How to categorise types of shade gardens if you love gardening but your house location doesn’t provide enough bright sunlight that is typically associated with a vibrant and well-designed garden. Any form of gardening requires the gardener to understand the plants, their needs in relation to sun and shade, and how to arrange the garden…
How to Make a Rock Garden Many people make rock gardens if they already have a lot of rocks on their land in which case they don’t have to source them from elsewhere. If you have an abundance of stone and you need to think of something to do with it, creating a rock garden…
Do you know how to assess the suitability of rock garden soil… consider these factors… Choosing Soil If you are starting your garden from scratch the best thing to do is to pick a soil mix that is the best for the type of plants you want to grow in your rock garden. A simple…
Tips for Patio and Container Gardening Pot Gardening is quite popular for many reasons. At the top of that list is the fact that in comparison to the total population, only a few people have a big garden or yard where they can actually plant flowers and plants in the ground. Does this mean that…
Shade herb garden design plans can incorporate areas of the garden that don’t get as much sun. For example, you can grow shade herbs plants in places that are shaded either part of the day or all day. If anyone tells you that herbs will only grow in full sun, it must mean that they…
Applying garden mulches is one of the practices you can do in the garden that is easy and beneficial. What does Mulch do? Organic Mulch Organic mulches decompose slowly with the additional benefit of improving the soil. Organic matter releases nutrients, helps keep soil loose, and encourages worms and organisms. It improves root system growth,…
Flower shade gardening presents opportunities for using plants that you won’t see in gardens with an abundance of sun. There are a wide variety of flowers growing and blooming into absolutely stunning additions to your garden even though they are in shade. With a bit of research before you start you will find it is…
Why you need to create shade garden… do you already have a shady garden… or have a lot of sun and need to create shade? There are lots of really stunning flowers and plants suited for places that don’t get much sun. There are some plants that actually can’t tolerate direct sunlight for too long,…
Plants for Container Gardening Trees and vines make beautiful container gardening plants when placed on balconies and patios, or dotted around smaller gardens and yards. You can put a blooming tree in a stylish container near a bench where people can enjoy the scent, the shade from the sun, and the sight of the tree…
Container gardening can add interest to those areas in shade you may not know what to do with. Containers and pots can be moved around the garden for a different design whenever you feel like it, and there is no limit to the types and sizes of containers you put your plants in provided they have…