Tag: vermont gardens
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Happy New Year & Welcome 2019
Acer palmatum Wears a Cloak of Ice Welcome, a very warm welcome indeed, to 2019. Last year was a tough one, filled with great loss, and I am eager to turn the page. Although we must wait until March for rebirth to begin in the garden, extra minutes of daylight have already begun to add […]
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Great Growers and Nurseries, Plant hunting
Shopping locally for garden plants supports your community
WALKER FARM Route 5, Dummerston, Vermont – (photo: road-side display and entry) Well here it is again – Memorial Day Weekend. And for many of us, this weekend means it is finally time to shop for warm weather vegetable starts and flowering annuals. What better place to go for plants and free advice than your […]
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Garden Design, Garden Design Photos
May at Ferncliff …
Blooming in the garden this week… woodland phlox, daphne, sweet woodruff… Â Â and more bulbs. Â Fragrance fills the air … Garden design and installation: Michaela H Stonework by Dan Snow ***
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Ferncliff, flowering shrubs, Garden Design, Garden Design Photos, Garden Paths, Ground Covers, Native Plants, Planting Techniques
Designing for early spring garden interest: the first act in a dramatic garden year…
Early Spring Entry Garden Designing and planting a garden for all seasons reminds me a bit of theater. From the moment an audience stands at the entry of a garden, an opportunity exists. When guests emerge from their cars, or step inside a gate, what will they first notice? In early spring, perhaps the […]
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Signs of Spring: April 2009
Wet stepping stones enhanced by the beauty of early blooming plants… Pictured here: Daphne “Carol Mackie”, various heuchera, sedum, cerastium t., and sanguinaria c. Stonework: Dan Snow Garden design and photo â“’ Michaela, The Gardener’s Eden ***
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