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Home and Garden Roundup for Week of 11/25/2007
A weekly roundup of the top stories from the Home & Garden sections of leading newspapers around the country.
The Los Angeles Times Home and Garden section is running a story about how " Artisans have re-created a classical Chinese oasis" at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino:
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While giving thanks today for all that's near and dear, it might not hurt to offer gratitude for folks you may never meet: workmen from China who have toiled for six months in San Marino, applying skills passed down through generations and not taught at any schools.
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A new section of the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino required the skills of dozens of craftsmen from China.
The Miami Herald Home and Design has an article on Finding the right natives for your South FLorida neighborhood.
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A developing resource for learning about habitats and native plants in South Florida is the website of the Institute for Regional Conservation. On it, you will find a link to plants appropriate for your yard: Natives for Your Neighborhood. It is a trial version of what the researchers hope to have fully operational by fall.
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The Seattle Post Intelligencer NW Gardens has a story about how Potting new plants now will provide greenery for months:
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Late fall is a great time to renew old containers or plant up entirely new pots so they will work for you as part of your holiday decorations and beyond.
Enlist a simple color palette, such as the green-and-white pots described here, and with a minimum of messing you'll get maximum effect -- combinations that can take you all the way to St. Patrick's Day.
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Careful selection and combination of green-and-white plants can take you all the way to St. Patrick's Day. (Mike Urban/Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The Dallas Morning News Home/Gardening has a review of the DVD edition of nearly 10 years worth of 'Horticulture' magazine:
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The DVD offers a wonderful search capacity that surpasses the usefulness of the index appearing annually in a hard copy of the magazine. Searches can be made by plant, garden type, region, technique, author, title or keyword. Enter a plant name for a full-text search, and it is highlighted in turquoise in any Horticulture article in which it appeared from 1997 through 2006.
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Last edited by lspichkin; 12-04-2007 at 04:18 PM.
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11-25-2007, 10:13 AM
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