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Garden Plants in the United Kingdom
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The people of the United Kingdom hold gardens in high regard and often draw from nature to furnish them. Native wildflowers and varieties imported during the Victorian era frequently appear in gardens throughout the island nation due to their... Recent

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2010: how to get there
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The is held at Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey from Tuesday July 6 until Sunday July 11. RHS member days are Tuesday and Wednesday; public days are from Thursday to Sunday. Opening hours Tues-Sat are 10am-7.30pm and on Sunday 10am-5.30pm. The

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2010: what's new?
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This is the 21st year of the . Seven exhibitors have taken part in every show. These are: Blackmore & Langdon, The Botanic Nursery, Fibrex Nurseries, Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants, Southfield Nursery, Squires Garden Centre and W S Warmenhoven. First-time

Midsummer jobs in the garden
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The asparagus season ends on midsummer's day or thereabouts and cutting should stop in order to allow plants to regenerate for next year's crop. Weed the bed if necessary and then sprinkle blood, fish and bone (a slow-release fertiliser), around the

Blanche Vaughan's gorgeous gooseberries and rhubarb
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A trip to Cornwall last week brought me the first gooseberries of the season. Perfectly tart and subtly fragrant, they are a strange but delicious little fruit. The green gooseberries are the first variety to come out in late June but in a couple of

On the Menu: New York's Botanical Garden bursts with edible plants
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BRONX, N.Y. -- 'Botanical garden' used to make me think of roses in full flower, rows of stately conifers, beds of brightly colored tulips -- not containers of leafy kale or nasturtiums mixed in with heads of lettuce. Then I spent an afternoon at the New

Neighbours from L
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Whether shamans or linguistic philosophers or those who detect mystical significances in the letters that recur in your life can make anything of this is something I don't know. But for the last 31 years I've lived in only two houses, and for all that

South Bay, Peninsula home and garden events: July 3-11
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SOUTH BAY Summer Fruit Tree Pruning. During his pruning class, landscaper Sean McGrail shares tips for reaping more fruit. 9-11 a.m. July 10. Guadalupe River Park & Gardens Visitor and Education Center, 438 Coleman Ave., San Jose. $10-$15. 408-298-7657,

Style with substance
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Gregorius Pineo The Kepler Hanging Lantern. When Corte Madera's Restoration Hardware revamped its look last year, designers and consumers alike instantly took note. After previewing the collection, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, the founder of design blog

The Blundering Gardener: New favorite tool is a hand's-down winner
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A good deed earned me a new tool I dearly love. Where have you been all my life? I ask this marvel of efficiency. The deed was a massive weeding job in a friend's garden. The tool is an ancient perennial spade of unknown vintage. This special spade has a

Tuscan Garden Ideas
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tuscan flower pot image by Bryce Newell from Fotolia.com Tuscan gardens celebrate the Old World through antique or distressed features such as terracotta pots. Tuscan gardens gained popularity during the Renaissance era, when elaborate, sweeping gardens

July Lawn & Garden To-Do List
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Prune dead, damaged, or diseased branches to prevent them from falling during summer storms. Remove suckers by yanking downward to remove the growth bud. Prune spring flowering shrubs early in the month, then leave them alone to set buds for next year.

Giving Your Wood Deck New Life!
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Last week I described how to brighten a deck. This week I'll describe the entire deck refinshing process. Deck refinishing includes several steps such as: inspection, basic deck board repair and replacement (if needed), initial deck board cleaning, deep

Setting Up Your Home Theater System: About.com Video Tip
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Are you confused as to how far you need to sit from your TV, or projection screen, and where to place your loudspeakers so that they can sound their best? If so, check out an easy-to-understand video tip on setting your screen distance and loudspeakers

Onkyo Announces Two New 3D-Enabled Network Home Theater Receivers For Fall
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Onkyo has just announced two new high-end home theater receivers (TX-NR3008, TX-NR5008) that are sure to please technophiles. These receivers offer so many features I can only touch the tip of the iceberg in this blog post. First off, all three receivers

USDA agencies plant 'People's Gardens' in Nebraska
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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced recently that 'People's Gardens' now exist in all 50 states, two U.S. territories, and three foreign countries. USDA agencies in Nebraska have planted more than 20 People's Gardens across the state. To date,

Summer heat, dry spells don't have to halt gardening
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About one-fourth of the state already is abnormally dry and the rest is bracing for the usual summer scorch, but a gardening expert with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service said your garden can still thrive under these conditions. Don Wilkerson, Ph. D.,

A consumer craving for classical comfort
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Gregorius Pineo The Kepler Hanging Lantern. When Corte Madera's Restoration Hardware revamped its look last year, designers and consumers alike instantly took note. After previewing the collection, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, the founder of design blog

More than meets the eye
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Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle Jon Chester and Sharon Bliss with son Chester Bliss pose in front of their home in Bayview that, from the street, still looks like a small, wooden cottage. But from the back it soars three stories in a tower that contains three

Designed for entertaining
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John Sutton Photography The owners built this Sonoma County home from the ground up, choosing a 17-acre spot in Healdsburg surrounded by rolling hills and vineyards. When a Novato couple went looking for a home in Sonoma County, a

A landmark move
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Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Ed Hardy in the courtyard of his antiques gallery, soon to be the home of Restoration Hardware's San Francisco flagship. Restoration Hardware has purchased the Italianate palazzo that was home to the Ed Hardy

Old World Gardening Ideas
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Home & Lifestyle> Gardening > Garden Themes Want to create a garden with plenty of old world cottage charm? Use these tips for flowers, arrangements and garden decorations as a guide for creating your garden. Moss covered rocks are an essential

JULY LANDSCAPE & GARDENING CALENDAR
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June was unusually hot. But July is when it's really time to sit in the shade and think cool thoughts: sweet iced tea and icy lemonade, crisp green salads, ice-cold watermelon and homemade ice cream. When the temperatures rise into the mid-90s and the

Garden design ideas | Garden webchat, Friday 9th July, 1pm | housetohome
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Looking for garden design ideas and gardening tips? Get your garden questions ready for expert, Anne MacCaig, Friday 9th at 1pm. As a former TV gardener for UK Style's 'Model Gardens', Anne helped design and construct 28 gardens, so she'll have plenty of

Prince of Wales counts flowers in his garden
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The eccentric gardening habits of the Prince have been disclosed by Debs Goodenough, his head gardener at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. The Prince also insists on pruning the trees himself, keeps a duck to eat the slugs and has wild thyme planted on the

Carl Warner's fantastic food landscapes
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Commissioned by a butter company in Finland, this early scene was inspired by both the landscapes of Ansel Adams from Yosemite Valley and the yellow brick road from the wizard of Oz. Carl will be at Hampton Court Palace Show in the Growing Tastes tent

Space solves: Small lamp shades and exposed brickwork
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I have a standard lamp in my small front room. The lamp doesn't look right with a small shade, but a large shade means the lamp has to be placed a fair way from the wall, which is a waste of space. Can I get a shade with a flat side, or two flat sides,

Interiors: Design stars of the future
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One Year On is an annual showcase of hot new design talent. Focusing on work by designers 12 months after graduation, it covers every discipline from furniture to graphics and offers savvy consumers the chance to snap up a future classic. We've had a

July gardening essentials
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July is a difficult month in Bay Area gardens. In coastal areas, the sun will bake the garden for a few days in true summer fashion, and then the fog will rush in, bringing cool, misty weather and a good dose of mildew. Farther inland, gardeners must