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Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932, British artist, landscape gardener, and crafts artist. She was associated with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens in developing an informal and natural style of garden. Her works include Wood and Garden (1899) and Garden Ornament (1918).... Read more |
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garden
garden land set aside for the cultivation of flowers, herbs, vegetables, or small fruits, for either utility or ornament. Gardens range in size from window boxes and small dooryard plots to the public botanical garden and commercial truck garden (see truck farming ). Garden types are also widely... Read more |
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Capability Brown
Capability Brown (Lancelot Brown), 1715-83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener of his time, he is known for designing gardens that broke with the French formal tradition. He favored a distinctively English style of grandly picturesque,... Read more |
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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rock garden
rock garden garden planned around natural rock formations or rocks artificially arranged to simulate natural (often mountainous) conditions. The concept of rock gardens is believed to have been introduced from China and Japan into the Western world in the 17th cent.; they have since gained wide... Read more |
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horticulture
horticulture [Lat. hortus =garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large scale, although the distinction is not... Read more |
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landscape gardening
landscape gardening Arranging gardens to produce certain effects. Broadly, there are two main traditions: the Sino-English, with its retention of the informality of nature; and the Franco-Italian, with its geometric patterns in which nature is trimmed to art. The second tradition arose in Italy... Read more |
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William Kent
William Kent 1685-1748, English landscape gardener, architect, and painter. A minor painter, Kent made ceiling decorations for Kensington Palace. He greatly influenced landscape gardening by changing the prevailing artificial style to one based more closely on nature, as in the gardens at Rousham.... Read more |
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Alexander Garden
Alexander Garden (1730?-1791) Source N ATURALIST Origins.To a student of natural science born and raised in cold and rugged Scotland the lush forests and semitropical coastal lands of South Carolina must have seemed a kind of paradise. Alexander Garden ... Read more |
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Statues
Statuary Background Sculpture is three-dimensional art, and statuary is affordable sculpture for everyone. Statuary encompasses the sublime to the ridiculous it is as familiar as red- and-green lawn gnomes and as exotic the Winged Victory,an ancient Greek sculpture... Read more |
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Local school germinates entry in garden contest.(Education)
...that would give a huge boost to their school garden program. They...cheese and all-natural salad dressings...the school garden contest is...schools have gardens and Farm to...Camas Ridge's garden is a ... |
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It's nature's way Compost worms thrive on household waste Want free...
...way Compost worms thrive on...that will give your veggies...a nutrient boost. These days...ready for the garden, compost...water and gives plants organic...could try a worm composter...org.uk Worm ... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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WEB SITES OFFER INFO ON WORM COMPOSTING.(CNY)(Column)
...castings and worm tea are said to be the best natural soil additives...red wiggler worms for years...drawers and give the worms some...could use a boost. My view on...cornell.edu/worms/moreworms.html . ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Worms turn in a profit; WE REVEAL OUR BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS.(Business)
...faster than other natural methods. From worms she branched...more than 600 natural garden products such...solutions such as worm composting kits...ladybirds for natural aphid control...a great team boost," ... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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FUELING UP FOR WINTER \ SPARROWS ENJOY NUTRITIOUS BOOST WHEN BUGS ARE...
...preferring bugs and worms and fresh seed...salvation of our gardens. They are nature...If they become garden residents, they...Birds keep the natural balance of plant...the winter to give birds what they...feeds that will ... |
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Dear EarthTalk: what green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available...
...their own gardens grow bigger...in favor of natural, less toxic...design) their gardens to make the...insects and worms can also help...existing soil to give the garden a healthy boost. "Aside...used in the ... |
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Dear EarthTalk: What green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available...
...their own gardens grow bigger...in favor of natural, less toxic...design) their gardens to make the...insects and worms can also help...existing soil to give the garden a healthy boost. "Aside...used in the ... |
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Enriched foods help birds in winter
...preferring bugs and worms and fresh seed...salvation of our gardens. They are nature...residents in the garden, they consume...Birds keep the natural balance of plant...the winter to give the birds what...a nutritional ... |
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Birds wintering here prefer quality feed
...salvation of our gardens. They are nature...residents in the garden, they consume...Birds keep the natural balance of plant...the winter to give the birds what...feeds that will give these cold-weather...a nutritional boost. ... |
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Fall is here (fall garden management).
...crop. You'll give a boost to the cover crop...want a bigger garden next year? Do...more work in the garden? If you do...in the spring, worms and soil microorganisms...will cool your garden during those scorching...With ... |
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