Platform Decks

Garden Landscaping News

Palm Desert home collects memories from all over the worldSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 3:23AMMichael Mercil and Stephen Thewlis met 27 years ago in Sri Lanka. Thewlis was working for the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education in Columbo, while Mercil was the Peace Corps director on the island nation.

Olana gets $250K for landscapingSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 3:11AMThe Olana Partnership is pleased to announce that it has received a matching grant of $250,000 from the Environmental Protection Fund Historic Preservation Grant Program to underwrite a portion of the restoration of the artist-designed landscape at Olana. Because this is a matching grant, Olana will have to raise and additional $83,000, for a total of $333,000 that will be allocated to landscape ...

Easy, tasty pomegranatesSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 2:49AMPomegranates have been a part of human history and its culture since the beginning of civilization. But the wild pomegranate did not exist in the Aegean in Neolithic times - it came from eastern Per ...

Glass mulch catching on in Oklahoma gardensSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 2:25AMWe've heard of sparkling water and sparkling countertops - but a sparkling flower bed?

High heat leadsto lower yieldson tomato cropSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:06AMI have never been able to grow a lot of tomato plants, due to the variety of wildlife I have roaming my yard.

Biz Buzz: Paso’s Hometown Nursery uprootingSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 12:59AMHometown Nursery, a Paso Robles retailer since 1976, is closing its doors after 34 years. Twelve e

Eagle statue may return to Scottsdale AirparkThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:02PMCampaign aims to re-erect ''One With the Eagle'' statue in Scottsdale Airpark.

Gardens conserve water, treat pollutionThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:20AMU grad students have taken another leap in campus sustainibility with a new solution for water treatment and conservation. ...

Vietnam Memorial wall opens todayThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:56AMVisitors stopped by as soon as Vietnam memorial set up in Clinton Township