Get your whimsy on with America’s next big business — Garden Whimsies by Mary
Who knows? Garden Whimsies by Mary could be the next Microsoft or Burger King or Hyatt — all businesses launched during recessions. You may have seen Mary Mirabal’s playful plate flowers and garden...
View ArticleFlorida-friendly yard art — drought-tolerant, fertilizer-free
If you saw this guy, would you be afraid? Or would you do a quick turnabout and snap him up? Mexican yard statuary is hugely popular here in Florida. The vibrant colors and artistic renderings of...
View ArticleJanuary ‘gardening’ at Ybor City’s Saturday Market
Would you pay $60 for this mosquito? I did. (Yikes!) He’s now holding court in my living room, although artist Herbert Friedmann assures me he’ll survive the elements in my garden. (I’ll move him out...
View ArticleGreenFest — Tampa’s spring garden party
There’s more than one way to catch a pesky — OK, downright evil — garden-devouring pest. Dig for them! At Tampa’s GreenFest this weekend, from left, Sally, B.C. Manion and Barb Wilkins dug their hearts...
View ArticleYard art inspiration from Tampa Bay gardeners
Half the fun of gardening is finding, or creating, yard art to complement all those plants, like this koi pond waterfall created from the front end of a 1995 Buick Century. It was the vision of...
View ArticleFlorida gardeners can find inspiration in … Montana!
What do Florida gardeners have in common with gardeners in the upper reaches of Montana? More than you’d expect! At Angie’s Greenhouse in the northwestern corner of Montana, just outside Glacier...
View ArticleLet your garden reveal your heart
Birds, animals, wind and water send seeds sailing across oceans and continents, slowly transforming far-flung landscapes. Kitty Winrow sows her freestyle gardening ideas much faster and via the...
View ArticleRocks rock!
One of Bill Lowe’s birdbaths When a colleague bragged several years ago about the four-ton rock he bought for his wife, I knew I wasn’t alone. Tim Price gave Erika a boulder for their first wedding...
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