Abbey Gardens is situated in the British Isles. Containing sub-tropical plants from Australia, South Africa and South America – including Echiums, Agaves, Aloes, Proteas, Aeoniums, Strelitzias and palm trees, this garden looks as though it should be situated in the Mediterranean! However, it is located in England, on the small island of Tresco in the Scilly Isles (approximately 28 miles from the south west tip of Cornwall in the United Kingdom). The photographs in this set were taken in late August when a lot of the color had already left the gardens. However, the varied planting provides a superb example of the value of a clear garden structure filled with diverse and contrasting foliage – creating a wonderful green tapestry of architectural plants throughout the year. This photograph shows a long path through palm trees looking down the garden towards the sea. Details: With a stunning background of white sandy beaches and vivid turquoise sea, Tresco Abbey Gardens is an outstanding historic garden set amid the romantic ruins of a 16th century priory. The gardens were started by Augustus Smith, who moved to the island in 1834. The garden has subsequently been developed by four succeeding generations of the family from Augustus Smith. The gardens have many delightful features, often seen at their best in the warmth of the afternoon sun, ranging from the Abbey arch, the Neptune steps, the shell house and a number of tastefully placed sculptures (including one to the earth goddess Gaia), all bordered by fantastic foliage of varying shapes, textures, sizes and hues. Surrounded by sea and in the warmth of the Gulf Stream the climate is exceptionally mild and totally frost free in most years. With south facing terraces, these gardens have often been referred to as ‘Kew gardens without the roof’, because in mainland UK, you would only find these plants in a botanical garden glass house. Location: Tresco Abbey Gardens, Tresco, Scilly Isles, TR24 0QQ, England: UK Map references: OSGB36 Grid ref: SV8931214323, SV893143, Map Tile Ref: SV81SE88 Links: More details about the gardens are available from the Tresco Abbey Gardens website. © 2011 ukgardenphotos
See photos from the Rikumo Kokedama planting workshop! On Wednesday, July 24th, 2019, a small group of plant enthusiasts convened in our store after we had closed to the public to partake in a special hands-on Kokedama making party.
I do not have a green thumb! In fact, I kill most plants that we have in our home. So why did I decide to build a garden? Well, I thought it would be a
Create a fun & beautiful outdoor learning environment. Transform your yard into outdoor classroom, science lab & backyard adventure for kids.
Ideas for getting kids outside learning and growing with these crafty garden projects for kids from vegetable gardening to silly gnomes. Idea Gallery.
Discover the steps to initiate your own community garden. Learn how to start and cultivate a thriving communal green space .
Putting the garden to bed properly in fall can reduce the likelihood of pest problems next year, prevent soil erosion, add organic matter, and reduce the loss of important nutrients in the soil over the winter.
This is a simple and beautiful nature craft to make for someone special in your life. These clay pinch pots makes an adorable gift or fun decoration for
Beginning a school garden with a limited budget calls for creativity. Learn money-saving suggestions for a school garden including finding community resources, where to search online for cheap or free garden tools, acquiring and starting seeds, and best practices for buying compost in bulk.
Children need to experience nature, and gardening is a good way to encourage them to engage with the earth, plants and animals. Gardening classes, as taught in Steiner-Waldorf schools from Class 6 to Class 10, help children develop many important skills, including sensory perception and motor skills, as well as an understanding of ecology and agriculture. How can such a complex subject be taught well and effectively? In a clear structure -- which includes the history of school gardens, aspects of child development, and practical help on teaching methods, lesson planning for different age groups, and maintaining the garden itself -- Birte Kaufmann offers many useful tips and suggestions for new or developing gardening teachers.
There are many ways to integrate history lessons into your school garden. Here are some ideas and tips for helping students experience history through the hands-on activity of gardening.
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A total of 50 programs will be awarded Youth Garden Grants in 2022. This garden grant awards cash and gardening supplies.
Even if you're not ready to plant your garden, there are many tasks you can do to prepare. Here’s our checklist.
Five life lessons that I learning from Gardening this year.
Get gardening lesson plan ideas from beginner to pro.
Are you building a garden theme for preschool or kindergarten? Our printable garden activities will engage your little learners.
The five requirements to become a successful garden consultant. You don't need to be a horticulturist/master gardener, but you do need these five things.
Gardening Lessons & Gardening Courses Bespoke lessons in your own garden For new gardeners & gardeners who want to know more; qualified gardening teacher
