Gardening Preparation
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Gardening expert Ardith Beveridge provides tips on preparing for spring planting and gardening.
- Have a journal to keep track of when you start planting and which combination of flowers you really like in your garden (figure A).
- Make a small model of your garden by bringing the size down. For example, if your garden is 12 x 24 feet, then have a cardboard or foam core cut out that is 12 x 24 inches.
With your model, the idea is to work around things that are already pre-existing. Glue on small rocks to represent the pathway in your garden, for instance. If there are trees in your garden, glue down dollhouse-size trees (figure B).Small plastic apples are great for representing apple trees, and you could use small sticks with raffia to show where your tomatoes will be.
Use floral cutouts from seed catalogues and place them where you would like to have them in your garden (figure C). Look around the house for small items that can represent plants, flowers, trees, dolls and even vegetables in your model garden (figure D).Just so you do not forget what represents what, write it down in your gardening journal.
Resources Designing With Fresh Flowers
This is one in a 12-volume series of videotapes.
Floral Communications Group, Inc.
13200 Lincoln St., N.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55434
Toll-free: 888-757-5776
Website:
www.floralcommunications.com
Guests Ardith Beveridge
Floral Designer and Teacher / Director, Koehler & Dramm
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 612-362-3102
E-mail:
Abeveridge@koehlerdramm.com
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