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It’s time to get your garden ready for a summer of enjoyment! We spoke to Ricky from Pride Landscape and Design to find out 6 ways you can prepare for your next garden project, before hiring a gardene
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
It’s time to get your garden ready for a summer of enjoyment! We spoke to Ricky from Pride Landscape and Design to find out 6 ways you can prepare for your next garden project, before hiring a gardene
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Perennial Garden Design. Our one-click garden design service for quick, cost-effective and smart growing solutions. Here we have a fantastic perennial garden design, aimed at people who want a low maintenance, high fruiting and flowering garden. Based on the average 8 by 20 meter urban garden, this design will survive in most soils (although best for 6-8 ph) and zones USDA 6-9 or UK Hardiness H4-H7. In this design you will receive: • 50 hardy plants with botanical and common names. • A clearly annotated garden design What is permaculture? Permaculture, 'permanent agriculture', is an ecological design system that creates abundant results because of its regenerative practises. Inspired by the principles and methods of natural eco-systems, we create designs that heal the soil, produce high yields of fruit, medicine and other necessary ingredients for a thriving environment for all types of landscapes and scenarios of life. Whats the benefits of using our permaculture garden designs? • Low Maintenance In natures designs, there is a job for everything. The leaves provide the soil with nitrogen, the plants trade nutrients and everything is recycled back into the eco-system in a miraculous closed-loop system with no inputs needed expect for the natural life-cycles and elements. Therefore, when we use natures methods of thriving to create sustainable landscape designs, little maintenance is needed. Ideally, the system will completely maintain itself, however, there will be some maintenance depending on the type of system but compared to traditional gardens where all the plants are only chosen aesthetically and need huge inputs from weekly gardeners to outsourced fertilisers, PERMACULTURE SYSTEMS ARE MUCH LESS WORK. • High yielding in fruits, veg and flowers You can expect higher yielding results because your eco-system is working as a team, co-operating, trading and thriving with one another. This is because the right plants have been chosen for the specific climate, soil and guild (Group of plants). When the intelligence of permaculture is applied to garden design, nature flourishes quickly and abundantly because all the plants are in the right place, contributing their unique benefits to an environment the needs them. • Improves soil health, biodiversity and production You may or may not know that plants have special powers. Some plants fix nitrogen from the air, into the soil, some air-rate the soil so fungi, insects and water can move freely and some dig deep down in the soil, bringing up necessary minerals and nutrients to trade with other plants. Permaculture design emphasises the importance of choosing the right plants for the specific eco-system, asking, what does the soil need? How can we improve biodiversity? What plants/trees are needed to create a thriving, low maintenance eco-system here? When we know our environment, we know the right plants to integrate and when we know that, we can heal the earth. We can create a THRIVING PLANET WITH PERMACULTURE. • Regenerative eco-system design In permaculture you will hear regeneration a lot. This is because our eco-systems are degrading in nutrients, biodiversity, soil fertility and much more... You can probably taste it in your food by now. Chemical fertilzers, traditional farming methods, pollution (I can go on) are just some of the many causes of this. The good news? Permaculture rejuvenates! Reversing the effects of mistreatment to the earth and penetrating it with a healing landscape design that radically improves all aspects of the environment. • Aesthetically Beautiful Landscapes We always ensure our designs are beautiful, but it's not difficult since we are using the same methods and principles as nature. And let's be honest, nature is breathtakingly beautiful. Have you ever experienced a forest? And to think most forests have NO-INPUTS, and if they do its only minimal like paths and outdoor spaces like view points. But the actual forest does not need fertilisers or added organic matter to help it thrive in it's beauty. Unlike the practises of traditional gardening which needs the heavy resources to account for the mis-placement of plants and therefore, the lack of nutrients in the soil.
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Outdoor spaces are sacred, especially in the warmer months of the year when nothing feels better than sitting in your garden with a cool drink. Whether you want to sunbathe, host dinner parties, or cr
Whenever we think of benefits of gardening, the first thought that comes through in our mind is the produce that we can grow or the beauty it lends to our home and garden. Gardening is not just a way to keep busy or eat healthy, it is a therapeutic activity for all ages, especially our seniors. Gardening has many benefits for older people and not just physical but psychological as well. Mobile Green Wall is perfect for creating a mini garden which is easy to move and grow small veggies and herbs. 1.) Increased Serotonin level and improved immune system: Getting your hands dirty in mud is not as bad as you would think. Studies have shown that a harmless bacterium called Mycobacterium vaccae found in the soil is the reason for the boost in Serotonin levels which helps in alleviating stress, reducing depression and anxiety and regulate mood and social behavior. Not only that, these friendly bacteria, are also known for reducing symptoms of allergies and Asthma. So, keeping your hands dirty will in fact turn that frown upside down. Pixel Kitchen Countertop Garden is ideal for those seniors who are not able to bend or lift heavy items or don't have space but want to have a mini garden. 2.) Boost in blood flow: The amount of physical activity involved in gardening can get anyone’s blood pumping to a certain level. This circulation of blood flow helps the older generation from getting dementia as this activity helps by boosting oxygen in the blood and giving a boost to the heart rate, which in turn helps the blood flow to all the vital body parts which includes brain. Also, gardening requires many functions from one’s body like being handy, bending, lifting things etc. By doing all these things even for a short amount of time, they can improve their motor skills as well as strength. 3.) Socially active: Gardening can help seniors in being socially active and meet with peers and enjoy the benefits of nature. Meeting like-minded people of the same age can help in reducing anxiety and loneliness while getting some much-needed Vitamin D. It’s important for our senior generation to stay active and keep busy with fun hobbies and activities. While there are other activities that they can be a part of as well, Gardening seems to be a much rewarding one in health and otherwise. While there may be limitations to this rewarding hobby for some seniors, one can do something as simple as watering the plants or just by spending some time in the midst of greenery to start with.
Today we’re visiting with Nancy Clark. I’ve been gardening since 1986 and have a 3-acre shrub-and-perennial garden situated on a 16-acre property. As a retired high school art teacher, I’m […]
It’s time to get your garden ready for a summer of enjoyment! We spoke to Ricky from Pride Landscape and Design to find out 6 ways you can prepare for your next garden project, before hiring a gardene
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A few weeks ago we blogged an article in the LA Times about No-Dig Gardens. They require less water than traditional gardens and they’re an easy way to start a raised bed. You can even start one right over a patch of grass you want to get rid of. Another easy gardening option is bringing the garden inside with grass you can grow indoors. Our friend and coworker, Hulda Nelson, tipped us off to the article.
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