“Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.” – Oscar de la Renta Having a trellis in your garden is like creating a vertical canvas of color above any horizontal foliage and blooms. It’s a way to maximize the gardening space you have. By…
“Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.” – Thomas Kinkade Having a garden is just the first step in creating a beautiful backyard. Once you’ve chosen the layout and the plants you want to grow,…
“The purpose – where I start – is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it’s reuse.” – Issey Miyake Using an upcycled wood pallet to create a garden is the ultimate eco-friendly way to reuse, repurpose, and recycle. Retailers use—and discard—millions of wood pallets each year when moving…
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.” -Alfred Austin Gardening is indeed good for body and soul—but it can be awfully hard on the back and the knees.…
“Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.” – William Cowper Having a greenhouse can help you develop your green thumb by lengthening your growing season beyond what’s possible when growing outside. To get the most out of your greenhouse gardening, you need to have the right type of structure.…
“There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.” – Shunryu Suzuki Originating from Japanese Buddhism and Taoism, Zen can be summed up as a mission to understand life’s meaning through experience. It is not about studying the world around us, but more so about merely existing. Outside…
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen With the rise of homesteading and functional outdoor spaces, it’s sad to see gardening purely for the beauty fall by the wayside of home design trends. But if your home’s exterior feels…
“I like to encourage people interested in gardening or planting to begin with a simple herb garden. Even if you live in a small apartment, you can have some herb pots.” – Anna Getty Wouldn’t it be great if you could start cooking with fresh herbs? Whenever a recipe calls…
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia Green-thumbed or not, gardening is a central part of making your house feel like a home. For those of us without the resources to create an in-ground garden, though, it’s easy to feel like something…
