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Year: 2019

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Historical Garden Books: Detail des nouveaux jardins à la mode by Georges-Louis Le Rouge, Sir William Chambers (1776) – 45 in a series

Archive.org has a host of old gardening books (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. I happened across a few in my Continue Reading

Posted On : September 4, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Cactus
  • Photos-Photography
  • Shared
  • Succulents

Leuchtenbergia principis / Agave cactus via CactGuy

Click through to see 2 additional pictures Read Leuchtenbergia principis / Agave cactus via CactGuy * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these Continue Reading

Posted On : September 3, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Design
  • Education
  • How-to
  • Japan
  • Landscape
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Shared

Elements of a Japanese Garden via FineGardening

The art and craft of the Japanese garden continues to thrive today after well over 1,300 years in Japan and for the last 150 years in various points west and Continue Reading

Posted On : September 2, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Bulbs
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • How-to
  • Landscape
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Plants
  • Shared

Your First Garden: What You Need to Know Before You Plant Bulbs via Gardenista

I love garden bulbs and have planted over 150 here in my own garden. They bring me joy each Spring when I am rewarded with lovely flowers for little to Continue Reading

Posted On : August 30, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Art
  • Books
  • Flowers
  • Food
  • Fruit
  • History
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Plants

Historical Seed Catalogs: Wilson’s 15th annual price list and catalogue of fresh and reliable garden, field, and flower seeds (1891) – 34 in a series

Historical Seed Catalogs: Wilson’s 15th annual price list and catalogue of fresh and reliable garden, field, and flower seeds (1891) – 34 in a series Download in Text, PDF, Single Continue Reading

Posted On : August 30, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Books
  • History
  • Plants
  • Quotes
  • Reading

What I’m Reading: The Garden Book of California (1906) – 7 in a series – “Unhealthy house plants are a vexation to the spirit.”

Photo: Shelby Miller “Unhealthy house plants are a vexation to the spirit. Often I am asked to prescribe for a sick fern, a diseased palm, a ragged, unhappy-looking begonia, or Continue Reading

Posted On : August 26, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Books
  • Dazzling Dahlias
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Garden History
  • History
  • Plants

Historical Seed Catalogs: Dahlia guide. Nineteen-twenty / J.J. Broomall (1920) – 33 in a series

Archive.org has a host of old seed catalogs (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. I happened across a few in my Continue Reading

Posted On : August 23, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Books
  • Education
  • Garden History
  • History
  • Quotes
  • Reading

What I’m Reading: The Garden Book of California (1906) – 6 in a series – “Then be ready for the planting…”

Photo by Karly Jones on Unsplash “First, in buying nursery stock buy of reliable firms; refuse substitutions, and insist upon healthy and perfect plants. Then be ready for the planting, which means that Continue Reading

Posted On : August 22, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Dazzling Dahlias
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Horticulture
  • How-to
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Plants
  • Propagation
  • Shared

How to Plant, Grow and Care for Dahlias via Midwest Living

A good, general interest story on Dahlias, their care, and propagation. — Douglas     Available in thousands (really) of variations, dahlias bloom well into fall—and with just a little Continue Reading

Posted On : August 22, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Art
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Photos-Photography
  • Travel
  • UK/Europe

Bosco Verticale, Milano, Italy via Instagram

What are your favorite public artworks? Share your memories in the comments! Bosco Verticale, Milano, Italy An apartment complex covered in trees and plants.   and Follow Join A Gardener’s Notebook on Continue Reading

Posted On : August 22, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch

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