
A Poinsettia is not just for Christmas
02.12.2014Top tips for keeping that much loved Christmas plant alive. We've tested a plant sensor and mixed it up with some good old gardening knowledge...
Top tips for keeping that much loved Christmas plant alive. We've tested a plant sensor and mixed it up with some good old gardening knowledge...
Founded by English gardener John Tebbs, The Garden Edit redraws the traditional boundaries associated with shopping and the garden by bringing together a modern collection of products that embody functionality, timelessness and beauty.
What an amazing gardening-video, published by "Nowness, for the culturally curious"... Enjoy.
The Zurich Succulent Plant Collection is one of the most impressive of its kind, covering more than 4750sqm and displaying over 6500 plants. We visited the collection and brought our good old 35mm camera.
by zoe | 28.03.2014 | balcony , container , urban , balcony garden | 0 comments | Rating: 2 votes
If there’s one thing I believe in, it’s this: an outdoor lifestyle is for everyone. That’s true if you own an estate in Suffolk, a castle in the Highlands, or if you live in a tower block. I speak from experience. I spent four years of my childhood in Hong Kong, and whilst there is probably more greenery and attractive outdoor space there than you would know if you haven’t visited, in reality most people live quite an urban lifestyle.
But an urban lifestyle doesn’t stop children from having adventures. My sisters and I had all of your typical childhood experiences… just in slightly less outdoorsy settings. I can clearly remember learning to cycle in the underground car park, and my sister suffering some pretty bad damage when she fell off the (very small) climbing frame on our balcony. Admittedly, my parents did draw the line at buying the pony that I had on my Christmas list… which looking back, seems pretty unfair.
Gardening on a balcony has its challenges, but if you can fit a climbing frame onto a balcony, then you can sure as heck fit your favourite elements of a garden as well. You just have to think carefully about how much time you want to spend maintaining it and what you want to grow:
Finally we have prepared a board that includes equipment you might need when you start up your balcony garden.
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I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree - Joyce Kilmer (1913)
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