GROUNDSKEEPING: Austin, Texas Being from California, born and raised, I have always had a prejudice towards Texas. They were cowboys and we were beach people if not surfers. They like six guns and we like bongs, they eat TexMex and we eat real Mexican food. Girls in Texas have big hair and wear lots of…
Planters, Pots, and Containers
Edible Container Gardening 101
Edible Container Gardening 101 Edible container gardening is a great way to grow vegetables especially when there is no space for a traditional garden. If you live in a condominium or an apartment, containers can provide valuable growing options. A container on casters gives you the ability to move your vegetables to sun or shade,…
From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl
From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl A few edible green things you could EASILY plant in your edible garden container are KALE and CILANTRO. Oh, I know…kale, kale, kale…maybe you think you’ve heard enough about kale to last until the end of your days. I’m with you. But when I…
The Truth Behind the Aged Terracotta You Buy
The Truth Behind the Aged Terracotta You Buy If you have read the articles by Scott Semple you now have a good understanding of what makes up terracotta pottery. From Gladding McBean’s stoneware to our Italian frost resistant earthenware containers, at Eye of the Day Garden Design Center we sell high-quality terra cotta products which…
Masterpiece: Virginia Robinson Gardens 27th Annual Garden Tour
FRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS Cordially invite you to our twenty-seventh annual “…into the garden Benefit Tour” Saturday, May 16, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Grand Marshal Victoria Tennant New this year – Valet Parking Valet parking must be purchased prior to the day of Garden Tour. Virginia Robinson Estate and Tours of Four Exquisite Beverly…
Book Review – Sun Drenched Gardens: The Mediterranean Style
Sun Drenched Gardens: The Mediterranean Style by Jan Smithen Author Jan Smithen and photographer Lucinda Lewis have put together a beautiful and pertinent book that is even more noteworthy today than it was when it was published in 2002. Mediterranean-style gardens offer easy maintenance as well as water-saving planting that is environmentally sound and enormously…
