August is an interesting and busy time in a vegetable garden, as many readers will no doubt be well aware. Most of your attention is likely to be on harvesting and tending the summer crops.
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2020 Master Gardener Training Course registration is OPEN
Join Master Gardener Coordinator LayLa Burgess for her spring 2020 Master Gardener class. The class will meet each Monday, January 27 through May 18, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Hayden Conference Center- South Carolina Botanical Gardens (102 Garden Trail, Clemson, SC 29634 https://www.clemson.edu/public/scbg/visit/directions.html )
The registration fee for this course is $300.00 per person and a copy of The South Carolina Master Gardener Training Manual is included. Registration closes on January 7th, 2020.
To access the online registration, please follow this link: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20569_ustores/web/classic/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=4096
For more information or questions regarding this course offering: contact LayLa Burgess at 864-656-7513 or [email protected]
The Clemson Extension Master Gardener Program trains, selects, and utilizes knowledgeable volunteers to facilitate the educational work of the local Urban Horticulture Agent, by delivering researched-based information to citizens of the state. In order to earn complete SC Master Gardener certification, you will need to complete: the registration (including the MOA), the training course, and provide 40 hours of volunteer service.
Thank you for your interest in the program and look forward to seeing you in 2020.
August is an interesting and busy time in a vegetable garden, as many readers will no doubt be well aware. Most of your attention is likely to be on harvesting and tending the summer crops.
A fad in modern architecture and gardening or a necessity to bring back nature into industrialised densely built urban landscapes? Living green walls are becoming more and more popular, so we decided to explore the benefits, installation and maintenance process of these structures. Read on to find out how long they have been around, why so many buildings are having them, and how you can make one for your home.
In Yorkshire we are lucky to have several gardens designed using the theme of a Himalayan Garden. The Hut near Ripon at Grewlthorpe is  ‘The Himalayan Garden’ with all the plants you would expect in such a setting including
Britain has some of the best gardens in the world. The choice of which to visit is far larger than this selective list but at least it gives you somewhere to start planning this years outings.
In the cold wet winter it is a good time to plan where to visit as the year improves. The South West is the obvious place to start your visiting tour of gardens containing exotic plants.
China is one of the great destinations for visiting gardens. The influence over garden design and the vast array of plants and flowers is secondary to the investment in time and dedication demonstrated in so many great locations. This is just a selection of those you may consider visiting if you can make the journey..
Peace is not just the absence of war it can be a reflection of a personal inner tranquility. To many gardeners peace may be a state of harmony with nature. It is a theme of several ‘hard landscape’ projects and sculptural works as shown by the selection of Peace gardens below.
Holland Park has some Zen like features but fails my Zen test. The classic elements of a successful Zen are stone, sand or gravel, water, plants and space. Then there is a question of balance between yin and yang. Cramped or cluttered gardens inhibit the flow of spirit so space is potentially the key ingredient of a Zen garden.
I was picking the Czar plums to make more jam when a wasp was disturbed from eating it’s lunch. Wasps go for my plums just as they are at their sweetest best. My problem was I couldn’t see which plums had a wasp in the fruit if they were above head height or facing away from my hand. The resulting sting set me on the trail of other stingers in the garden.
There is many a good gardener who wears a tie to work. Neat rows of vegetables, manicured lawns and a smart personal appearance are de-rigor in the best professional gardens.
Not what you would expect for a garden called ‘The Phoenix Garden’ in the middle of Tottenham Court Road near Crown Point. It isn’t a phoenix from the ashes of a great fire or a WW11 bomb site at but was built on a disused car park in the 1980s. It may be part of an overflowing burial ground for St Giles-in-the-field church back in the 1600s and is reputed to be the last surviving Covent ‘Garden’. The entrance is located in St Giles Passage
Today we’re off to the Mohawk Valley in central New York State to visit Lee’s beautiful garden.