National Consignment Day Event At The RealReal
October 1, 2018
Today is National Consignment Day and you can celebrate with The RealReal by attending a sustainability workshop at one of their brick and mortar locations. Click here to lean more.
Recycled Stuff You’d Actually Want To Buy
May 28, 2013
‘Fresh Morning’
Recycled Paper Dangle Earrings
I’ve been wanting for a while to do a post about recycled things that are attractive. So many recycled products are not very pretty and, although we may want to buy them to support companies or artists who use recycled products we don’t buy them because we don’t actually like them.
So, here are some products made with recycled materials that, at least in the eye of this beholder, are esthetically pleasing.
Overlooked Drought Tolerant Plant For The Garden
May 16, 2012
Cindy Meredith, owner of The Herb Cottage, has a list on her web site of plants for a Butterfly Garden.
The above plant, Discliptera subpelta, also known as Uruguyan Firecracker Plant and King’s Mantle, puts out red flowers from summer to fall.
Another species in the genus Dicliptera is resupinata. It has waxy green leaves and small lavender flowers.
For more information about these and other herbs and interesting plants in general go to Cindy’s web site, The Herb Cottage or take some time to read her blog.
Many people who live in hot, dry climates have a tough time growing things in the garden. They think it’s because they don’t have a green thumb. They think it’s because they neglect their pants or that there is some gardening secret that eludes them.
This is usually not the case. Most of the time they are planting the wrong plants.
Plant Select® is administered cooperatively by The Denver Botanic Gardens and Colorado State University along with horticulturists and nurseries to identify plants that are adapted to the particular climate of the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Range.
The web site provides a wealth of information from insightful articles about plants to a searchable plant database, examples of actual gardens and downloadable garden designs for you to use in your own garden.
There is an abundance of information on the site even for the gardener who is not in the Intermountain or Rocky Mountain region. You can sort through the database for plants using all kinds of criteria.
And don’t think this site is only useful to those living in dry, hot areas. We are all trying to use less water to irrigate our landscapes which makes this site particularly useful as it focuses mainly on plants that can survive on little water.
It truly is a worthwhile resource.
The Genius Of The Place
April 22, 2012
Burlington waterfront (Photo credit: Lenscap)
In ancient Rome a Genius loci referred to the protective spirit of a place. In the Western world it came to refer to a place’s atmosphere or spirit.
It was Alexander Pope who linked the concept to landscaping. In a letter to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, in 1731 Pope wrote:
Consult the genius of the place in all;/That tells the waters or to rise, or fall;/Or helps th’ ambitious hill the heav’ns to scale,/Or scoops in circling theatres the vale;/Calls in the country, catches opening glades,/Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades,/Now breaks, or now directs, th’ intending lines;/Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Happy Earth Day
Beautiful and Recycled Living Wall
February 11, 2012
Historically a Green Wall was used to describe a row of hedges or low growing trees that were used to form a border or boundary. Theses days, however, the term has taken on a whole new meaning.
Green Walls, also referred to as Living Walls and Vertical Gardens, are basically gardens that grow up rather than out. Up a previously built wall or a wall that was created specifically for thee purpose of planting.
Perusing the LandscapingNetwork.com‘s facebook page I saw what I thought was a particularly imaginative and well executed Green Wall. It was done by Blooming Desert Landscapes in Bend,Oregon.
Blooming Desert Landscapes' Green Wall
According to their facebook page it is made from old pallets. I love when recycling and great esthetics come together.
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