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Learn how to design a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this series of gardening videos from a year-around garden expert.
There are 15 videos in this series:
Learn how to choose an area for a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn the equipment you need to maintain a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn the ideal soil for garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to compost a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to select the ideal plants for a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to expand a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn about plants that reseed for a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to add plants to a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to divide up plants in a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn about invasive plants in a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn about seasons for a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn when the ideal time of day to work in a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to cut flowers in a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to put together a floral arrangement from a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Learn how to edge a garden of perennial plants and flowers in this gardening video from a year-round garden expert.
Starting a garden involves much more than just sticking a few plants in the ground. Think of it more in terms of running a business. Each of the plants must have their special skills and needs to best produce the look you are trying to achieve. Your job is to find the most effective positions and relationships in your garden office to make the company work most efficiently. One plant may mope unless it gets the office with the most sunlight. Another one may prefer shade and tries to steal all the water and attention from everyone else. Still another may only work well with its own office. Your job as a gardener is to determine the ideal business relationship among your workers. Once that has been accomplished, all the neighbors/investors will start to take notice.
Our gardening expert will explain how to set up your perfect perennial plant business. Learn which plants go together, how to position the plants for just the right amount of sun, and how to determine if your adjustment has been successful. Are the flowers, shrubs and grasses happy after all of the work you have put in to meet their needs? Once you have mastered the basic care and maintenance of your garden, then you can concentrate on working toward exactly the look you want. Martha Cycz discusses what plants you need to achieve your ideal color schemes. And as with all businesses, competitors, or in this case invasive plants, want a piece of the action. Learn how to keep them away and keep your garden business thriving.
Martha Cycz Martha Cycz has been a perennial backyard gardener for more than 20 years. She began growing vegetables and flowers for early 4-H projects on an apple farm in Easthampton, Massachusetts. After having 3 children, she realized she needed to do something for herself. She found getting back to growing and designing gardens in her yard was just what she needed. Twenty years later she is still growing, experimenting with new plants and designs and loving every minute of it.dkdk
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