Monthly Archives: May 2024

Nature Versus Nurture?

“Nature is the length of the rectangle, nurture the width. There can be no rectangle without both.”   –Matt Ridley Our desire to understand our human nature more fully, and in some cases find something or some one to blame for our station...

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Nature Is Greater Than Art

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.” —Andy Warhol Humans as creators have expressed their reverent appreciation for nature for thousands of years. From the cave paintings in Lascaux...

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Learning to Care For Your Garden

“You don’t get good by having a green thumb. You get good by killing a lot of plant a lot of different and unique ways!” — unknown author One of the common reasons some people don’t want to create beautiful gardens spaces, is performance anxiety...

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Greater Than Art

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.” — Andy Warhol Humans as creators have expressed their reverent appreciation for nature for thousands of years. From the cave paintings in Lascaux...

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Gardens and Hoses

“Anyone can be a gardener. All you need is to plant something, water it, and then believe in it.”- —Anonymous This quote wasn’t quite true when I was a boy helping my dad in his gardens. As a child, gardening in its totality was a chore...

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Gardens for the Seasons of Life

“For one it’s the change of seasons, for another it’s the season of change.”  –author unknown Intelligent garden design must include a bow to the seasons. All beings have a life cycle, some last a day, some endure for millennia. I see...

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Art in the Garden

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”—Andy Warhol Humans as creators have expressed their reverent appreciation for nature for thousands of years. From the cave paintings in Lascaux...

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COLOR ME A GARDEN

“All Colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites”—Marc Chagall Color simply defined, is energy vibrating in a particular way that the eye perceives.  Businesses like the Trend Council charge a lot of money helping...

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AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION

“Garden Insurance- low premiums and no deductible policies are now available. Instant approval !!” – Trey Gardens A robust complaint is overheard at a recent garden seminar: “Landscaping is too expensive for me to hire a professional.”...

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