| Clinton home project set
Long-awaited improvements to the Clinton Birthplace Center grounds are becoming a reality for the staff and city of Hope. With a recent visit from Debbie Shock, operations and facilities director of the Clinton Library in Little Rock, and chief landscaper for the library, Greg Curtis, some definite plans have come along.“We are looking for some photos from the 1940's and 1950's of that area of town," Martha Berryman, museum director, said. “If we do not find what we are looking for as far as photos, we are just going with the general landscaping of that time period. Most houses had shrubs and plants."Berryman said crape myrtles in watermelon red were the rage in the 1930's and 1940'a eras. .
Cumbrian firm strikes new distribution deal
THE UK's leading natural stone producer, Furness based Burlington, has appointed Brett Specialized Aggregates as its primary distributor for its decorative garden mulch in the UK. Forming part of Brett Landscaping and Building Products and the larger parent Brett Group which is one of the largest independent construction and building materials companies in the UK, Brett Specialized Aggregates is stocking Burlington's blue/grey and Westmorland green slate mulch in two sizes, 30mm and 40mm. The Cumbrian firm says it is as an ideal, low maintenance garden mulch. Brett Specialized Aggregates will be supplying the Burlington product through a chain of distributors that takes in builders' merchants and other specialised suppliers of garden and landscaping products. Burlington's joint managing director, Malcolm Hatch, said: “We are understandably delighted that Brett Specialized Aggregates has now assumed responsibility for the distribution of one of our most popular mulch products.
Garden Club celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
Garden Club members on a 1983 expedition to Cayman Brac. Some of those pictured are Claudette Smith, Elaine Kirkconnell, Ena Watler, Lady Patricia Summerfield, Ena Coe, Evelyn Andresen, Jean Brenton, Rosie Wang, Queenie Bodden and Joyce Hylton. If you know the identity of anyone not named, please contact the Garden Club at 916-6784. What began as a project to promote interest and knowledge in gardening and the enjoyment of the Cayman Islands natural beauty has led to golden anniversary celebrations. Beginning on 16 April 1957, the wife of Commissioner Alan H. Donald served as the first President of the Garden Club of Grand Cayman, according to a short history of the club written by Fay Black. Ms Black wrote that Mrs Donald held that position for three years supported by a loyal and enthusiastic group of ladies, most of them Caymanian.
Spring lawn care, a little early say experts
A lawn sprinkler spitting onto a metro lawn is as sure a sign of spring as the red breast of a robin. Rich Rasmussen of Farmington has put more than water on his lawn.
"Yeah, I fertilized on Saturday. They say the first one should be early spring, like February through April."
Rasmussen says that timing works for him.
University of Minnesota Extension Service Educator Robert Mugaas says most others may want to wait. "I would say for the most part, the first fertilization of the year goes down about the time you mow for the first time. Use that as a general indicator, because the grass is actively growing and it can take better advantage of the nutrients you put down."
Likewise, Mugaas warns homeowners not to de-thatch the lawn until it is ready for the first mowing.
Zoning in on plants for high-country gardens
If you are new to gardening or new to gardening in the Mountain West, you may be in need of some assistance in determining what plants will do best in your garden. You have probably noticed that gardening publications and nursery catalogs refer to a plant's "hardiness zone." You have also seen references to zone on seed packets and on the care and information tags attached to nursery plants. For the new gardener, I am going to explain what a plant's zone means. For readers who are already familiar with hardiness zones, read on to discover a controversy that is now brewing in the world of horticultural cartography. The hardiness zone to which a particular plant is assigned is probably the most important consideration in determining if that plant will survive in your garden. Hardiness refers to the plant's resistance to climatic and environmental conditions.
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