Aug 05 2008
New Feature: Share your Garden
Today, I was walking through a local corner store, which doubles as the local book and magazine store, and I was looking at all the beautifully pictured gardening magazines. I have a few favorites of my own but I did notice a trend on every single cover; beautiful gardens.Â
As much as we talk about gardening, give tips on how to make everything perfect in your outdoor space and look at plant species, it is often hard to get an vision of how all of this ties together in the greater scheme of outdoor beauty.Â
Yes, we can see the beautiful lily, the flagstone that we reviewed would look great with some deep purples but the end result is lost in translation sometimes. This is by no means saying that these tips aren’t helpful but it was something that sparked the discussion of a new feature here on Savvy Gardening.
So what exactly is it? Well, Savvy Gardening is asking any of our readers to share photographs of their gardens, or special gardening projects that they did. We will feature a new garden every few weeks and you will have the pleasure of seeing your photographs on Savvy Gardening.Â
If you are interested in sharing your photographs with us, please email me at sirena_vanschaik@yahoo.ca.Â
I look forward to hearing from you and seeing some wonderful gardens.
Sirena Van Schaik
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