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Garden paths may be of gravel, of dirt, or of grass. One sees grass paths in some very lovely gardens. I doubt, however, if they would serve as well in your small gardens. Your garden areas are so limited that they should be re-spaded …
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Did you ever notice how garden design is always taught on a grand scale. Country estates, sweeping borders offset by mature, clipped hedges. Not all of us have…
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Beyond the basic styles of chokkan (formal upright), shakan (informal upright), kengai (cascade) and so forth there are several that don’t fit neatly into those categories. The divisions are arbitrary to an extent, …
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Over the centuries the artists of bonsai have developed hundreds of unique styles. But within this complexity there are a few that form the basis of most of the variations. Chokkan (Formal Upright). The simplest, but still exquisitely …
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Designing and managing a landscape garden involves taking a multitude of decisions. Let's look at a few important aspects:
Landscape Gardening: Designer Art
Everyone knows landscape gardening includes planting some flowers and maybe creating a walkway. But did you know it is a form of designer art? Landscape gardening is a process of matching garden and yard styles to the
house and your unique persona. It is creating a masterpiece that will evoke a mood when you look upon the final product. Like gazing at a classic painting, viewing a finished and well thought out landscape gardening project is powerful and pleasing. It is an experience for the mind, the body and the soul.
Driven By Purpose
Any major project requires planning. A painter must determine why a picture is being painted, because the purpose drives the perspective. Landscape gardening is no different, it requires the same forethought. Functionality must be considered when landscape gardening. Designing a landscape for privacy may result in a significantly different plan than one created for simple viewing of beauty. The primary purpose of the project is set and everything is planned around that purpose. The very first question is whether the project is for business or personal purposes? Is it primarily for your own enjoyment? Perhaps viewing, recreation, to add value to the house or to provide sunblock? These are questions that have to be asked first and the answers will drive the planning stages of the landscape gardening project.
Stylish Accommodation
Deciding what style to use in your landscape gardening plan is a major decision. There are many choices. Landscape gardening styles accommodate every kind of personality, house, neighborhood or business. There are basic styles that should first be considered. The final product may be a combination of several styles. For example:
- Traditional and orderly shapes and patterns, such as straight walkways and square flowerbeds, characterize a Formal Garden.
- An informal garden is more likely to have rounded plant beds, meandering walkways and an array of plants and flowers not necessarily typical of a traditional garden.
- The English Garden is very formal and has certain characteristics such as raised flowerbeds and the expectation of certain plants, such as roses.
- Landscaping gardening in this style is structured around the type of enhance the house or building on the property.
- The Oriental Garden is also very formal but in a different way. It has plants and flowers normally seen in the occidental countries such as Japan. It has a pattern of simple lines and stark form, but carries a beauty unique
- to its origins.
- The Woodland Garden is a natural looking garden that frequently blends into the surrounding environment. Often, this type of garden has plants and flowers indigenous to the area where the landscape gardening will take place.
Feng Shui
Feng Shui is the arrangement of objects in your life in a way to attract and enhance life energy. Landscape gardening can be considered as one form of Feng Shui for the natural world. By defining the purpose of your landscape project and then matching the style to that purpose, Feng Shui is created. The result is a vista out
your back window that can energize or soothe or excite, depending upon the mood created with your planning.
The Gardener
Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Pruning
QUOTE: When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves.
- Ken Druse
Most plants will remain healthier and stronger if they are pruned occasionally.
Trees will bear more fruit if they are pruned and plants such as roses will have more blossoms and not become 'woody' if they are pruned correctly.
Bushes and hedges can also benefit from pruning as this can reduce or eliminate the possibility of diseases and problems with pests.
By removing the old growth you will allow new growth to flourish as new shoots are allowed to come through.
For many people pruning is a hobby or an art form where they can create interesting shapes with their plants. This is made easier when done on plants that have smaller more tightly bunched leaves.
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For most of us however pruning is all about controlling and improving the health and condition of our plants. By removing the dead wood and those parts of the plants that are struggling to survive we are allowing the nutrients to be used better by the rest of the plant.
You should always use sharp pruning shears to ensure you make clean cuts. Look for areas of plants that show signs of fungal infection and remove those first.
You can thin out plants to allow more air to flow through them by reducing the incidence of fungus and rot.
Topping trees and trimming hedges will help them to 'thicken out' with more lush foliage and stop them getting 'woody'
Some plants thrive better when they get regular pruning while helping to maintain their shape and condition.
With summer plants it is best to prune them in the winter when they are dormant. If by chance they flower early the pruning should be left until after they have flowered.
The more pruning you do the more you will get a feel for what is required but if in doubt seek the advice of a garden professional.
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Annie
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