YARDZ
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- YARDZ is about lifestyle - using your small amount of outdoor space, be it a yard, balcony or roof garden, to reflect the lifestyle you live.
YARDZDESIGN
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- THE MANIFESTO
- is thinking inside the box
- is an art in its own right
- has many or no practical uses
- is a valuable visual extension of your living space
- is a space where plants are controlled
WEBZINE
WINTER GREENS FOR CONTAINER GROWING
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- 'Cut'n'come again' greens for winter cultivation
Pea Green sage Beetroot Pronto American Land Cress Mustard Osaka Purple Lettuce Green Oak Leaf Lettuce Cocarde Cress Bubbles Chicory Grumola di Trieste Mibuna Mizuna Mustard Golden Streaks Mustard Red Frills
GREAT SMALL NARCISSUS FOR CONTAINERS
TOP CONTAINER HOLLIES
BEST GRASSES FOR CONTAINERS
- Miscanthus Morning Light
Narrow leaves with a wide central white stripe and yellow margins. 
- Helictotrichon sempervirens
Evergreen and relatively smallwith narrow leaves. Prefers full sun and is drought resistant. 
- Carex Evergold
Small evergreen sedge with broad golden yellow bands down each leaf and only thin stripes of green. Low arching habit. 
- Elymus megallanicus
Probably the most intensely blue of all ornamental grasses. It forms a lax sprawling clump with 'wheat like' flowers
HOW TO BE A CONCEPTUALIST GARDENER
- LIST TAKEN FROM 'GARDENS OF THE MIND' ARTICLE BY TOM RICHARDSON (DAILY TELEGRAPH 12/4/08)
- Don't talk to the plants. Let the garden speak to you.
- Next time you think about bog gardening or container gardening, remember mind gardening.
- Without meaning, a garden is just a pile of materials.
- A conceptualist gardener is a psychoanalyst of places.
- Every garden is a political act. Every plant is a political prisoner.
- A garden does not have to be a 'retreat'. It can also be an attack.
- Forget 'gardening with nature' and other platitudes. gardening should say something.
- Avoid vagueness. An emotion can dictate the flavour of your space, and it may not be immediately observable. But when revealed it ought to be instantly recognisable.
- The theme can be autobiographical or based on a plant, a colour, a shape or even a philosophical idea.
- Give the garden a theme and stick to it.
ECOYARDZ
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- By planting in an urban area no matter how little it still helps to oxygenate the atmosphere and in the case of some plants filter toxins.
- Grow your own food wherever possible - use growhouses to cultivate salads throughout the year. Fruit tree make great features clothing yard walls.
- By buying quality products for your yard, they will not need replacing so much and so use less raw materials and energy in the long run.
- Reduce your carbon footprint by staying at home.
TOP DESIGN SHOWS 2009
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- INTERNATIONAL GARDEN FESTIVAL CHAUMONT 29th April-18th OCTOBER
Garden of colours is this years theme for the conceptual gardens - BILBAO JARDIN 29th APRIL-3rd JULY
27 gardens will be displayed across the city - RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 19th-23rd MAY
Show gardens and plant displays - FESTIVAL DE JARDINS PONTE DE LIMA PORTUGAL 29th MAY-30th OCTOBER
Arts in the garden is the theme of this years conceptual gardens - FUTURE GARDENS ST ALBANS 5th JUNE-4th OCTOBER
New show with coceptual gardens set in landscaped grounds - INTERNATIONAL GARDEN FESTIVAL METIS CANADA 27th JUNE- 4th OCTOBER
More than a dozen conceptual gardens - RHS HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW 7-12 JULY
Includes conceptual show gardens
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ABOUT ME
- I hope you enjoy my blogging scrapbook of all things relating to owning and living with a very small garden. My own yard is only 5m x 5m so I understand the challenges involved in trying to use this small space to the full. I have been involved all my working life with design, garden design, horticulture and garden retailing. At present I work as a buyer for a large South west garden centre. I have a passion for good cutting edge design and plants that excite. Frank. [Creator, editor and marketer of YARDZ]
Recent Posts
DESIGNERS
- Wolfgang Pichler
- Paul Hensey
- Philip Nash
- Fernando Gonzalez
- Patricia Urquiola
- Derek Jarman
- Paul Cooper: Garden Designer | Homepage
- Kathryn Gustafson
FAVOURITE PLANTS
- Crocosmia Lucifer
- Angelica archangelica
- Libertia peregrinans
- Hosta White Feather
- Hosta Striptease
- Crocosmia Lucifer
- Hydrangea petiolaris
- Sorbus Joseph Rock
- Hebe Green Globe
- Euphorbia Blackbird
- Festuca Glauca Intense Blue
- Liriope muscari
CONTACT US
- Any comments or questions Contact us on www.yardz.co.uk
