GARDEN BRIDGES: Guest Post from writer Kathy Moran of Cedar Store

January 28, 2010

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of guest-posting about planning structures for your garden with our friends over at Cedar Store, and today I am happy to introduce them to the J. Peterson Garden Design readers for the first time!
CedarStore.com is a family of five websites specializing in outdoor furniture and structures.  Offering a [...]

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Native Plant Debate?

January 27, 2010

This isn’t my typical Wordless Wednesday pic, but I thought it was so funny I had to share! My friend, Amanda Thomsen (aka @kissmyaster on Twitter) posted this on her blog as well as her Facebook fan page, where I found it. Let the inquisition begin! No one is safe!

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Goodbye, GARDENS

January 22, 2010

On January 30, Gardens on 35th Street will close its doors after a long and successful run as Austin’s high-end nursery and home furnishings store. Word is that they ran into recession-related troubles and simply couldn’t keep their doors open. I’ve been on their e-mailing list for years, so I’ve been getting the daily updates [...]

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Boulder Uses in the Garden: How to Make it Rock!

January 21, 2010

I love rock: smooth river rock, crunchy gravel, moss-covered boulders, chop rock limestone–I use rock in nearly every project I design. Even potted plants usually get some gravel or river rock topdressing from me! I love the organic feel and the added texture, not to mention all the practical uses for rock in the garden. [...]

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Gardener O’ the Month: Rachel Mathews at Successful Garden Design

January 15, 2010

We at J. Peterson Garden Design have a new monthly feature debuting today! (And by “we” I mean “I”–you know it’s just me here.) Each month, I’m featuring a different gardener/garden designer/garden blogger for your reading pleasure. And, friends, these aren’t “fluffy” people; these are people who have been around the garden, through the gate [...]

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Goodbye

January 13, 2010

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Creative Fence Ideas

January 12, 2010

For the last couple of years, I’ve been on a rampage against the traditional privacy fence, which looks something like this:I guess there’s nothing really wrong with it–it’s wood, it provides privacy so it does the job, and you can stain it to look more attractive. It’s just so commonplace, and it looks like a [...]

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Citrus in Containers? You Bet!

January 11, 2010

Container gardening has been growing in popularity in recent years, and the recent explosion of home vegetable/edible gardening is hard to ignore. I’ve been container gardening for my clients for almost 8 years now, and I have created many citrus-themed potted gardens during that time–here’s how I do it:

Start With A Focal [...]

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6 Most Overused Landscape Plants

January 8, 2010

When you’re really into gardening and plants, you start to pay attention to what’s available at certain nurseries, what your neighbors are planting in their yards, or the plants you see in public spaces. It’s a great way to start to articulate the look you like and the “feel” of the garden that seems right [...]

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Great Movie Gardens

January 7, 2010

Most of my gardener friends, both in person and online, have been all a-flutter about recent movies featuring to-die-for gardens. The uber-cool vegetable garden in “It’s Complicated” and the other-worldly phosphorescent plants in “Avatar” have us fantasizing about our ideal garden while we’re bundled up inside by the fire. But here’s the deal on movie [...]

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