Portmeirion Botanic Garden

Just take an umbrella. If you look at a map of Brittany, you cannot miss the fact that its shape is like a dart pointing west through the Atlantic Ocean; indeed this is a place where sea is of prime importance.

But it was really boosted by Pierre Poivre, the king's intendant who was also a devoted naturalist who worked there from 1767 to 1772. His successors kept working in the same spirit and when the English took over the island in 1810 they followed the same...

Smaller than that are called 'miniatures.' My collection is only around 15 plants, but I really hope to increase it. For details please check the Homeland Security website[3] Reference to the song 'Scarborough Fair' by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, album...

Van Gogh, such a crazy genius of a painter, often painted just one or two blooms. Renoir is another of the Impressionists whose use of light and brush strokes make paintings sparkle.

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We grow herbs and sustainable forage and wildcraft. We are also in the scrap and waste management business.

A number of Christmases ago, I had expressed an interest in flower pounding, a decorative craft that has been around for a long time.My wife picked up on my not-so-subtle hint and presented me with a how-to book.In a nutshell, the process involves taking...

The thumbnail picture is of a newborn elephant, perhaps the only small statue in the display. Centered in and around the Children's Garden, the art is attracting visitors of every age.

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But obviously they have been busy elsewhere.This area of Los Angeles county does tend to get pretty cold now and then so a few previous attempts at planting new species have been thwarted by subsequent cold snaps, wiping nearly all of them out (a wonderful...

We have about 150, hardy orchids and many native woody plants. Our pride and joy is our collection ofThe shade garden is full of ferns and hosta with Himalayan blue poppy the star attractionThe wildlife-friendly garden contains a wide variety of plants...

Shermie, the Sherman Gardens mascot, named after Moses Sherman, the mentor and business associate of the gardens founder, Arnold HaskellWhen perusing lists of arboretums and gardens to visit in Southern California, one may encounter this garden listed...

There are no fewer than 95 parks, gardens, squares and various planted or flowered places to be enjoyed all year 'round. The city of Nantes lays some 340km west of Paris, on the shore of the large river Loire, some 50km from the Atlantic Ocean.

Make sure to keep some free time for our next visit!I must thank Forest and Kim Starr from Hawaii for allowing me to use their picture of Moringa As some of you may know, if you listened carefully to the guide, Reunion was a desert island until its discover...

Official unveiling was in May 1991 and the garden has been growing ever since, both in size, species number and reputation with 35000 to 4 people touring the garden each year. The location is on the Western coast of Reunion, at sea-level, hence with...

It is only a tiny remnant of large properties from early settlements, when people were given land strips going from the coast line to the mountains. The conservatory is managed by an association created in 1986 and was granted a national size by French...

At this time, botanical drawings were limited to works of monastic copyists who made drawings from other books, rather than from direct observation of nature.century, the era of exploration of faraway places, both flowers and art were considered symbols...

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the house came into the possession of Thomas Sackville from whom Vita is descended. The cottage garden uses mainly hot colours in yellow, orange and red and has an informal, relaxed feel.Many books and articles have...

Its striking Chinese red colored blooms on an ivory background made it abestseller.Although collectible and used for display, what is more important is that it immortalizes a remarkable wildflower that has myriad uses along with medicinal properties.The...

Adding small surprises, a decorative fence or even a large stone will give your garden personality!No visit to the Missouri Botanical Garden is complete without lunch on Small touches in the home garden often make the difference between a nice garden...

It is a depiction of the, a shrub that grows into a dense thicket with tomato sized hips.First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy chose Franciscan Desert Rose for use in the White House and is on display in the Smithsonian as one of the largest selling patterns...

The stately foxglove, so named because its speckled bell-shaped flowers resembled the fingers of gloves for fairies or the "little folk,” served as a primitive medicine despite the plant's toxicity.

Very dark/soft pencils or charcoal make too dark and image and one that smears too easily, too).Then I transfer the painting onto watercolor paper by tracing the outlines of the photograph.Be sure to tape the photo onto the watercolor paper somewhat securely...

It has now grown to be an internationally famous garden and attracts every year 6 million visitors who also enjoy the surrounding Kings Park.It basically stretches along the Swan river shore and gazebos or benches are scattered here and there.

The preliminary studies were run by Pierre Valck, former curator of the Botanical Gardens of Nancy (France) and issued in 1998. In 2008 the first trees where planted and so far there are already some 2000 of them happily growing roots down the soil.Public...

As far as I can tell, the original owner of the property now known aswas a well known nurseryman named Ralph Stevens, and he was the one who planted many of the really old, large palms back in late 1800s (yes, some of the palms are over 130 years old!).Since...

Controls a large number of pests on fruits, veggies and flowers. Without beneficial insects to control pest populations, plants are even more vulnerable to new infestations. Safer Neem Oil (formerly BioNeem) acts as an insect growth regulator, killing...