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Dreaming The Garden Is The Beginning Of Having The Garden. Dig Deep
Dreaming the garden is the beginning of having the garden. Dig deep into that which you want and know that the possibility of that want has a reality somewhere. The challenges within the illusion, that not many choose to face, are the sacrifices that must be made to bring the fantasy, the dream from the […]
Sod Verses Seed To Create The Lawn Of Your Dreams
Lawns: What’s the value of laying sod verses dropping seed? This and so many other gardening and landscaping questions should be approached strictly from an economic standpoint. What is the cost over a 10 year period? To answer this question there is some information needed so an understanding of value is created. Sod comes from […]
Learn From The Expert: Garden Design, Garden Management, Pruning and Plant Care
Classes for Gardening and Landscaping in the Northeastern USA. How do I manage and maintain my gardens for longterm care and value? This is the ultimate inquiry that Michael Rosenberg @ Plant With Me works to achieve every day, out and about in his and his clients gardens and landscapes. Hi everyone. It has been […]
Gardens: Places Of Meditation, Reflecting On The Lives We Choose To Live
What is a Meditation Garden? In simple terms meditation gardens are places of worship. I don’t mean to offend anyone but truth be told the middle of the forest is a meditation garden. You could debate language and ideas all day. Solitude with the sounds and smells of things not man made are generally considered […]
How Gardens Grown And Develop All Depends On The Human Touch
How do gardens develop is my topic of the hour. To keep this article clear and clean I will lay out some focus questions that everyone needs to consider before addressing how gardens develop. For the purpose of this article Gardens will be defined as, deliberately chosen areas with plants in and or around said areas. Now […]
How Do You Prune Your Property For Long Term Value?
How do you prune your property for long term value? This needs to be the question everyone investing in their property must address. Don’t stop reading now this is where it gets all juicy. Have you planted your property yourself, have you hired someone to design and install the landscape for you or have you […]
Garden Structures Transforming Landscapes: Augmenting Natures Outdoor Living Spaces
Garden structures transform landscapes while augmenting natures outdoor living spaces. For many it is hard to imagine how pieces of nature and man made elements combine to create inviting environments. At this moment you don’t need to imagine. The following picture(s) will give you that which you may not be able to see on your […]
Flowers Blooming around Long Island, New York In June – Popping Early
Flowers blooming around Long Island in New York are demonstrating signs of Popping early. The warm weather this area had in April following a warm winter has really pushed the trees,perennial and woody ornamentals timetable for emerging flowers. There are many examples of unusual early emerging flowers but none as obvious as my Clematis “Jackmanii” […]
The Choices We Make Are Not Set In Stone, Garden Design 101
Garden Design 101 begins and ends with the choices we make based on an infinite number of variables. These choices are first based on internal motivation which I can’t readily define. Definitions of internal motivation are near impossible due to the complexity of the chemical composition we are made up of as human beings. Moving on. […]
Once Flowering In NY On Long Island Begins, How To Keep Blooming
Keeping your property on Long Island in bloom once it all starts flowering becomes the goal of many homeowners. Hi everyone. Get ready for me to blow your gardening mind. I am your friendly neighborhood Tree Sculptor/Garden Designer/Spacial Relationship Expert/Certified Arborist/Garden Restoration Specialist/Master Gardener/Lover of Nature and the elements that challenge our environment/Best Garden Management […]
Springtime Flowers In And Around Long Island, New York
Springtime flowers in and around Long Island in New York, as well as the surrounding states, is something that most people heavily anticipate. You don’t have to be a gardener to appreciate the presence of Cherry Trees in flower or a mass planting of yellow and white Daffodils. It is the beginning of April and […]
The Manipulation Of Light In And Around Your Gardens and Landscape
When restoring and redesigning gardens, considering how light travels through, in and around your trees and plants can make all the difference. What I mean to say can most be demonstrated through pictures. I hope you can see my point. ENJOY Now everyone may or may not see the long view here but it is […]
Gardening First Steps: Better To Have Loved And Lost
Gardening’s first step for homeowners without a plan should be viewed like, “better to have loved and lost then never to have planted at all.” As property owners we need to take the initiative and find one tree or plant we have seen and just place it somewhere in the ground. Why is this so […]
Garden Restoration Verses Personal Renewal: How Do They Compare?
How do we fix gardens and landscapes that have seen better days and how does that relate to the lives we live? The new year, 2012, is upon us and what is it we wanted to change in our lives? What have we seen around our landscapes we just can’t prioritize? Were there new years […]
The Benefits Of Evergreens In The Winter Landscape, Placement and Balance of Forms
The benefits of evergreens in the winter landscape are obvious but the question remains, are you considering the balance and long term form of that developing evergreen in the overall design and spacial relationship on your property? This is the question that needs to be addressed as I demonstrate through pictures both good and bad […]
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