Search Results for 'Gardens'

Urban kitchen gardens: fine food in small places

Not all gardeners have rolling acres to indulge their passion, and most of us will spend at least part of our lives trapped in small spaces. But all is not lost. Even the tiniest plot can provide ingredients for the cunning cook. &ld [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Old methods for modern gardens

LEARN HOW COLONIAL growing methods can make today's vegetable gardens more productive. Wesley Greene, founder of Williamsburg's Colonial Garden on Duke of Gloucester Street, will present the program "Gardening Under Cover&quo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Aquaponics puts the green in West Bank gardens

Imagine harvesting bushel baskets full of eggplant and cucumbers, enough to share with all your neighbors, without ever hoeing, picking weeds, digging in the dirt or even bending over. Retired construction supervisor Walter Baldassaro of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Mild weather has gardens, gardeners springing to life

Blossoms already enliven forsythia and hellebores in Boston gardens, and buds even hint at spring in higher elevations. But isn’t it only February? “I have some grape hyacinths and some daffodils,’’ said Trudi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

VIDEO: Secret gardens in Yarra

YARRA’S citizen of the year has a vision where edible plants and herbs line the streets and community gardens sprout in nature strips and parks. Glenda Lindsay believes that urban agriculture has benefits for the gardener, the commu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Gardens under construction for Springfest in Sussex County

While winter-weary gardeners thumb through seed catalogs and homebound homeowners plan for their next outdoor project, the area’s finest landscape companies are busy constructing creative garden displays at the Springfest Garden Sho [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Giving Gardens of Love

As Valentine’s Day draws near, and with spring just a little over a month away, those of us who love gardening are being reminded of how much we love being among the flowers since all we are seeing are advertisements for bouquets, a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Setting up organic kitchen gardens in Pune

The terrace at Animesh Topno’s house used to serve as a place to dry clothes, until he came across a presentation on organic kitchen gardening. The area is now home to spinach, broccoli, methi (fenugreek leaves), tomato, basil, beet [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardens: training fruit trees

A trained fruit tree is the very essence of gardening. We take a wild, free-form thing and bend it to our will, making it into pretty shapes that fit man-made structures: walls, border edgings and walkways. Training branches into fans and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Holidays Bursting with Color at the Botanical Gardens

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens has a busy and fun schedule planned for the holiday season. This year, the holidays will include the annual Poinsettia Show, an expanded Garden Railway Exhibit to include Thomas the Trai [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Arc gardens offer income, exercise for people with intellect...

"I don't like weeding, but it's got to get done," Tommie Jones said philosophically, yanking unwanted sprouts from a row of onions at The Arc's Vintage Garden Farm at Loyola and Joseph streets Uptown. Alexis Nick, in [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Monty Don's Italian Gardens, Saturday, November 19

Just what the ABC needs, another gardening series. Fortunately, this is different – more travelogue than plant show – with world famous gardener Monty Don (hence the first part of the title) heading off to Italy to show us som [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Vertical gardens: The good, the bad, the ugly

The gardening trend that is currently sweeping the country – nay, let’s say sweeping a good portion of the gardening world, a trend that has many of us totally mesmerized -- is vertical gardening . At first glance, I was encha [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Visiting Russian gardens

I first visited Russia earlier this year when I went to Moscow for the International Spring Garden Show — it was snowing, of course. The road from the airport was jam-packed and it took a couple of hours to get to the show venue. My [...]