Lyme Regis: Candles to be lit in tribute to Philippa Corbin (From Bridport and Lyme Regis News)
Lyme Regis: Candles to be lit in tribute to Philippa Corbin 10:00am Wednesday 21st December 2011 in Lyme Regis Skip social links Print Email CANDLES will be lit this Christmas Eve in memory of tragic River Cottage chef Philippa Corbin. Her family and friends will gather at Uplyme Church on Saturday to remember the [...]
It’s one thing after another
As so often happens, several garden-related topics are attracting my attention, so this column will be a mixed bag. · Follow-up: landscape activism I wrote recently about a community initiative to persuade a small city in the Monterey Bay area to request new bids for a landscape maintenance contract, to emphasize ecologically sound practices. During [...]
WRITES OF PASSAGE: Live gratefully and charitably under God’s mercy
This past winter I built a second raised flower bed in our backyard adjacent to an older one that I had constructed several years earlier. and since I was in the process of building the new bed, I decided to go ahead and revamp the old one, which had served as an herb garden for [...]
Create garden of your dreams
By STEPHANIE FOSTER May 22, 2011 If you want the garden of your dreams, you’ve got to be tough. a shopping trip to a garden center is like browsing around the Garden of Eden. It’s full of temptation. Plants flirt shamelessly and before you know it, you are dragging a cart full of cheery flowers [...]
Gone Gardenin’ – Lilies laden with symbolism
Over the last couple of decades, Manitoba gardeners have fallen in love with lilies. Neepawa’s annual Lily Festival is just one testament to the popularity of these wonderful perennials; another is the innumerable clumps of lilies that are evident in gardens open for public viewing every summer during open garden events. Is it any wonder, [...]
Craftycrackpot: Tell Me If I’m Boring You……
But I do really love arranging flowers!These are some recent arrangements I’ve put together, some at home, some at CIT, and some at the florist. This one I put together with leftover flowers from CIT. I wasn’t really sure how it would go because I only had a certain amount of material to work with. [...]
Marlborobulb: English Mothers Day
English Mother’s day tomorrow and a beautiful bouqet of lilies arrived from my son!!! In the garden many of the early daffodils are now over and even some tulips! Goodness they were so early this year. the species tulips on the rock garden came back for their third year -they are just gorgeous and a [...]
Lily Varieties Bloom from Summer till Fall
A clump of Asiatic lilies blooming at midsummer. Lilies come in several different varieties with blooming times from midsummer through early fall. Plant some of each variety for a continuous supply of blooms throughout the growing season. Although you can plant lily bulbs in spring, fall is the best time for planting as it gives [...]
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in partnership with You want your wedding flowers to be beautiful — and so does your florist. here are a few expert tips for making that happen. Be open-minded about flower types“There is nothing more disheartening for the bride and myself than when she comes in with her heart set on yellow peonies for an [...]
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