Yearly Archives: 2009
This festive season, Covent Garden’s A Very Merry Christmas offers old-fashioned nostalgia. Recognizing it has been a hard year for most, A Very Merry Christmas will provide a warm, traditional and family-focussed programme of events that will warm the heart and soul, while spreading Christmas cheer to all. UnitedVisualArtists British-based architectural arts and design collective UnitedVisualArtists return […]
Brookside Gardens’ year-long 40th Anniversary Party continues with the Gardens of Lights. It wouldn’t be a party without candles, or in this case 940,000 twinkling colorful lights shaped in imaginative displays throughout the gardens. Enjoy the four seasons illuminated as giant summer sunflowers, autumn leaves, winter snowflakes, spring flowers, rain showers, and more. Walk along […]
Bonsai Essentials Moss by Pam Woythal Moss is a good insulator from heat, cold, heavy rain and sudden frost. The lush green cover makes a stunning effect in scale with bonsai. What are the disadvantages of using moss? It can be a trap for the novice because most people think that when the moss is […]
Spanish Moss Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is one of the most misunderstood plants found throughout the Deep South. To native South Carolinians, these gray strands draping from the branches of live oaks and other trees are a natural part of the scenery, while many newcomers fear that it may be killing their trees. Spanish moss […]
Regrowth starts in the first two years after the fragments have been spread. Although there is little sign of Sphagnum regrowth, at this stage the field turns green with live plants. Sustainable Peatland Management In Canada there are 113 million hectares (279 million acres) of peatland producing on average 70 million tonnes of peat per year. The Canadian […]
