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Front Foundation Planting Gets A Facelift
Sometimes plantings get overgrown, tired, or the current design doesn’t work. They need a face-lift, or a re-design. The front foundation plantings, in this case, were not only overgrown, but they hid a beautiful real stone facade at the front door. The composition of this left side foundation planting didn’t really work with the…
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Containers Ideas found on a Mini Vacation
Sitting in Boston Public Garden I’m enjoying a special early-morning moment on a lovely summer like day. On shady bench in front of an active fountain, I’m relishing it’s gentle sound except when the tourist with the creaky wheeled cart goes by. I’ve rediscovered that when you have a house guest from out of town, you become a…
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Maria von Brincken Teaches Color Gardens at Mass Hort
Color Gardens: Learn to Create Three-Season Flower Gardens with Winter Appeal In this three-session tutorial course Maria von Brincken, landscape designer, will teach you how to use color and plants to design gardens filled with color from flowers and foliage. You’ll learn how to create beautiful plant combinations that flower from spring to…
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Gardening at Dawn on a Summer-Like Day
I love gardening at dawn on a summer morning. Cool enough to pull weeds, prune branches, deadhead, plant, lay mulch as I did this last weekend-of-May Sunday. Yet it’s warm enough for shorts and a tshirt. It’s a time of birdsong and quiet in the neighborhood. No noisy lawn mowers, leaf blowers, or power songs.…
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My Spring Garden: Design Moments
Thoughout our busy lives it’s wonderous to enjoy garden moments like these.
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Maria Speaks at West Concord Green Thumbs
Create Colorful Gardens “Beautiful Perennial Combinations from Spring thru Frost” The West Concord Green Thumbs presents: Maria von Brincken of Sudbury Tuesday, May 3, 2016 7:00 pm Learn to apply color, design, and texture harmoniously from season to season. Maria’s talk, slides, and handouts provide tools to create perennial palettes for public and private gardens. Harvey…
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Maria von Brincken Speaks at Boston Flower Show
SUDBURY, MA—Ever wonder how to make outdoor rooms using vines? Award winning landscape designer and flower garden specialist, Maria von Brincken, a featured speaker at this year’s Boston Flower and Garden Show www.bostonflowershow.com will share those techniques. Held at the Seaport World Trade Center, on Sunday, March 20th at 1:30 PM, Maria will talk about vertical gardening…
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Winter Farmers Market Cheese Quest
I’m at Russells Garden Center in Wayland, MA attending the Winters Farmers Market and posting from there. I decided part of my winter mental survival kit I would seek out a specialty cheese for my omelette each week. I’ve not been disappointed. I sampled many from different venders. But decided that the Wolf Meadow Farm…
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How to make a Winter Garden to Delight, Invite, and Inspire
Winter landscapes and their views don’t have be dull or ugly. When well designed they delight and invite you to look out and perhaps venture outside to explore.
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Tools of Enchantment
I’m happy to post a link to my feature article in WaterShapes Magazine. Enjoy! http://watershapes.com/landscape/plants/hardscape/decks/tools-of-enchantment.html?utm_source=WaterShapes+20+January+2016&utm_campaign=1-20+newsletter&utm_medium=email