Garden: Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden at the De YoungThe outdoor environment of the museum is as important to the project as the interior of the buildings. The gardens feature the Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden and terrace (35,000ft²), situated beneath a cantilevered roof, and the George and Judy Marcus Children's garden of enchantment (47,500ft²).
The landscaping provides an organic link between the building and the surrounding environment on all four sides and incorporates features from the old museum.
Redwood, cypress, eucalyptus, ferns and other native and non-native plants have been planted both inside and outside the museum to emphasize the sense of blending the park and museum together. There are 5.12 acres of new landscape with 344 new trees planted; 48 trees were planted inside building. The Pool of Enchantment had 69 of its historic boulders returned and seven new turtle sunning rocks were provided. (Source: Design Build Network)
Garden: Posies and PiesA tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Posies and PiesA tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Churchill Community GardenThe Churchill community garden serves three purposes: school garden, community garden, and food bank garden. Churchill is the collaborative brainchild of several organizations in Eugene. The school district owns the land and provides wate; the Churchill Area Neighbors and the City of Eugene helped start the garden in 2001; and FOOD for lane county, the local food bank; manages the 1 acre garden, coordinates the 58 plots and gather together the volunteers to collect the beautiful, organic produce they grow. It's a beautiful thing.
Garden: Fairview Christian Church GardenFairview Church Garden was on the Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens tour for 2009, July 28! We are a community vegetable garden(using organic practices), Youth Garden 50 x 50, supported by the Missouri Extension office and Missouri Master gardeners, some raised bed areas with flowers and vegetables, 4 plots for local gardeners, roughly 20 x 20 with main garden about 340 x 40, growing tomatoes, mostly hierlooms, (cherokee purple, amana orange, carolina gold). We also have Peppers(bells, jalapenos, anahiems, cherrys), Eggplant, Kale, Swiss Chard, Corn, Potatoes(purples, pontiac, klondike), Greenbeans, Squash, Cucumblers, Okra(burgandy), Kohlrabi, Broccoli, Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Beets, Onions, and Garlic. Whewwww.... we have a few herbs...Dill, Chives, Parsley, Basil(green, christmas, red) Horseradish, Mint(chocolate and apple), lastly Borage. Flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, petunias, and nasturtium.
Garden: Coming AttractionsOur new garden is a large front and backyard with many rose bushes and grass. I am hoping to plant a small vegetable garden and a kid-friendly area so I can teach my kids how to garden. I plan to stay as organic as possible. The main problem is the weird and wacky weather - apparently we sit at the windy edge of a ferocious fog bank (see photo). It's sunny, except when we get engulfed by the fog. The fog bank is present through most of the year.
Garden: The People's Portable GardenThe Wasatch Community Garden in Salt Lake City is responsible for creating the People's Community Garden. As a portable garden, this community plot has been set up in a way that it can be easily moved. Once the community has gotten together, learned how to grow delicious organic produce, the People's Community garden can be moved to another neighborhood where they might still be in the dark about the art of gardening.
Garden: little slice of heavenA first time gardener at best. Who knew gardening could be such a joy. My little slice of heaven aka plot is located in a community garden and measures 10' x 20'. Its strictly organic, I swear by sea soil and fish fertilizer.
Garden: 7th Street GardenThis garden is founded and managed by the Jefferson Community Cooperation Extension Service. It grows organic produce. The 7th Street Garden started off as an empty lot, weedy and neglected, and has since blossomed into a useful, productive garden.
Garden: ArcadiaThis four-and-one-half-acre garden is set in the midst of surrounding forest. Within the garden many micro-climates exist. More than 250 rhododendrons set the stage for complimentary plantings in both the shade garden and sunnier beds. The summer garden is a drought-tolerant collection of perennials shrubs and trees. Meandering woodland paths connect the 100% organic garden beds, providing a serene walk and a sense of spacious tranquility.
Information taken from: http://gardenconservancy.org/opendays/gardens.pl?ID=23&IDEvent=260&SortBy=&State=
Garden: Tilthy RichA San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!
Garden: My American GardenThis is an organic container kitchen garden in the heart of an industrial neighborhood. The Gowanus Canal right by my house has been nominated for priority Superfund status, so lately, I've been dealing with issues about soil toxicity and what that means for my compost, my greens, and what I should and shouldn't eat.
More at: http://precisionaccidents.com
Garden: just-sing-it gardensI have been transforming a long neglected property into gardens over the last 3 years. I now have a small pond and very little grass left. Alot of perennials, some vegetables, and fruiting shrubs: raspberries, boysenberries, and a full size mulberry tree that is driving me crazy: what a mess! But the berries are delicious and the birds love it. Still needs refining, better fencing, etc. I use no chemicals: organic methods only.
Garden: Gaia GrowsI've a small nursery runniing from my home, where I grow organic vegetables, Herbs and medicinal plants. Its my passion and my pleasure.
Garden: our haven..st.polycarpe quebecmoving from b.c.(5 years ago) i had to learn and still learning about q.c. gardening!!!
we started this garden from NOTHING.our first winter we walked over the new seadlings wich were everywhere in the house...and then it was just hard work to make a flat farm surrounded by organic fields into a cosy backyard...stillin the process..but loving it.
mimi
Garden: My little corner of peace.My garden is a mixture. The vegetables are grown in raised beds throughout the backyard with full to partial sun. I also have edged the garden with fruit trees, grapes and arctic kiwi, and I have a shade perennial garden that is fairly natural woodland. I mix wild strawberries in amongst the perennials and try to make my garden bird friendly. It is a totally organic garden complete with waterfall, stream and pond. We plan to add the mediterranean feel with stone pizza/bread oven and deck surrounded by herbs. My latest addition is the start of a butterfly/hummingbird garden.
Garden: The YardenIn 2006 we bought a "yard with a house attached to it" and in 2007 our Yarden was installed and growing. We now have 1700 square feet of organic raised beds, espalier fruit trees and various other interesting edible things. This is season three and this magical space has become a hub for parties, classes and community activity. Gardening really builds friendships! People are amazed when we share with them how to plant things, the importance of seed diversity or the simple joy of cooking what you grow. Every year we have more and more volunteers who join us for our planting party Memorial Day weekend and hang around through the season to see "their" plants growing. It has been a great experience. We will be teaching classes in the winter/spring of 2010 so others in Chicago can learn from our mistakes (ha!) and have their own back or front yard oasis. Check out our blog at theyarden.com or via our fan page on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. We are on a Yarden journey - join us!
Garden: Organic Gardening in NebraksaMy twin granddaughters and I have started an organic garden this year. This land has never been turned or nor has there ever been any chemicals on it. It has been a challenge to say the least. Nebraska is known for grasshoppers but we did pretty good. We canned over 200 quarts of food so we should be set for winter. By the way the granddaughters are 4 and it was their idea to plant a garden.
Garden: A watermill gardenA field which is slowly becoming an organic veg garden, pond coming soon. Compost area, and flower borders and lots of nettles
Garden: Heverin GardenVegetable Garden with raised beds containing organic material/soil, growing herbs, root and other vegetables from seed. Hoping to expand in size next year to introduce more varieties of vegetables and fruit plants/trees.
Garden: Green Urban LivingA edible, organic garden established following permaculture ideas. Round raised gardens are maintained by my chickens in their round chicken dome. I produce all our compost and fertiliser on site, not to mention all our vegetables and much of our fruit.
Garden: Janis' GardenRandom organic flower garden with aim at the moment to get maximum colour and use Arum lilys as much as possible. Have only been at this property for 3 months so havent reached full potential this year.... although I am happy with results so far
Garden: Carlene's gardenMy gardenn is mainly indigenous as i live on a reserve, i have also started an organic veggie garden
Garden: Quinta QuijotitoAn organic garden, mostly raised beds, containing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, flowers and vegetables.
Garden: Castello di GaleazzaAcres of woodland, a kitchen garden, formal flower gardens, and over 400 species of plants from around the world. Totally Organic: No chemical pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides. More information and photos on www.galeazza.com
Garden: Potrero Hill Community GardenEstablished in the early 1970s, the Potrero Hill Community Garden is one of 40 gardens operating under the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Membership is open to any resident of the city.
Located on a once-vacant lot above the slopes where the "Goat Lady" of Potrero Hill used to graze her herd, the garden now consists of 50 plots and common areas maintained by local residents using only organic methods.
The garden boasts of panoramic views of the Mission, Twin Peaks, and beyond. Its sunny, Mediterranean climate permits cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals, including dahlias -- the official flower of San Francisco. (Source: http://www.potrerogarden.org )
Garden: Melissa Garden- Isle of Lesvos -GreeceJan Ponsford, hungry for greenery in the middle of a crowed London, developed an interior garden from household plants, successfully learning about propagation techniques. Her reputation as a gardener grew and many appreciative visitors come to her to learn about plants and their upkeep. Between 1991 and 1995 Jan lived in Amsterdam, designing and developing roof gardens and terraces for private clients alongside a career as one's of the premiere internationally renewed english composer/jazz singer. On returning to England Jan became involved with allotment growing in the countryside and costal area of Sussex with italian gardener Alessandra Pagani.
Alessandra is well versed in Mediterranean gardening, and ran a gardening business for many years.
In 2000 drawed to Greece by its natural beauty and abundance of fascinating wildlife, flora and fauna Jan and Alessandra moved to Eressos -Lesvos where they have developed an organic garden, much visited by enthusiasts, tourist and complementary therapist.
Garden: Oakwood Manor Community GardenStudents of Oakwood Manor Elementary School, in partnership with Gladstone City's Senior Gardeners Project, engage in organic vegetable and flower growing to learn about plants, soil and water conservation, composting and recycling, good nutrition, and community service.
Garden: Margaret's Backyard GardenI started a small garden in my backyard about 2 years ago. I have successfully grown bush green beans, and local favorites like recao, ajices dulce, and I have several dwarf banana trees which are doing quite well. But I have a lots of problems with with pests such as aphids, mealy bugs and slugs& snails and of course the mighty fire ants. I would like to learn how to grow a successful organic garden. I can't seem to grow tender plants and herbs.
Garden: Les Jardins du Château de PadièsPADIES - A unique Renaissance Château estate set in the Lauragais of Pastel fame, Cathar country and the land of the Troubadours, the Château de Padiès and grounds offer a unique experience to the visitor in this region. While there are Historic Monuments to visit, and gardens to visit, and historical gardens to visit, and labyrinths to visit, and farms to visit, and organic farms to visit, and “development durable” projects to visit, and sculpture parks to visit………there is no one site that offers a combination of all of these – except for Padiès. “Les Jardins du Château de Padiès” are open to visitors from April to October
Garden: Sue & Tom's GardenWe grow a wide variety of vegetables, flowers and fruit trees. We pretty much feed ourselves vegetables and fruits from the garden (organic and spray-free) most of the year. Looking to do more. Involved with seed saving and loving it!
Garden: maria´s plottrying to grow organic vegetables but the soil is poor and would like a much prettier garden full of flowers but I get too much sun and too much wind.
at the moment i´m growing broad beans, lettuce, onions, leeks, artichoke, trying to grow spinach and fennels but these last two are not doing very good.
Garden: Fairy Garden at 'Goedvertrouw'This is a little 'zone' I have created on the shadow side of our house. It was a narrow strip of wasteland, just gravel. So I made a winding little path from the kitchen door end where the shed is that leads towards our outdoor shower, which is heaven if it gets hot in the summer. Almost every rock came out of the ground when we dug the veggie beds (which are on the side of the house) and most of the fairy garden is created by grouping together pots. It's my first ever attempt at gardening and I love it, all very trial-&-error, an organic process which develops naturally without too much planning of what is going to go where.
Garden: Paula's Butterfly and Bee GardenCompleted redesigned and replanted 7 years ago, this series of garden area covers two-thirds of an acre, with a view of Sausalito across the water. New stone walls were recently added to terrace the SW facing hill. The growing season begins with irises and then moves on to roses (100+) and then to dahlias. Other highlights of this pie-shaped property include a woodlands garden, 18 fruit trees, a redwood greenhouse, a succulent garden, an antique water pump collection and garden sculpture.
The garden features flowers at the warm end of the spectrum: apricot, orange, hot pink, red and burgundy with smaller doses of blue-purple and chartreuse.
Although the Zone 9b garden rarely sees frost conditions, Paula and Dennis Jaffe contend with less than ideal soil and climate challenges. Morning fog, clay soil, extreme wind and Southwest facing tiers with unrelenting sunshine are a few of the problems. The water shortage is also an ever present consideration.
Drip irrigation waters 100% of the plants with the lawn sprinkled by MP rotaters. Several compost areas and a worm farm provide the planting beds with a constant supply of natural fertilizer.
Garden: White House Kitchen GardenThe 1,100-square-foot garden includes 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and arugula. The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.
Garden: Jesse's GardensExcited for the coming Spring! Blooms of crocus, crunchy sweet peas and dirt under my fingernails!
Garden: Praxis PermacultureWe live in an 1940 log house on 4.5acres, originally built from trees on the property by homesteaders on Gabriola Island. Some of the trees and flowers are here from the 1st owners, some new.
The property is a mix of native species forest (fir, maple, garry oak, arbutus, yew, cedar, pin cherry, alder); meadow; fruit (apples, plum, apricot, peach, blue-, straw- and raspberries); specimen trees & shrubs (japanese maples, liquid amber, mock orange, forsythia, lilac); perennial flowers & vegetables.
We have a fenced (from the deer) area around the house with raised beds and lots of rock walls and stone paths. Water - or the lack of it - is our main issue. We have no lawn and I cut the meadow grasses with a scythe.
We see ourselves as stewards of this property in which we want to encourage as much of the native species as possible. We work with a forest gardener to manage the treed areas (thinning dying and dangerous trees, planting new ones). We have a naturally wet area on the low point on the property and want to restore the it as a wetland with native plants and trees.
Our property is home to many species of insects inc. butterflies and bees, birds, snakes, tree frogs, deer - and we have planted species of flowers especially with them in mind. We try to grow heirloom varieties and have had heritage chickens in the past.
This year, for the first time, I am attempting to grow mushrooms by inoculating alder logs with white oyster and shiitake mushroom spawn.
Garden: Tracee's Sunshine Coast GardenThis gentle garden is a combination of flowers, herbs, vegetables and a patch of coastal rain forest. I believe in companion planting as an effective way to deter pests and hand weeding opposed to herbicides. Relaxed gardening is part of my method, you win some, you lose some. The important thing is that you have fun and enjoy the journey. Gardening is Life.
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I am a Master Gardener living in Marin County active with the local Rose Society and Dahlia Society. I also help organize the annual Tomato Market, which benefits the Marin County Master Gardener's sustainability projects all year round.
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Convinced the landlady to let us dig up her yard and then got to work. Growing vegetables for food, spiritual and bodily wholeness, and general happiness.
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I'm a full-time student and ex-restaurant worker. I prefer my plants to be edible or fragrant.
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Very VERY keen composter who attempts to grow lots of food too..
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I am a single parent to a 15 year old son. My son is home schooled. He was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome, and rather than put him on the cocktail of drugs the doctors wanted to give him to make life easier for his school, I withdrew him from school at age 7. We've been on a rich and healing journey together since, and now he is turning out to be a great kid, a real gift to me, and has taught me more than I'll ever be able to teach him lol.
We live a simple but satisfying lifestyle on a very small "farm". I say farm because we have so many animals but really it's only just over 1000sm. (1/4 acre).
Our animals are an integral part of our garden, We have 1 dog, -in charge of security! 2 goats - their job is to control the lawn in the back yard, eat any garden waste, hedge clippings etc, and look after the chickens.
5 cats, they keep the mice away - we used to have a major mice problem. 7 chickens, they recycle garden waste, eat bugs and supply us with eggs, and compost. Then there are the ten guinea pigs. Only started with 5, but they multiplied! they take care of all the lawn in the front garden.
My garden is relatively new. Basically starting the vege garden from scratch. am planting lots of fruit trees, the plan is to grow an abundance of fruit and vege and feed my family and have a bit left over to supply the community. I recycle a lot, and use recycled materials in my garden as much as possible. Much of my garden is planted in tyres, my "tyre garden" :-)
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Im a wife and mom of 4 kids! I love to garden and grow food for my family! Im grow my garden organicly and use lots of recycled items in my garden! My family calls me the Recycled Gardner! I love to cook all that I grow and share my food with Family and Friends! So join me for a little Recycled Gardening and great cooking!
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I am an avid gardener. I am always looking for more specific planting times for all kinds of S. California edible garden vegetables. I am also going to plant citrus trees and pomegranate trees this fall.
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It's November now, and I should be thinking of the Holidays coming up but every time I pass by the garden, I get excited about what next years garden will bring.
I want everyone to know, who may have a problem with animals, that the chicken wire fence worked fantastic!! No critters whatsoever. Just slugs. Yuk. But I found a solution for that too.
Thanks to Jeff Hunters suggestion, we are going to utilize the fence next year with cucumbers. And we are also going to utilize our lake by installing an irrigation system. Zero cost for water, never have to fertilize and we will be 100% organic.
By the way....the guard rails used for our raised beds work fantanstic. You can sit on the edge and pick away. Great for your back.
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I am a single parent of a wonderful boy, and live on the sunny East Coast of the North Island New Zealand. I have a diploma in Herbal Medicine, certificate of Horticulture and a Diploma in Occupational Therapy, all of which are valuable tools to my current work and passion.
I am interested in helping people return to the soil and begin a garden, for the health benefits of fresh, nutrient filled produce for their families, for the physical and spiritual health involved in gardening, and to help heal the planet. the more we grow, the less produce needs to be carted around the world by carbon emitting trucks.
I focus on heirloom (non hybrid) varieties of vegetables, Herbs, medicinal and culinary, and a couple of plants that are important. Stevia, for the healthy alternative to sugar, and Chia, a highly nutritious grain with many life giving and healing properties. For more information, visit chiahowto.com.
I sell my seeds through trade me, a New Zealand online store. I am an author and have 2 ebooks which I sell worldwide.
Chia the Super Grain which can be found on chiahowto.com
and
How to Start a Vegetable Garden and Master the Art of Year Round Harvest. I don;t have a website to make this available yet, but anyone interested can email me at broomstik@callsouth.net.nz
I am very happy to be here, connecting with other gardeners around the world. Thanks to the creators of this wonderful space.
Blessings to everyone Carol
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I live near Lake Biwa-ko (The biggest lake in Japan) of Shiga,Japan where left Kyoto by car for 30 minutes. There are a lot of Japanese gardens ( Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines) and botanical garden in and around Kyoto. And here is the area where nature is left. The climate is warm, and we have the four seasons.
I enjoy the making of Japanese vegetables in the backyard that is not so large. The compost (organic fertilizer) is made from garbage and dead leaf at home. From this year, I came to perform gardening to see a TV program of the vegetables gardening even during the winter.
I enjoy fishing at sea, trip, the breeding of the dog, the tropical fish and the bell cricket other than gardening.
I hope to make friends abroad and want to share information about gardening and the culture. Please contact me if you like.
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Artist, art teacher and botanical artist from Chile. I moved to the beach a few months ago, and everything grows nice though it's necesary to take care of the sun and wind, mostly when plants are young.
I love to watch and draw plants and birds. I am also a surfer so my spot is perfect!
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A wild + cultivated garden, pond with wildlife + fairies, orchard, wood, fields with my 2 donkeys Prunelle + Twinkle, vegetable garden.
I bought the land in 1995 + have been planting ever since.
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I am working towards self sustainability. I have solar heated water, solar power, rocket shower, and energy free water pump or ram pump, organic veggie garden and all of this in one of thÉ most beautiful places in the world. That is for sure!
I am siyuated in Goso Forest, Gwexintaba, Lusikisiki. It is not on the maps of GardenJot so far away. It is about half way between Durban and East Londen.
Food being grown success full in my village before i came here: Corn, pumpkin, beans, sweet patato, potato, and dumbi.
Veggies: 4x Beans, Cherry Tomato, 4x Pumpkin, Butternut, Gemsquash, Carrot, Onion, Kale, Eggplant, Beetroot, Green Peper,
Herbs: Thyme, 2x mint, basil, red sorrel, 2x wild garlic, coriander, 2x lavender, origanum, ginger,
Special: Comfrey, MaryGold, Nasturtiums, Worm Wood,
Trees: Moringa, Lemon, Orange, Banana, Fig, Pawpaw, Avocado, Cherrie guava, Garlic tree.
Fruit: Melon, Watermelon, Gooseberry, Strawberry and Ghogie berry. (not sure of this spelling)
Challenges! Goso Forest and all the insects in there!! Seems like we have more here! Sjoe.
20km or 1 hour from Lusikisiki which doesnt have many shops.
No electricity and constant water.
visit us at www.jointventures.co.za
Garden Photo:Soup I made with Veg from the garden, Only bought organic veg broth to make it, everything else came from the patch. I made around 11 bowls of soup, Oops!
Garden Photo:Whoops! What went wrong? - must try Jesse's organic mildew cure, but we can't get the same products over here. I wonder what the alternatives are?
Garden Photo:Start of 2009, more compost, vermicompost and certified organic source of nitrogen and potassium. Fallen cedar branches and smaller trees from building site used to frame in the beds
Garden Photo:It is not so large, but this is my vegetable garden of the backyard. The compost (organic fertilizer) is made from garbage at home.
Garden Photo:I know some of you (inc Jesse) thought the original chicken coop was cute. Its now being rebuilt to become a guest cottage, complete with stone patio, an outdoor propane shower and outhouse. I guarantee its going to be just as cute in its next incarnation. We joined WWOOF Canada (Worldwide Opportunities for Organic Farmers) and hope to have some guest-workers this summer. Check out a WWOOF chapter in your own country if you are interested in volunteering or can provide a host farm-garden.
Garden Photo:We often have wwoofers (willing workers on organic farms) to help us with the garden and animals.
Garden Photo:Garden waste, leaves, coffee grounds, and selected lunchroom waste are composted to make a soil replenishing organic fertilizer.
Garden Photo:The first of our seed orders! We have seed coming from Bakers Seed(pictured), High Mowing Organic Seed, Seed Savers, and Johnny's.. we didnt order any from Totally Tomatoes... they seem to be getting harder and harder to work with.
