Monthly Archives: November 2016

Garden Travel-Hestercombe Gardens November 10th, 2016

Sommerset Gardens at Hestercombe While Hestercombe estate was built in 11th century,the garden is first referenced as early as the 13th century. Over 50 acres of land- beautiful gardens but also long walking/strolling trails. The garden demonstrates over 3 centuries of garden design examples in one estate: Georgian Landscape Garden (18th century) Victorian Terrace/Shrubbery (late 19th century) …

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Garden Travel-Hidcote Manor November 9th, 2016

Hidcote Manor Located in the northern edge of the Cotswold’s, Hidcote Manor is distinguished as an Arts and Crafts garden. A plant collector’s https://www.cialissansordonnancefr24.com/ garden developed and loved into being over 30 years by Lawrence Johnston, whose philosophy “Plant only the best forms of any plant” is apparent throughout the garden. It is built with …

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Garden Travel- RHS Garden Harlow Carr November 7th, 2016

Last May we started our English Garden tour in the city of Harrogate in Yorkshire. Royal Horticultural Society Garden Harlow Carr–  a 68 acre garden set in a valley in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside. On the grounds of an ancient royal hunting lodge and spa,  the gardens has a wide variety of growing …

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Garden Travel: Downtown San Francisco pocket gardens November 6th, 2016

Creating oasis among concrete Calm amongst chaos Habitat amongst housing Back in June, I took advantage of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Garden day and spent the day in San Francisco. .   The Garden Conservancy is an organization that saves and share gardens throughout the nation. Each year they open hundreds of private gardens to visitors …

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Seasons

Monthly Gardening Tasks – November November 1st, 2016

November Garden Tasks Turn off irrigation if rain more than 1” over 2 weeks otherwise the seasonal adjustment irrigation controller should be set to 25% WATERING – One of the major reasons why some plants do not make it through winter’s cold weather is because the soil is too dry. Be especially careful to check …

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