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Hanover Cottage Garden Room / Studio Ilk Architecture + interiors

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© Adam Gibson + 21 share share Facebook Twitter E-mail Pinterest WhatsApp Gold https://www.archdaily.com/it/1016007/hanover-cottage-garden-room-studio-ilk-architecture-plus-interiors © Adam Gibson Text description provided by the architects. Hanover Cottage: A thoughtful adaptation of a circa 1836 estate Battery point cottage. Responding to the complex heritage, the site, and the constraints of the existing fabric, the new additions are sensitively … Read more

Add color to your garden with annuals

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Since it is already the end of March with April just around the corner, we need to plan what annuals we want to buy this year as the sale of plants and plants will soon be in the stores. Annuals can be used in many different ways in the garden because they are relatively small … Read more

Turning Over a New Leaf: My Garden Rehab Journey | Gardening Tips and How-To Garden Guides

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It all happened so quickly. I threw a potluck for my 60th birthday party. An invited guest who happened to be a master stonemason ribbingly insulted the “piles of rubble” that I have decoratively placed around a kidney-shaped pond under my deck. He rearranged said pile, much to my liking, while I was out of … Read more

Agave in the garden in Napa County

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Have you heard the term “back season”? Sometimes it refers to times between resorts, when neither winter sports nor summer activities are available. Recently I have been thinking that it also applies to late winter and early spring in our gardens. Many plots of the home garden will be ready to burst with heat-loving crops, … Read more

Tips for success in the garden in Napa County

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The harvest of last year’s summer and autumn crops is over. I harvested my veggies, elderberries, pineapples, guavas and pomegranates. I cleaned the garden and put away my tools. It was time to leave my garden of rest. We begin the new year with a renewed sense of joy and hope, and with the goal … Read more

Consider adding dates to your diet

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Darla Chouinard Master Gardener The origin of dates can be traced back to around 5320 BC. Dates were, and still are, a staple food grown in the Middle East and North Africa. The date palm is significant to numerous cultures and religions and is sometimes referred to as the “tree of life” due to its … Read more

Gilded-Age Garden: Wilcox Park esplanade gardens refreshed with new plantings | Westerly

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WESTERLY — With winter approaching, some final cleaning, mowing and cleaning was done this week around the new formal esplanade garden at the Broad Street entrance to Wilcox Park next to the Westerly Library. Park and library staff and volunteers celebrated the completion of the redesigned esplanade last month in a formal ceremony. Now, Park … Read more