A romantic alley

Compose a romantic alley

You dream of creating a romantic getaway along a walkway in your garden, but do not know how to arrange, which plants to choose for what shows, what substrate? Draw such a setting is for everyone ... with some advice!

The botanical garden of exotic Val Rahmeh

The botanical garden of exotic Val Rahmeh

A few hundred meters from the Italian border, nestled at the bottom of a steep dead end, which is on the seafront by the Saint-Jacques, Val Ramah exotic botanical garden is one of the last witnesses of the great times Mention.

It is indeed an exemplary story, which spans a century, that this plot country became one hectare botanical garden of international renown. It was acquired in 1905 by an Englishman Sir Percy Radcliffe, the governor of the island of Malta, who wished at the conclusion of his duties, living on the Riviera.

Rosas grafting technique

Without the techniques of budding and would pick a few varieties of rose or rhododendron, and virtually no cultivation of ornamental fruit trees.

These two methods of propagation, closely related, they are easy to make and constitute, for the amateur gardener, a wonderful experience.

Bud grafting and scion are two ways to join, forever, parts of two different plants to form a new one.

Garden Design for Small Spaces

How Does Designing a Small Garden Differ from Designing a Large Garden?

Gardening in small spaces is generally overlooked in garden design manuals. Garden design is often presented as a list of principles or rules and illustrated on a grand scale. Most of us do not have acres of land on which to carefully calculate the width versus length of our perennial borders. Many of us don’t have the time or the inclination to undertake the maintenance these acres of gardens would need.