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The Dirt on Mineral-Based Garden Soils
It may be time to rethink everything that you were taught about 'good' garden soils. I remember a time (ok it was last week) when a fellow horticultural…
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Sara-Jane Quechuck
Stinzenplanten: How to Add Startling Beauty and Eco-services to Your Lawn
Stinzenplanten refer to lawns that are heavily planted with naturalized flowering bulbs. They harken back to the 16th century, when Frisian country…
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Sara-Jane Quechuck
Need a Break? Checkout These Eccentric Gardens
When the world is just too much, gardens are a safe space to breathe and take a break. And some of the best, are places where gardeners really let their…
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The Beautiful Wild Garden, it's all in the Details
There a few things that have been percolating in the back of my mind in relation to eco-friendly plantings. One is the thought, that high ecological…
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A Few (More) Books to Add to Your Gardening Library
Some people have told me that I have a botanical book addiction, they might be right. One thing that I absolutely love about horticulture, is that…
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Can You Name These Garden Seeds?
The Often Overlooked Beauty of Seeds
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Is There a Better Solution (Beyond Pesticides) for Invasive Insects?
I live in a city that’s (for the most part) been pesticide-free for at least 20 years. Here, they have been used sparingly, only against highly invasive…
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Sara-Jane Quechuck
For the Love of Water Rills
Water is used to express layers of meaning, it is simultaneously heavy and weightless, solid and transparent, light and dark' -Luciano Giubbilei (garden…
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Sara-Jane Quechuck
Need a Gardening-based Break but Can't Get Outside Yet?
The first signs of spring are here, but our gardens are not quite shovel-ready. So, today I’ve brewed a cuppa and am delving into gardening’s past, with…
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Sara-Jane Quechuck
Happy Horticultural Therapy Week!
As gardeners and plants people, we can all attest to the therapeutic qualities of working with plants. HT is a natural, more formal extension of this…
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Sara-Jane Quechuck
A Good Conference Should Fill Your Mind with Possibilities...
In my experience, a good professional conference is hard to come by. I’ve attended quite a few that offer a good presenter here and there, and perhaps…
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Why Planting More Street Trees Isn’t the Answer to Climate Change
Recently I came across a study that confirms it, our street trees live fast and die young. The research shows, that urban trees (in comparison to their…
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Garden Culture by Virens Studio
Garden Culture by Virens Studio
Hort professionals that love planting design, ecological practices and urban greening. Plus garden travel and horticultural history. A no judgement zone, so brew a cuppa and bring your knees up.
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