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Douglas E. Welch

Photo: Central decoration by Rose Parade Float Designers

This large central decoration at the Souther California Spring Garden Show was designed by Fiesta Floats, who regularly design parade floats for the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. See the complete set of photos from the Southern California Spring Garden Show.  

Photo: Carrots emerging

We trying out a method of planting small bunches of carrots in deep vertical containers. We don’t really have a good ground plot for carrots, so this container allows us to have decent, soft soil and move it around to get the best sunlight. Right on cue, the seedlings emerged about 2 days ago. I’ll [...]

Photos: Engaging Nature Design Garden at Southern California Spring Garden Show

     Click for larger images Garden designed and created by: Sarah’s GardensSarah’s Garden 714.916.3106 Garden Pros Landscape & Construction 714.387.4753714-397-4753 or 714-387-4753 See the complete set of photos from the Southern California Spring Garden Show.

Photo: Morning Glory from Instagram

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Gardening playlist from Douglas’ YouTube Channel

You can find mangy garden videos over on my YouTube Channel. You can subscribe to that channel to get notice of new videos. You can also watch all the garden-related videos using the playlist shown below. If you can’t see the video above, please watch the playlist on YouTube     Subscribe to my YouTube [...]

Event: The Los Angeles Zoo Docents’ Garden Boutique and Bake Sale – Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

What do flowers & flour have in common? The Los Angeles Zoo Docents’ Garden Boutique and Bake Sale Benefiting the LA Zoo Docents’ National 2012 AZAD Conference – an annual conference, this year inviting zoo and aquarium docents from all over the U.S. to enjoy the hospitality of Southern California. We invite you to support [...]

Topsy Turvy planter finally put to use

> We finally got around to planting this Topsy Turvy tomato planter that our friends gave us last season. It took a fortuitous combination of events to make it happen, though. First, I made a batch of homemade potting soil to use in the planter. Second, our local Orchard Supply Warehouse had a sale on [...]

Photos from Saturday6 Kick-off meetup last year

As I enter my second season as part of the Troy-Bilt’s Saturday6 program, I thought I would re-share the pictures from our big kickoff last May at the Troy-Bilt world headquarters. It was great meeting all my fellow Saturday6 bloggers, playing around with new equipment, seeing and eating great food at Chef’s Garden and finally, [...]

Mulch for the garden paths…and a little unexpected excitement

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We noticed a tree service truck in the neighborhood that had a load of wood chips that was mainly that, wood, rather that the typical load that contains more leaves than wood. We had been thinking of a project for a long time and this finally set it into motion. After visiting Descanso Gardens years [...]

Photo: Garden work today. Volunteers gladly accepted! via Instagram

Garden work today. Volunteers gladly accepted!