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Rock Gardens: An Introduction

awkwardbotany wrote 3 weeks ago: Recently I helped build and plant a rock garden. It was a first for me, but something I had been wan … more →

Tags: gardening, alpine communities, Cushion Plants, Garden, gardening, horticulture, Landscaping, Plants, rock gardens

Garden Fair and Plant Sale May 11

GCIrvington.org wrote 3 weeks ago: Don’t miss this year’s Garden Fair, which will feature unusual plants from members’ gard … more →

Tags: horticulture, Irvington Garden Club Events, Plant Sale, Tarrytown NY, care of trees, children's village, Hudson Valley Rock Garden Society, Lyndhurst, Mobius Fields

Mountain Kittentails1 comment

awkwardbotany wrote 1 month ago: Spring has sprung, which is evidenced by warming temperatures, lengthening daylight, and plants turn … more →

Tags: Botany, alpine communities, blooms, Botanical Garden, Flowers, Native Plants, Plants, spring

Cushion Plants! part one1 comment

awkwardbotany wrote 2 months ago: Cushion plants are in the news. A study published in the journal, Ecology Letters, has demonstrated … more →

Tags: ecology, Botany, Plants, Cushion Plants, alpine communities, News, nurse plants, Biodiversity, Ecology

everlasting plant love

14mayvenus wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: Nature, tokyo, Japan, Harujuku, Chocolate Box, succulents

Snow: but it's warm in the greenhouse!1 comment

ukgardenfiend wrote 4 months ago:   Kew (Photo credit: Dave Stokes) Yes it is indeed snowing and minus 2 here in London… no … more →

Tags: Gardens, Flowers, walking, London, Conservation, Orchids, Garden, kew, Greenhouse

eco garden

j3dley wrote 7 months ago: Last year my friends and I ventured south of the river for the Cheese and Wine Festival on London … more →

Tags: Grass, autumn, Eco Garden, Fern's, SOUTHBANK, Green Wall

pimp that pavement1 comment

j3dley wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I engaged in some low-key community activism and pimped some tree pits in my local area. U … more →

Tags: pavement pimping, purple verbena, crocus

Mt. Washington Above The Treeline: A Few Plants

naturaliststable wrote 9 months ago: White Mountain Sandwort (Arenaria groenlandica) One final delight from our Mount Washington trip was … more →

Tags: plant suggestions, butterflies, Insects, Mt. Washington alpine plants, alpine goldenrod, white mountain fritillary, Bunchberry, STEEPLEBUSH, Three-toothed Cinquefoil

Plant out Summer Bedding and Seed-Raised Plants

Gardora wrote 11 months ago: Summer bedding and seed-raised plants should now be planted out! 5 plants for gravel beds: http://j. … more →

Tags: English, The Gardening Calendar, June, Garden Calendar June, Plants, Plant, Summer Bedding, Alpines, Rock Garden

The Secret Garden

Zoë wrote 1 year ago: This weekend I didn’t manage any crafting, but I have been creative and made something pretty. … more →

Tags: Shopping, gardening, slate chips

Water Alpine Troughs

Gardora wrote 1 year ago: Do you have alpine troughs? They should be kept well watered! About alpine plants and gardens: http: … more →

Tags: English, The Gardening Calendar, May, Garden Calendar May, water, watering, Alpines, alpine trough, Alpine

Alpine plants — or their royal lownesses from high places5 comments

Jane Powers wrote 1 year ago: One of my favourite events of the year just took place. It was the annual gathering of the most blue … more →

Tags: Planty Stuff, AGS, Alpine Garden Society, Androsace laevigata, gentiana acaulis, Lewisia, Narcissus bulbocodium, Pleione Formosana

Global warming: Alpine plants swiftly losing ground 1 comment

Bob Berwyn wrote 1 year ago: Alpine plants like the avalanche lily may soon be squeezed out their habitat by global warming. Rese … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Climate and Weather, Environment, Global Warming, Plants and Flowers, World News, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Climate, Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Enviro

Rock and Scree Gardens2 comments

Gardora wrote 1 year ago: Rock gardens are made of rocks and stones and alpine plants! The next best thing is a scree garden: … more →

Tags: English, The Gardening Calendar, March, Garden Calendar March, Gardens, Alpines, Rock Garden, Alpine, rock gardens

Photolog- Space Plants

Shark wrote 1 year ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Above is a short collection of Micro- shots we have collected of … more →

Tags: New Zealand, Traveling, heli-planting, Space Plants

Street Life: A Story of Perserverence1 comment

The Outside Within wrote 1 year ago: Driving down a frequently travelled street in a nearby town on my way to work this morning, I was am … more →

Tags: tough living conditions, perserverence, Street Life, Plants, Persistence, Alpine, Human struggle

Learn about Sierra Alpine Plants...

thedeeperwell wrote 2 years ago: One of the programs in the Sequoia Speaks Series, presented by the National Park Service. Taking the … more →

Tags: Sequoia Speaks, Gloria Network, Alpine Environments

Tracking global warming in Colorado's alpine zone1 comment

Bob Berwyn wrote 2 years ago: Some alpine plants in Colorado are already feeling the heat of global warming, and researchers are t … more →

Tags: Summit County Colorado, Environment, Global Warming, Biodiversity, Summit County News, National Science Foundation, University of Wyoming, Duke University


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