DIY Blogger House

DIY Blogger House

I had the won­der­ful oppor­tu­nity to par­tic­i­pate in the DIY Blog­ger House as the land­scape design pro­fes­sional for the home and I man­aged to slip a few “DIY” style projects in as well.  I’ve had an amaz­ing sum­mer filled with won­der­ful projects but haven’t had much time to spare blog­ging here on my per­sonal blog.   Continue…

Jordan Valley Home & Garden Club– History

Jordan Valley Home & Garden Club– History

I have wanted to start a ‘Gar­den Club’ here locally for more than a decade.  I had the great oppor­tu­nity of pro­vid­ing staff sup­port to the Sandy Gar­den Club many years ago when I was fresh out of col­lege and work­ing as a City employee in Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment. My pos­i­tive expe­ri­ences with that Club sparked a   Continue…

Mt. Olympus Community Garden Dedication

Mt. Olympus Community Garden Dedication

Over the last year an a half I’ve been priv­i­leged to be involved with the design and imple­men­ta­tion of Salt Lake County’s newest com­mu­nity gar­den, Mt. Olym­pus Com­mu­nity Gar­dens in Hol­la­day.  My involve­ment began  by meet­ing with the group to dis­cuss the fea­si­bil­ity of the Gar­den and to cre­ate a basic design plan for the   Continue…

Plantation Shutter Planter– Easy Version

Plantation Shutter Planter– Easy Version

After I cre­ated the orig­i­nal “Plant“ation Shut­ter Planter I SWORE I would never under­take a project like that again (might have sworn WHILE under­tak­ing it too)! Sewing cus­tom pock­ets from felt, burlap, faux moss net­ting and weed bar­rier fab­ric was a night­mare!  By the time I fin­ished it, I REALLY wished I hadn’t donated it   Continue…

Terrarium Basics

Terrarium Basics

As promised, a quick post about how to cre­ate a ter­rar­ium.  The ‘quick’ part isn’t because I am not tak­ing time to write out the details but rather because it’s so sim­ple that a great deal of details are not required.  You will need a fol­low a few basic steps to cre­ate a ter­rar­ium: Con­tainer.  This   Continue…

Oh, SNAP!

Oh, SNAP!

After a totally wild week­end, I am back from the SNAP! Cre­ativ­ity Con­fer­ence. What an exhaust­ing but won­der­ful cou­ple of days! I have promised to get a post up about ter­rar­ium basics and will try and make that hap­pen tomor­row. Between the SNAP! Con­fer­ence, a local polit­i­cal con­ven­tion over the week­end (at which my friend,   Continue…

Outside Inside: Living Arrangements NOT Houseplants

Outside Inside: Living Arrangements NOT Houseplants

 As I’ve men­tioned a num­ber of times before, I am NOT a house­plant per­son. How­ever, I do  enjoy hav­ing liv­ing plants in my inte­rior envi­ron­ment. What’s the dif­fer­ence? A ‘house­plant’ is   intended to live year in and year out inside your home, grow­ing larger and leg­gier every sea­son until you finally divide it to mul­ti­ple   Continue…

“Joy in The Garden”

Joy in The Garden”

I am excited to say that I’ll be join­ing my gar­den­ing friend, Joy Bossi, of “Joy in the Gar­den” on her radio show for a few min­utes dur­ing the next cou­ple of Sat­ur­days. Joy has been a HUGE pro­po­nent of Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park and has specif­i­cally helped me at a time when I really needed   Continue…

A “Near Death Experience”- Seedling Style

A “Near Death Experience”- Seedling Style

Actu­ally, for some of my unique heir­loom toma­toes and ALL of my baby bell pep­per seedlings, it WAS a death expe­ri­ence. Sorry lit­tle guys! I approached this ‘seed sea­son’ with far more gusto than usual. After 20 years of grow­ing seeds in my win­dow sills or under lights in the base­ment I now have access to   Continue…

Giant Pumpkin Quest 2012: Start Your Engines!

Giant Pumpkin Quest 2012: Start Your Engines!

I come by my love of gar­den­ing hon­estly.  My Great-Grandfather was a Swiss immi­grant who owned a florist shop as did sev­eral of his chil­dren.  All are gar­den­ers includ­ing my Grandma who had an incred­i­ble veg­etable gar­den.  My Grandpa and sev­eral other rel­a­tives are farm­ers.  My Dad’s folks were into the whole ‘gar­den­ing’ thing too   Continue…

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