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Category Archives: Native Plants

Victory Gardens for the 21st Century

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Above is a great visual of a modern day Victory Garden. It’s been about 25 years or so ago that I started my first food/flower garden. I had my first big apartment with a patio and I grew tomatoes, peppers, roses, hibiscus, sage and salvia. I spent that last 17 years teaching people how to …

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Start a New Garden Without Leaving the House!

In a time when the world seems upside down, the best thing we can do is to ground ourselves in our own space. When people know more about thier phones than they do about the plants and trees in their yards, or where their food comes from, it’s painfully evident we are out of balance. …

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Online Landscape Design-Austin

Looking for a personalized Landscape Design at the touch of your fingers? I may have a solution for you.

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Control Freak Much?

One of the best ways to squelch the life out of a good design is to work with a client who can’t give up control to the process. You need to be open to suggestion, education, what is realistic and what isn’t. While there are many certain’s in landscape and gardening; More times in life, …

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Mosquito repellent Landscape

Plant suggestions for a mosquito repellant Landscape in Austin. Native or adapted, low water and deer resistant.

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