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Made in the Shade: Tips from the Experts
Margaret Roach at last weekend’s shade gardening workshop, above LAST WEEKEND, along with a few dozen other garden nerds, I attended a half-day shade gardening workshop in Columbia County, and took 8 pages of notes. We started at Margaret Roach’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ajuga, begonias, Bob Hyland, borders, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, cardboard, cimicifuga, citronelle, Columbia County, deep shade, dividing perennials, dolls eyes aceta, dropout memoir, early bulbs, epimedium, full sun, hakonechloa, hellebores, heuchera, hostas, Jeffersonia, Loomis Creek, Margaret Roach, nursery, part shade, petasites, primulas trilliums, rosin paper, shade gardening, shade gardens, smother weeds, Spanish bluebells, tips, woodland plants
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Appraising Annuals
TIME FOR A MID-SEASON APPRAISAL of annuals. Some are disappointing. I won’t show pictures of them. You don’t need to see ‘Durango’ yellow marigolds that for some mysterious reason are not thriving, despite sun and even some Miracle-Gro, or common … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ageratum, angelonia, annuals, begonias, caladiums, celosia, coleus, dusty miller, marigolds, oxalis, perennials, sweet potato vine
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Elke’s Terrace: Made in the Shade
THIS SPRING, IF YOU SPOT A WOMAN in a flower-covered hat pushing a red shopping cart full of plants around downtown Brooklyn, it’s probably my friend Elke. A true gardener like Elke, whose outdoor space is a 15’x25′ terrace behind … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged ailanthus, begonias, Borough Hall, Brooklyn Heights, Bruno's Housewares, caladiums, cast iron urns, compost heap, container plants, corkscrew plant, dusty miller, ferns, fish emulsion, garden, Gowanus Nursery, GRDN, Greenmarket, hibiscus, jasmine, moonflower, morning glory, passionflower, Red Hook, Restoration Hardware, rosemary topiaries, sweet potato vine, tender plants, terrace, trellises
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casaCARA: Old Houses for Fun & Profit 