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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Wall design and faux finishes need some creative ideas?
I am a huge fan of Home and Garden but I personally lost my creative edge years ago. A friend of mine who is even less creative then me painted these really cute rabbits on her daughter's wall via overhead projector. She used a pencil to outline the fine detail and used craft paint. It looked amzing! I want to do that in my son's room. He loves the movie cars and wants a Lightning McQueen in his room so I think I am gonna give it a try.
Also I am going to Home Depot today to one of those paint clinics to get some information on Faux finishing. We want to do our family room with some sort of faux color.
Anyone else do anything to thier walls or have any cool design ideas?
Wall design and faux finishes need some creative ideas?
I do lots of childrens room decorating. An overhead projector works well. If you can draw you can pencil in a background and paint it in. Murals are really not that hard to do. Paint the wall all one color first. I would use a blue sky color. Then make a horizon line about one third up on the wall. Paint below the wall a grass green. Pencil in a winding road add a tree or some bushes then for detail use the projector to add Lightning McQueen onto the road. Acrylic craft paints work well on murals. Use latex for the basecoat. Also for large areas if you have the paint. Faux fininshes are usually very easy to do You can sponge or rag on or off the paint or glaze. Plastic bags work well to pull off glaze giving a leather-like look. You can comb or brush through glaze to give a fabric-like finish. All of these are pretty easy all though you may want to work with another person helping you. The venition plaster is a really nice look but it is a lot of work and a lot of sanding and mess. Not really hard though. But takes a few days before the job is complete. At least three. You can get a simular effect using a dry brush it just doesn't have the actual texture that the plaster has. Just a few ideas. Look through some of the pamplets and book while at Home Depot to get a feel of what you may like. Then see if they could demenstrate how to do it while in the class.
Reply:Then you must be a fan of Extreme Makeover Home Edition! You could go to my website, click on the Extreme logo or go to our gallery and search the children's catagories of artwork. This may give you some ideas.
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Also I am going to Home Depot today to one of those paint clinics to get some information on Faux finishing. We want to do our family room with some sort of faux color.
Anyone else do anything to thier walls or have any cool design ideas?
Wall design and faux finishes need some creative ideas?
I do lots of childrens room decorating. An overhead projector works well. If you can draw you can pencil in a background and paint it in. Murals are really not that hard to do. Paint the wall all one color first. I would use a blue sky color. Then make a horizon line about one third up on the wall. Paint below the wall a grass green. Pencil in a winding road add a tree or some bushes then for detail use the projector to add Lightning McQueen onto the road. Acrylic craft paints work well on murals. Use latex for the basecoat. Also for large areas if you have the paint. Faux fininshes are usually very easy to do You can sponge or rag on or off the paint or glaze. Plastic bags work well to pull off glaze giving a leather-like look. You can comb or brush through glaze to give a fabric-like finish. All of these are pretty easy all though you may want to work with another person helping you. The venition plaster is a really nice look but it is a lot of work and a lot of sanding and mess. Not really hard though. But takes a few days before the job is complete. At least three. You can get a simular effect using a dry brush it just doesn't have the actual texture that the plaster has. Just a few ideas. Look through some of the pamplets and book while at Home Depot to get a feel of what you may like. Then see if they could demenstrate how to do it while in the class.
Reply:Then you must be a fan of Extreme Makeover Home Edition! You could go to my website, click on the Extreme logo or go to our gallery and search the children's catagories of artwork. This may give you some ideas.
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Suppose u are designing a rectangular garden with an area of 350 sq. feet?
suppose u know the length of a rectangle with an area of 350 sq. ft. write an equation that would help determine the width.
Suppose u are designing a rectangular garden with an area of 350 sq. feet?
Let L be the length in feet
Let W be the width in feet
LW = 350
Now solve that for W (by dividing by W on both sides):
W = 350 / L
Answer:
The width is the area (350 sq. ft) divided by the length (L).
Reply:And I obviously meant dividing by 'L' on both sides. Report Abuse
Reply:well, if you know the length of the rectangle, and you know the area of the rectangle, then you just take the area and divide it by the length to find the width.
The equation would look like this:
Area / Length = Width
Reply:Area = length x width
width = Area/length = 350/length
Reply:divide 350 by the given length and you will get the width as the answer (350/length=width)
Reply:if L is the length, then 350 / L =width
Suppose u are designing a rectangular garden with an area of 350 sq. feet?
Let L be the length in feet
Let W be the width in feet
LW = 350
Now solve that for W (by dividing by W on both sides):
W = 350 / L
Answer:
The width is the area (350 sq. ft) divided by the length (L).
Reply:And I obviously meant dividing by 'L' on both sides. Report Abuse
Reply:well, if you know the length of the rectangle, and you know the area of the rectangle, then you just take the area and divide it by the length to find the width.
The equation would look like this:
Area / Length = Width
Reply:Area = length x width
width = Area/length = 350/length
Reply:divide 350 by the given length and you will get the width as the answer (350/length=width)
Reply:if L is the length, then 350 / L =width
Best Software for Landscape Design?
Does Autocad provide landscape design friendly version? any free library,module, instruction to input?
I need 3D animation for garden, is Maya the best? I heard 3D max is not that good,
How about Dynascape?
I have Vecterwork, the support is very bad, your opinion?
Best Software for Landscape Design?
The best software I've ever used is my own hands and feet. Yeah, still soft, no gloves.
Pencil and paper work, but hands on is my mode.
auto cad is convoluted and has very expensive tech support ($100.00 per hour at last count) if you experience any glitches. Don't think I'd use it for landscape disign. Construction, yeah....
Can't critique the other programs you're asking about.
I need 3D animation for garden, is Maya the best? I heard 3D max is not that good,
How about Dynascape?
I have Vecterwork, the support is very bad, your opinion?
Best Software for Landscape Design?
The best software I've ever used is my own hands and feet. Yeah, still soft, no gloves.
Pencil and paper work, but hands on is my mode.
auto cad is convoluted and has very expensive tech support ($100.00 per hour at last count) if you experience any glitches. Don't think I'd use it for landscape disign. Construction, yeah....
Can't critique the other programs you're asking about.
Need information on Edna May Walling an Australian Horticulturist?
Edna is deceased now but there was a program on the ABC that did a story her life and how she designed gardens. This Program would have been televised in the early 2000's. She was also an author on books that were about garden design.
Need information on Edna May Walling an Australian Horticulturist?
Edna Margaret Walling was born on the 4th of December in Yorkshire, England. The birth was not recorded until January 1896 at St Catherine's House hence discrepancies by authors as to her date of birth.
Second daughter born to William (who had hoped for a boy) and Margaret Walling. He taught the tomboy Edna woodwork, perspective and scale.
Raised in the village of Bickleigh, Devon, Edna and her father enjoyed the country walks. The English gardens and countryside she loved are reflected in her garden designs.
One English garden visited was Gertrude Jekyll's Deanery Garden, Sonning. Edna later named her own Australian home Sonning. Jekyll's influence is evident in Walling's design
1911
The Walling family migrated to New Zealand. The migration was prompted by a series of events including the loss of her father's business to fire. Edna witnessed this fire and, strangely, would later lose two homes in devastating fires herself.
Walling spent a year on a Kituna country station working as a cook and a cleaner.
After this 'education', Edna turned to nursing in a private hospital in Christchurch. Although she enjoyed nursing she ceased her studies to join her parents who had migrated to Melbourne, Australia.
1914
Immigrated to Melbourne, Australia. Home to the Wallings was Arundel, a large boarding house in Commercial Road, South Yarra.
1916-1917
Attended Burnley Horticultural College as a full-time student from the 4th of September, 1916. Full-time female students were relatively new to the college, however part-time students were mainly women. Gardening and its design were seen as part of a housewife's duties and a feminine interest. "The instruction is arranged to suit women students in particular, but male students may also attend." Burnley Garden Prospectus, 1918.
1918-19
Received a pass mark of 78% at Burnley and was rewarded with certificate 44, the Certificate of Competency in Horticulture, on the 19th of December 1918.
Worked as a jobbing gardener - "After leaving that school I found myself having to earn my living 'doing' people's gardens - not quite 'doing them in' but almost. However they all appreciated my straight eye...and my strength..."
Inspired by the sight of a stone wall supporting a semi-circular terrace - "From then on, gardens for me became a chance to carry out the architectural designs in my head ..."
1920
Produced her first known gardening plan for Mr L. Heath, Linlithgow Rd, Toorak.
1921
Bought three acres of land at Mooroolbark and began building her first home, Sonning. Sonning was built from local and second hand materials.
1922
Bought 18 acres of land adjacent to Sonning. This land and the houses she was to build were to become the village of Bickleigh Vale based on her "scheme for the establishment of a model Devonshire village..."
1924
Began working with Eric Hammond (renowned construction contractor).
First article in The Home 1/12/24. Co-authored with Katherine Ballantyne - sister of the architect Cedric Ballantyne - who recommended Walling for one of her first garden design commissions.
1925
Wrote articles for The Australian Women's Mirror, The Australian Home Builder and The Australian Home Beautiful.
Designed her first country garden, Wairere near Mansfield, Victoria, commissioned by Major and Mrs Rutledge. She lived with the Rutledge family for three months while the garden was constructed. A plan of this garden was published in Australian Home Beautiful in February 1926.
1926-28
Built The Cabin at Bickleigh Vale with Blanche Sharp, her bookkeeper. Wrote about this in How we put up our Little Stone Cabin, Australian Home Beautiful, May 1928.
1927
Designed the lily pond for Coombe Cottage, Dame Nellie Melba's residence in Coldstream, Victoria.
Constructed The Barn, later to become her home in Bickleigh Vale.
1929
Commissioned to design Durrol for Mrs Stanley Allen, Mount Macedon, Victoria. This is one of Walling's most significant gardens.
1929-30
Designed the garden at Cruden Farm for Mrs Keith Murdoch (now Dame Elizabeth), Langwarrin, Victoria.
1930
Designed first garden in Adelaide, South Australia.
Commissioned by Mrs McMillan and the Misses Marshall to design Mawarra, Mt Dandenong, Victoria. Later she was to write that this was her most beautiful design.
1934
Gwynnyth Crouch began work for Walling as assistant, and lived at Sonning.
1935
Began working relationship with Ellis Stones, a stone worker. Ellis Stones went on to forge his own career in stonework and landscape design.
1936
Fire destroyed Sonning. On a windy day, while Gwynnyth Crouch and Walling were away, sparks from the fire were blown onto paper lying nearby and the house burnt to the ground. Poor water pressure meant that not much was saved. Walling made plans for Sonning II that same night.
Designed the Marshall Garden for Blanche Marshall (nee Sharp) Heidelberg, Victoria. This was her most informal suburban garden.
1937
Undertook major commissions in Hobart, Tasmania.
Designed three of her most significant gardens:
Eurambeen, Beaufort, Victoria, for Mrs Theo Beggs,
Boortkoi for Mr Andrew Manifold, Hexham, Victoria, and
the Carnegie garden for Mr and Mrs Douglas Carnegie, Toorak, Victoria.
1938
First trip to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
1941
Gave radio talk on the ABC - On Making a Garden.
1942-44
Opened her garden for various fundraising activities for the Red Cross war effort and the Women's Land Army.
Spoke on the Women's Session with Claire Mitchell, about landscape design.
1943
Gardens in Australia her first book, was published.
1944
Cruden Farm garden burnt by bushfire. The famous row of lemon scented gum trees lining the driveway were blackened, but survived.
1947
Cottage and Garden in Australia, her second book, was published.
First visit to the Grampians, Victoria.
1948
A Gardener's Log, her third book, was published.
Bought land at East Point, Lorne in southern coastal Victoria and began building a house. Wrote about her time at Lorne and the house she built. The manuscript, The Happiest Days of My Life, was never published.
Stopped writing her column Letters to Garden Lovers for The Australian Home Beautiful but continued to contribute articles about gardens, design and personal anecdotes until 1950.
1949
Designed villages at Port Pirie, South Australia and Mount Kembla, NSW, for Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd. The Mount Kembla village was built, but the Port Pirie village never eventuated.
1950
Discontinued all writing for The Australian Home Beautiful.
Began correspondence with Jean Galbraith, Australian botanist and writer.
1951
Moved to The Barn, a smaller cottage at Bickleigh Vale. Walling was "tired of looking after three acres".
The ABC broadcast two Walling talks: Improving the Farm and Curing Erosion and The Farmers' Friends.
Offered her three blocks of land at Lorne to the Field Naturalists' Club.
Began designing gardens using only Australian native plants.
1952
The Australian Roadside, her fourth book, was published.
Late 1950s
Glen Wilson taken on as a paying student.
1962
Designed garden for Arnold Roberts in Buderim, Queensland.
1964
Began friendship with the landscape architect Mervyn Davis, and the photographer and war heroine, Daphne Pearson.
Declined invitations to join the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and the Australian Society of Authors saying: "...I am not a writer. I merely made a record of the work I had done..."
1965-1973
Wrote numerous letters to the editors of various newspapers on conservation issues.
1966
Began collating photographs for a "book of famous people", an album of photographic portraits now held by the National Gallery of Victoria.
1967
Left Melbourne for a small cottage, Bendles, at Buderim, Queensland.
1973
Died 8th August. Buried at Buderim Cemetery.
1985
On the Trail of Australian Wildflowers published posthumously with the aid of Jean Galbraith and the illustrator, Moira Pye.
1989
Play about Walling's life, Edna for the Garden, by Suzanne Spunner, performed in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.
Reply:o k read this veary carefully...
she is an austrailan women. she is a scientist and she had a program run about her life in the early 2000's u mite want to watch that. o ya and she is DEAD
Reply:Plentty of info at the following sites
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Wallin...
Photos %26amp; more here:
http://members.tripod.com/~klok/Landscap...
Need information on Edna May Walling an Australian Horticulturist?
Edna Margaret Walling was born on the 4th of December in Yorkshire, England. The birth was not recorded until January 1896 at St Catherine's House hence discrepancies by authors as to her date of birth.
Second daughter born to William (who had hoped for a boy) and Margaret Walling. He taught the tomboy Edna woodwork, perspective and scale.
Raised in the village of Bickleigh, Devon, Edna and her father enjoyed the country walks. The English gardens and countryside she loved are reflected in her garden designs.
One English garden visited was Gertrude Jekyll's Deanery Garden, Sonning. Edna later named her own Australian home Sonning. Jekyll's influence is evident in Walling's design
1911
The Walling family migrated to New Zealand. The migration was prompted by a series of events including the loss of her father's business to fire. Edna witnessed this fire and, strangely, would later lose two homes in devastating fires herself.
Walling spent a year on a Kituna country station working as a cook and a cleaner.
After this 'education', Edna turned to nursing in a private hospital in Christchurch. Although she enjoyed nursing she ceased her studies to join her parents who had migrated to Melbourne, Australia.
1914
Immigrated to Melbourne, Australia. Home to the Wallings was Arundel, a large boarding house in Commercial Road, South Yarra.
1916-1917
Attended Burnley Horticultural College as a full-time student from the 4th of September, 1916. Full-time female students were relatively new to the college, however part-time students were mainly women. Gardening and its design were seen as part of a housewife's duties and a feminine interest. "The instruction is arranged to suit women students in particular, but male students may also attend." Burnley Garden Prospectus, 1918.
1918-19
Received a pass mark of 78% at Burnley and was rewarded with certificate 44, the Certificate of Competency in Horticulture, on the 19th of December 1918.
Worked as a jobbing gardener - "After leaving that school I found myself having to earn my living 'doing' people's gardens - not quite 'doing them in' but almost. However they all appreciated my straight eye...and my strength..."
Inspired by the sight of a stone wall supporting a semi-circular terrace - "From then on, gardens for me became a chance to carry out the architectural designs in my head ..."
1920
Produced her first known gardening plan for Mr L. Heath, Linlithgow Rd, Toorak.
1921
Bought three acres of land at Mooroolbark and began building her first home, Sonning. Sonning was built from local and second hand materials.
1922
Bought 18 acres of land adjacent to Sonning. This land and the houses she was to build were to become the village of Bickleigh Vale based on her "scheme for the establishment of a model Devonshire village..."
1924
Began working with Eric Hammond (renowned construction contractor).
First article in The Home 1/12/24. Co-authored with Katherine Ballantyne - sister of the architect Cedric Ballantyne - who recommended Walling for one of her first garden design commissions.
1925
Wrote articles for The Australian Women's Mirror, The Australian Home Builder and The Australian Home Beautiful.
Designed her first country garden, Wairere near Mansfield, Victoria, commissioned by Major and Mrs Rutledge. She lived with the Rutledge family for three months while the garden was constructed. A plan of this garden was published in Australian Home Beautiful in February 1926.
1926-28
Built The Cabin at Bickleigh Vale with Blanche Sharp, her bookkeeper. Wrote about this in How we put up our Little Stone Cabin, Australian Home Beautiful, May 1928.
1927
Designed the lily pond for Coombe Cottage, Dame Nellie Melba's residence in Coldstream, Victoria.
Constructed The Barn, later to become her home in Bickleigh Vale.
1929
Commissioned to design Durrol for Mrs Stanley Allen, Mount Macedon, Victoria. This is one of Walling's most significant gardens.
1929-30
Designed the garden at Cruden Farm for Mrs Keith Murdoch (now Dame Elizabeth), Langwarrin, Victoria.
1930
Designed first garden in Adelaide, South Australia.
Commissioned by Mrs McMillan and the Misses Marshall to design Mawarra, Mt Dandenong, Victoria. Later she was to write that this was her most beautiful design.
1934
Gwynnyth Crouch began work for Walling as assistant, and lived at Sonning.
1935
Began working relationship with Ellis Stones, a stone worker. Ellis Stones went on to forge his own career in stonework and landscape design.
1936
Fire destroyed Sonning. On a windy day, while Gwynnyth Crouch and Walling were away, sparks from the fire were blown onto paper lying nearby and the house burnt to the ground. Poor water pressure meant that not much was saved. Walling made plans for Sonning II that same night.
Designed the Marshall Garden for Blanche Marshall (nee Sharp) Heidelberg, Victoria. This was her most informal suburban garden.
1937
Undertook major commissions in Hobart, Tasmania.
Designed three of her most significant gardens:
Eurambeen, Beaufort, Victoria, for Mrs Theo Beggs,
Boortkoi for Mr Andrew Manifold, Hexham, Victoria, and
the Carnegie garden for Mr and Mrs Douglas Carnegie, Toorak, Victoria.
1938
First trip to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
1941
Gave radio talk on the ABC - On Making a Garden.
1942-44
Opened her garden for various fundraising activities for the Red Cross war effort and the Women's Land Army.
Spoke on the Women's Session with Claire Mitchell, about landscape design.
1943
Gardens in Australia her first book, was published.
1944
Cruden Farm garden burnt by bushfire. The famous row of lemon scented gum trees lining the driveway were blackened, but survived.
1947
Cottage and Garden in Australia, her second book, was published.
First visit to the Grampians, Victoria.
1948
A Gardener's Log, her third book, was published.
Bought land at East Point, Lorne in southern coastal Victoria and began building a house. Wrote about her time at Lorne and the house she built. The manuscript, The Happiest Days of My Life, was never published.
Stopped writing her column Letters to Garden Lovers for The Australian Home Beautiful but continued to contribute articles about gardens, design and personal anecdotes until 1950.
1949
Designed villages at Port Pirie, South Australia and Mount Kembla, NSW, for Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd. The Mount Kembla village was built, but the Port Pirie village never eventuated.
1950
Discontinued all writing for The Australian Home Beautiful.
Began correspondence with Jean Galbraith, Australian botanist and writer.
1951
Moved to The Barn, a smaller cottage at Bickleigh Vale. Walling was "tired of looking after three acres".
The ABC broadcast two Walling talks: Improving the Farm and Curing Erosion and The Farmers' Friends.
Offered her three blocks of land at Lorne to the Field Naturalists' Club.
Began designing gardens using only Australian native plants.
1952
The Australian Roadside, her fourth book, was published.
Late 1950s
Glen Wilson taken on as a paying student.
1962
Designed garden for Arnold Roberts in Buderim, Queensland.
1964
Began friendship with the landscape architect Mervyn Davis, and the photographer and war heroine, Daphne Pearson.
Declined invitations to join the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and the Australian Society of Authors saying: "...I am not a writer. I merely made a record of the work I had done..."
1965-1973
Wrote numerous letters to the editors of various newspapers on conservation issues.
1966
Began collating photographs for a "book of famous people", an album of photographic portraits now held by the National Gallery of Victoria.
1967
Left Melbourne for a small cottage, Bendles, at Buderim, Queensland.
1973
Died 8th August. Buried at Buderim Cemetery.
1985
On the Trail of Australian Wildflowers published posthumously with the aid of Jean Galbraith and the illustrator, Moira Pye.
1989
Play about Walling's life, Edna for the Garden, by Suzanne Spunner, performed in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.
Reply:o k read this veary carefully...
she is an austrailan women. she is a scientist and she had a program run about her life in the early 2000's u mite want to watch that. o ya and she is DEAD
Reply:Plentty of info at the following sites
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Wallin...
Photos %26amp; more here:
http://members.tripod.com/~klok/Landscap...
Have u designed this yrs garden in ur mind yet?and what do you intend on planting this yr?
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Have u designed this yrs garden in ur mind yet?and what do you intend on planting this yr?
Can't keep anything in my head so my gardening kit is a pencil,paper and pruner deal, all year long. Not counting my own gardens, I'm the creator and caretaker of four public gardens in the area and I love it. Because I get grants and local donations, I'm free to get overboard every year. I've spent all winter on the web buying exotic seed from around the world thanks to the web, the biggest garden catalog - ever!! Plus some pretty nice people I've met here keep my juices flowing. RScott
Reply:We're moving at the end of this month, so my garden plans have changed! I've got a bigger canvas and a better sun / shade combination now!
So far our garden will consist of a 2' x 30' herb garden, a 10' x 10' vine garden and a 9' x 20' vegetable garden.
For herbs, I'm going crazy, I use so many herbs, it's just cheaper to grow them anymore. Vegetables will be zucchini, cucumber, radishes, beets, cabbage, spinach, tomatoes, peas and asparagus. In the vine garden, we're planting jack-o-lanters, pie pumpkins, baby blue hubbard squash, spaghetti squash and some acorn squash. The vine garden will probably flow into the veggie garden. We're also putting in strawberries along the fence.
Reply:me and my 6 year old have a huge one planned, tomatoes,onions,strawberries,lettuce,pot... so on
Reply:I have my usual necessity plants that need to go in: tomatoes, both cherry and plum, sweet and hot peppers, broccoli, squash both summer and winter, beans, brussel sprouts, leeks, herbs of various sorts including dill, cilantro, basil. I also will try and plant some greens like swiss chard, kale and spinach.And last but not least I will include various flowers some edible, some not to bring the bees and butterflies in to pollinate the vegetables. Naturtiums, marigold, alyssum , gladiolus, and dahlias are my favorite.
Reply:I've decided to forego a vegetable garden this year (much to my dismay but I can't do it all!) and concentrate on flowers this year...I'm planting some magic roses underneath my bushes in the front yard and sprucing up my current beds by dividing and conquering! - I"m also getting rid of a 40 year old fruit orchard that is no longer productive and replanting new fruit trees - that will keep me busy enough!
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Have u designed this yrs garden in ur mind yet?and what do you intend on planting this yr?
Can't keep anything in my head so my gardening kit is a pencil,paper and pruner deal, all year long. Not counting my own gardens, I'm the creator and caretaker of four public gardens in the area and I love it. Because I get grants and local donations, I'm free to get overboard every year. I've spent all winter on the web buying exotic seed from around the world thanks to the web, the biggest garden catalog - ever!! Plus some pretty nice people I've met here keep my juices flowing. RScott
Reply:We're moving at the end of this month, so my garden plans have changed! I've got a bigger canvas and a better sun / shade combination now!
So far our garden will consist of a 2' x 30' herb garden, a 10' x 10' vine garden and a 9' x 20' vegetable garden.
For herbs, I'm going crazy, I use so many herbs, it's just cheaper to grow them anymore. Vegetables will be zucchini, cucumber, radishes, beets, cabbage, spinach, tomatoes, peas and asparagus. In the vine garden, we're planting jack-o-lanters, pie pumpkins, baby blue hubbard squash, spaghetti squash and some acorn squash. The vine garden will probably flow into the veggie garden. We're also putting in strawberries along the fence.
Reply:me and my 6 year old have a huge one planned, tomatoes,onions,strawberries,lettuce,pot... so on
Reply:I have my usual necessity plants that need to go in: tomatoes, both cherry and plum, sweet and hot peppers, broccoli, squash both summer and winter, beans, brussel sprouts, leeks, herbs of various sorts including dill, cilantro, basil. I also will try and plant some greens like swiss chard, kale and spinach.And last but not least I will include various flowers some edible, some not to bring the bees and butterflies in to pollinate the vegetables. Naturtiums, marigold, alyssum , gladiolus, and dahlias are my favorite.
Reply:I've decided to forego a vegetable garden this year (much to my dismay but I can't do it all!) and concentrate on flowers this year...I'm planting some magic roses underneath my bushes in the front yard and sprucing up my current beds by dividing and conquering! - I"m also getting rid of a 40 year old fruit orchard that is no longer productive and replanting new fruit trees - that will keep me busy enough!
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Can anyone recommend a really good book on plant recognition?
I'm studying garden design and I need to learn about different plants, can anyone tell me of a book that describes plants (with pictures) and where they grow best. I'm mainly looking at native species in the UK.
Ideally it would have a type of plant on each page, and would be handy as a reference guide.
Can anyone recommend a really good book on plant recognition?
For initial identification of native plants you really can't beat Roger Phillips' 'Wild Flowers of Britain' - you get pictures of plants at various times of the year and the photos are lovely and clear. Others in the series include 'Trees' and 'Grasses, Mosses and Lichens'.
For use of natives in garden design, my favourite is 'English Plants for your Garden' by Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, Penny Hart and John Simmons.
For all-round identification of garden plants, I would go for the two-volume set of 'The Botanic Garden' by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix.
You might want to have a look at a copy of a native flora - this is more use for taxonomic purposes and is quite challenging to use.
Reply:Most local or near by mail order nursery mail out free catlogues, they have all the info in them that you are looking for.
So find them on Internet and get the catlogue.
Other place will be library, and gift shop at the botanical garden near you.
Reply:dirr,michael manual of woody landscape plants
Ideally it would have a type of plant on each page, and would be handy as a reference guide.
Can anyone recommend a really good book on plant recognition?
For initial identification of native plants you really can't beat Roger Phillips' 'Wild Flowers of Britain' - you get pictures of plants at various times of the year and the photos are lovely and clear. Others in the series include 'Trees' and 'Grasses, Mosses and Lichens'.
For use of natives in garden design, my favourite is 'English Plants for your Garden' by Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, Penny Hart and John Simmons.
For all-round identification of garden plants, I would go for the two-volume set of 'The Botanic Garden' by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix.
You might want to have a look at a copy of a native flora - this is more use for taxonomic purposes and is quite challenging to use.
Reply:Most local or near by mail order nursery mail out free catlogues, they have all the info in them that you are looking for.
So find them on Internet and get the catlogue.
Other place will be library, and gift shop at the botanical garden near you.
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