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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Build a Fence...With Your Garden

We'll teach you how to use evergreens to create privacy in your landscape.

If you’ve ever used the adage, “Fences make good neighbors,” privacy is probably important to you in your landscape.  For many homeowners, creating a sense of privacy is a huge factor in designing their outdoor spaces.  Installing evergreen screening plants provides not only privacy but also creates “walls” in outdoor spaces providing a sense of comfy enclosure.  While functional, traditional fences often lack interest and are limited to providing privacy to only six feet or so.  In today’s neighborhoods where two story homes are built practically on top of one another, fences do nothing to provide privacy for the main living area of a home or for the two story deck many of us have. Evergreen trees and shrubs on the other hand, provide not…

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Julie's Garden Spot

Hydrangeas: Summer Snowballs

American Hydrangea Society is hosting a garden tour this Saturday. Learn about these delightful flowers.

The American Hydrangea Society is hosting it’s annual garden tour this weekend in Metro-Atlanta.  The AHS 2011 tour will feature many beautiful hydrangea filled gardens all over the city.  The tour will be held this Saturday, June 11th, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Visit www.americanhydrangeasociety.org for ticket information.  This one-day tour will offer the unique opportunity to visit private gardens and see the many different types of hydrangeas.  You will walk away inspired with ideas for your own garden. The big snowball shaped blue flowers, hydrangeas, are synonymous with summer.  They provide interest in our gardens during the heat of June and July when few other shrubs are blooming.  What many of us don’t consider, however, is that there …

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