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Oh, Deer! – Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Inside Austin Gardens Tour. Watched over by nesting screech owls in springtime, Tecolote Hill is a garden designed for strolling and exploring, with paths that wind through deer-resistant plantings in front and terraced beds and patios in back. Pam, author of Lawn Gone! For a PDF containing a plant list and links to plant profiles, click HERE. For more pictures of Pam’s garden, please click on any gallery picture to make it larger:. Water visually cools Pam’s back garden. Photo by Lori Daul. The repetiti...
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Flashy Natives – Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Inside Austin Gardens Tour. For over twenty years she worked double shifts and raised her children and cats, while her traditional yard with boxwoods and St. Augustine waited. But in 2008, Lois Pesz retired and became a Master Gardener. At long last, Lois had the time and information to transform her yard into a sumptuous garden to delight the boldest senses. The tour is weeks away. What homeowner hasn’t had to suddenly do a 180 and change plants? The result will be evident in October. Quiet in the garde...
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Shady Natives – Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Inside Austin Gardens Tour. Strolled through by many a friend, neighbor, Master Gardener and garden design client, the Nazar’s garden, on a half-acre of a sloped Northwest Hills landscape, is lush with an array of garden spaces surrounding their meandering two- story home. Four Nerve Daisies, different varieties of. Assorted grasses and cacti, where contrasting colors and contrasting textures push Texas-lush” to a new level. Trees of all shapes and size abound in the front yard, which create challenges f...
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Cottage Natives – Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Inside Austin Gardens Tour. Lester/King Gardens in Crestview. I think of our garden as a conversation one that I have daily with my little corner of the natural world shared with my longtime partner, as well as with our neighbors and passersby. It is a conversation about how you can discover solace and profound natural beauty in even a modest urban garden, and that finding yourself as a country girl destined for a life in the city need not keep you from farming! To view a PDF plant list, click HERE.
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View the Gardens – Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Inside Austin Gardens Tour. Especially hardy, minimal water. New varieties and proven winners. Deer-resistant, not deer-proof. Shade and under trees. Successful plants and practices for brutal full sun with rocky limestone soil.
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Death-Defying Natives – Inside Austin Gardens Tour
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Inside Austin Gardens Tour. Valerie and Gregory Thomas live on a corner lot with a long distance of street frontage. The etymology of the word gardening refers to enclosure, and through their gardening efforts they’ve sought to create a greater sense of definition to their yard: making the public areas distinct from the private zones. Gregory, who is primarily responsible for the design and maintenance of the garden, is a garden designer as well as an architect. To see more from this garden, please enjoy...
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Vivero Growers Garden: January 2015
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A day in the life of Vivero Growers Nursery, Austin, Texas. Friday, January 23, 2015. It's snowing here in Austin. It happens from time to time…. Tuesday, January 20, 2015. A Visit to Public Garden, Boston MA. We just returned from a visit to Boston were we visited the Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden. It was magnificent. I was in awe the whole time. The park was so well maintained, manicured and laid out so nicely. There were a few fountains, several benches and a nice path with a beaut...
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