michaelplant // Posts published by michaelplant
Plantwithme.com Articles About To Be Posted
New Articles to challenge your gardening senses. I have been under cover for the past seven months and am back to expand your gardening and landscape horizons. Get ready for a new direction that will reopen old doors and present new doors to be ventured through. I look forward to everyone joining me as we […]
Northeastern USA Gardening For The Winter Landscape 2012 Adapting to Nature
Adapting your gardening and thinking for planetary climate change is critical to helping our community filter polution and our planet breath. With countries around the world industrializing and joining the international arena with goods and services the need for planting, managing and maintaining the remaining trees, natural forests and community green spaces will be critical in the fight against […]
Restoring Those Tree & Plant Specimens That Seem To Be Hopeless
Northeastern plant and tree specimens ravaged by Hurricane Sandy need not be discarded so quickly. The hope for restoration and the renewal of life when all seems lost needs to be maintained. In the United State Of America over the past year we have had a number of interesting weather events that have challenged our […]
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 […]
Recent Posts
-
Fire, Wind, Water In The Landscape: Bringing The Outside In.
Mother Natures elements, fire, wind and water, need to be ...
-
Gardens and Trees Damaged By Heavy Snow & Wind Need Special Care
Trees and gardens damaged by heavy snow and extreme weather ...
-
Garden & Landscape Care Before Springtime Flowers (critical longterm care)
How do you prepare gardens and landscapes for springtime? This ...
-
Stopping To Smell The Roses Takes Some Effort In 2017
Ever Wonder where the time has gone? Have you stopped ...