Garden Ideas | EDEN'S GARDEN

When To Plant A Garden

January 23, 2021July 7, 2018 by Norman

Four Gardens that are Perfect for All Seasons

Colorful garden plants-when to plant a garden — *Flower Garden*

Constructing a garden can be rewarding both mentally and physically because installing a garden involves our minds and bodies. With our minds we envision what we want and then we put together a plan and with our bodies, the actual work is carried out so we are exercising our brainpower by putting it to work along with our bodies.

Another benefit of constructing a garden is reaping the rewards of our hard work, sitting back and enjoying our accomplishments whether it be a vegetable or herb garden or maybe a flower garden but whatever garden we choose we can reap the fruits of our labor.

Balcony Gardening Ideas

January 12, 2021July 6, 2018 by Norman

Gardening above the ground

Container Plants-balcony-garden-ideas — *Container plants*

Living above the ground can be pretty amazing as you get to enjoy that scenic view of the setting or the rising of the sun, you may be living in the city as you get to see all that is happening around you including the beautiful lights at nighttime or you may be living in the country with a perfect view of beautiful mountains, clear blue skies with white clouds as you enjoy the beauty of all that nature has to offer.

It is so wonderful to have this kind of experience and even though I am not living above the ground I have had the awesome experiences of many balcony views even gardening from way up high as I took in such amazing sights overlooking many beautiful landscapes, gardens including the ocean.

Cold Frame Garden

October 26, 2022June 29, 2018 by Norman

Extending the Growing Season for Harvest

The fall and winter seasons are that time of year when leaves fall from many of the beautiful trees that grace our gardens and landscape as much work has to be done with the raking of leaves and other fall activities.

Then there is winter that follows close by with its many chills as the ground is matted with snow, birds fly south as bears go into their long-awaited rest and many flowering plants refuse to bloom. This is the time of the year when making a snowman, slay rides, hot chocolate, pulling out those boots, coats, scarf, gloves, and other delights that warm the heart.

Vintage Garden Ideas

January 23, 2021June 27, 2018 by Norman

Out with the New and in with the Old

Old blue car-vintage-garden-ideas — *An antique car with garden flowers*

That is correct it is no mistake, out with the new and in with the old, of cause this is a phrase that I have reversed. It is good to get away from the new at times and embrace the old because it brings such a different flavor that is eye-popping, yes I know that sounds strange or off but it is good going back to the old because the old bring that WOW in making such a difference and a big BANG.

Having a modern-day garden is great and does have heads turning but I believe in like manner that having a vintage garden can have that seam effect and in some cases stand out more than modern-day gardens. What is a vintage garden and how can I have a garden like this? I am so happy that you asked and this is what we will be discussing in this article.

Vintage garden ideas

Cottage Garden Ideas

July 3, 2021June 20, 2018 by Norman

Cottage Garden Design in 1800 hundred

Cottage garden-cottage garden ideas — *Cottage Garden*

English or cottage-style gardens are very unique which brings with it much flavor with its beauty and appeal that is filled with beautiful flowers giving off such a pleasant aroma. Cottage gardens can be fun and adventurous with their many garden features and narrow curvy paths or walkways made of pebbles, rocks, or concrete which gives not only that beautiful scenery but that sense of being in an old English setting.

History of cottage garden

Cottage gardens have a rich history, in fact, it is believed that these gardens arose in the old English days back in the 1800 hundreds when British peasants installed these gardens around their homes planting fruits, vegetables, herbs along with flowering plants, beehives, and livestock that provided food for their families.

Window Box Planting Ideas

June 26, 2021March 13, 2018 by Norman

Window Box Planting Ideas for Spring

Window Box-window-box-planting-ideas — *Window Box*

Spring is such a wonderful time when nature awakens from her long nap as our gardens and landscapes are painted with colors of beautiful flowering plants that give such
wonderful feelings. I have spent many days in the garden during this time of year taking in all that beauty as

I listened to the birds chirping flying about in the beautiful open sky or taking a rest in a tree nearby, butterflies in their array of colors flying back and forth about their daily task as bees are busy flying from plant to plant.

How To Make A Kokedama Hanging Garden

January 23, 2021December 18, 2017 by Norman

A Garden that can Fit into Your Living Room

Hanging plants-how-to-make-a-kokedama-hanging-garden — *Hanging Plants*

What I love about landscape and gardening is there is something for everyone, no matter how small space, or whatever other challenges you are facing there are always ways to work around that and connect with nature in a most awesome way giving nature a helping hand as you beautify your surrounding with plants.

Energy Efficient Garden

January 23, 2021December 1, 2017 by Norman

Gardening To Save $$$$

Beautiful garden plants-energy-efficient-garden — *Garden Flowers*

I don’t know if you were like me but many years ago when first introduced to energy-efficient gardening I was so amazed, I sat in the classroom and listen to my mentor as he taught this most amazing lesson because I did not know that monies could be saved by installing plants. Now That’s smart gardening.

This should be the goal of every home and business owner and that is to design and construct gardens with the intention of saving a few dollars. But for some, it is just for beauty and that’s fine

Relaxing With Gardening

January 23, 2021August 7, 2017 by Norman

Creating a Garden Oasis

Colorful flowering garden-relaxing-with-gardening — *Rainbow flower garden*

There are so many benefits to the construction of a garden. For example, a garden can be constructed for food production, beauty, increasing property value and so on. In this article, however, we will be looking at the positive mental effect that a garden can bring.

Billions of dollars are spent every year in the plant and gardening industry because of the value garden plants bring. I can personally say that because I have been in this field now for more than 22 years. Gardening

Benefit Of Mulching

January 23, 2021July 27, 2017 by Norman

Mulches and an Added Benefit

Brown mulch-benefit-of-mulching — *Brown Mulch*

I have worked with mulches on many garden projects and the benefits are really great. Mulches can give that detailed look adding to the overall appearance of your landscape.

But the neat thing about mulches is mulches serve so many purposes that are also of great benefit to a plant’s life.

Leaves And Their Many Uses

August 1, 2022May 28, 2017 by Norman

The Benefits of Leaves

Colorful plant leaves-leaves-and-their-many-uses — *Variegated Leaves*

It is just so amazing of the many uses that we get from leaves, in fact, the list seems to be endless. Some examples of leaf use include leaves which are used for MEDICINE and aid the human body in so many ways by fighting disease.

leaves are used for cooking to give your foods that good flavor. An example of this group of leaves is HERBS.

From ancient times cultures, worldwide has and are still depending on leaves for their survival. There are thousands of plants and trees which are too numerous for this article to name and give a description of

Planting A Moringa Tree

January 23, 2021April 3, 2017 by Norman

Steps to Planting a Moringa Tree

Hello, friends, it has been a while since I wrote about planting a tree. In this article, we will be looking at planting a moringa tree and how to care for it. The moringa tree is very popular here where I live in the Bahamas and is widely used for its health benefits.

Leaves of the moringa tree-planting-a-moringa-tree — *Moringa tree budding*

I first learned about this plant a few years ago because of how excited the natives were in talking about it. In my upcoming article, we will be looking at the health benefits of the moringa plant, however, in this article as stated earlier we will be looking at how to plant and care for the moringa tree.

Urban Garden Support

January 23, 2021January 6, 2017 by Norman

How to Create an Urban Garden

A hot trend that’s taking over cities and countries by storm if I can use that word is urban gardening, urban gardening has become popular because it focuses on the development and maintenance of gardening through the effects of the community to ensure that there would always be an abundance of fresh food for the community.

Herbs growing in plant pots-urban-garden-support — *Growing garden herbs in pots*

Many cities and countries are starting to look like a mini forest as plants begin to emerge from concrete jungles atop building roofs, porches, patios, and even vacant lots. Urban gardens can be of any size, whether planting plants in pots that is a twist of container gardening.

Aquatic Plants That Purify water

January 23, 2021December 10, 2016 by Norman

Using Plants to Clean Water

I have written two posts thus far concerning ponds. One on creating a fish pond and the other on cleaning your fish pond. In this article, however, we will be looking at how to purify your pond water naturally by adding plants. A fish pond adds a touch of class to our landscape and gardens as we discuss

Pond plants-aquatic-plants-that-purify-water — *Pond Plants*

in previous articles, you can check them out here. Build your fish pond and Cleaning your fish pond.

One of the main features of having a pond is seeing and enjoy your colorful friends as they swim gracefully by, there are plants that can help us to accomplish this. Can you imagine having a pond that is murky and blurry you won’t be able to enjoy it?

Health benefits of plants

January 23, 2021November 22, 2016 by Norman

The Importance of Garden Plants

In this article, we will be looking at plants and how they can benefit us. To some people, plants are just plants and nothing else, but if they were to really do research on plants they will be amazed by just how much we depend on plants both humans and animals.

Animal kingdom

Deers eating leaves from tree-health-benefits-of-plants — *Deers eating*

In the animal kingdom, animals such as cows, chickens, sheep, etc… depending on seeds and hay as foods that all come from plants.

Tree uses and benefits

January 23, 2021November 21, 2016 by Norman

Using Trees in the Landscapes and Gardens

Tree Uses And Benefits-a-tree — *Sparrow in a tree*

It is very interesting to know how trees have served us from the days of our ancestors. Trees have always and are still benefiting us in so many ways and the truth of the matter is humans are depending on trees to survive.

But sadly over the years trees including some forest have been totally destroyed to make way for buildings and other projects. But what we need to understand is trees help bring balance to the environment.

I believe one reason why our planet is becoming unstable is that of the destruction of trees.

Raised bed gardening ideas

January 23, 2021November 18, 2016 by Norman

Creating a Raised Bed Garden

Raised Bed Garden Ideas- a raised bed garden — *A raised bed*

Many homeowners are faced with the challenge of installing a garden because of limited space, heavy shaded structural areas, poor soils that are hard to work with, or living near a beach area where the salt sprays can be damaging plants.

Do not despair because you have come to the right place as I seek to resolve your garden problems and you can have that garden you always wanted, whether a vegetable, a herb, or a flower garden, with some creative thinking you will be well on your way by installing one or more, raised beds.

Home Garden Success Made Easy

July 13, 2022October 24, 2016 by Norman

Home Garden Ideas

When it comes to having a successful garden where do we start?

Gardening know-how

Vegetables-home-garden-success-made-easy — *Garden vegetables*

When it comes to constructing a successful home garden the first thing to consider is what type of garden you want and at what location. There are many types of gardens to choose from.

You can have a vegetable garden, a fruit garden, or even a herb garden or you may just want a garden consisting of flowering plants. But whatever type of garden you desire, remember that location plays a major role in your gardening success.

How to grow an organic garden

January 23, 2021October 3, 2016 by Norman

Why organic gardening?

Garden vegetable groups-how-to-grow-an-organic-garden-at-home — *Garden Vegetable*

This is a good question, why is the world turning to organic gardening? what is the big buzz all about? and what are the benefits of having an organic garden? first, growing organically means growing crops without the use of synthetic pesticides, because these pesticides can contaminate the foods we grow.

Secondly, the use of synthetic pesticides can and have contaminated the air causing humans as well as animals to become ill, and thirdly having our own organic garden in our backyard will save us money. So we can see then that growing organically will benefit us in many ways.

Plant Nutrients

January 23, 2021February 18, 2016 by Norman

The Importance of Fertilizers

Plant Nutrients-christmas-cactus — *Christmas cactus flowers*

Plant nutrients are essential in order for plants to survive and grow healthy. Therefore it is important that we provide our plants with suitable nutrients so they can perform at their best. A lack of these vitamins will cause your garden plants not only to become stressed but your plants will also become susceptible to insects and disease.

These vitamins/nutrients are found in the soil but because they are in such small amounts, human effort is needed to help make up or supply plants with the right amount of nutrients.

Organic gardening

January 23, 2021December 28, 2015 by Norman

The Importance of Organic Gardening

Organic Gardening-tomatoes — *Tomato plant*

With the world becoming more health conscious day by day, people are facing the reality from countries all over the world that in order to look healthy, be healthy and stay healthy we have to find means and put into practice those measures to improve our lifestyle. Every year hospitals and doctors’ offices are filled with hundreds of thousands of people with different health issues.

And while it is true that the many measures we implement to improve our lifestyle does not guarantee 100% good health, yet there is a lot that can still be done to at least improve our health and save us from that dreaded trip to the doctor’s office.

Biennials

January 23, 2021December 14, 2015 by Norman

Learning about Biennials and Their Care

We will be looking at biennials in this article and how we can use them around our home gardens. Biennials are flowering plants that spend their first year putting forth leaves, stems, and roots. Then they go through a period of overwintering or they go into a dormant state, the second year these plants put forth or produce flowers. Like annuals and perennials, biennials can also give us our share of colors that we can add to our garden and landscapes.

Plants in garden pots-biennials — *Container Gardening*

Make sure to learn as much as possible about your plants to get full use of them. Read instructions and follow carefully or you can ask your nurseryman.

Here are a few names of biennials that will really brighten up your garden area.

Xeriscaping Gardens

November 14, 2018December 13, 2015 by Norman

Do you want a garden that is low maintenance, requires little watering and the pest problem is like nill? then xeriscape is the direction that you would want to head in. Also if you want to plant a garden but your concern is the increase in your water bill, then xeriscaping is the garden for you.

The advantage of this type of garden is water conservation but the disadvantage is there are only a certain variety of plants that meet this type of garden requirements. You may have to choose plants which you are not too happy about. Your selection must be plants that are drought tolerant or as we said a bit earlier, plants that require very little water.

Creating A Terrarium Garden

January 23, 2021December 10, 2015 by Norman

Steps to creating a terrarium garden

One of the awesome wonders of nature is that you can bring nature on the inside, this is where a terrarium garden comes into play. A terrarium is considered to be a mini garden that can survive on the inside, a terrarium is like a fish aquarium the only difference is that plants are used instead of fish. You will also need to choose certain plants for this type of indoor garden along with some other material which we will be looking at.

Materials needed for a terrarium garden

Glass fish bowl garden-fish-terrarium — *Glass fishbowl terrarium*

1. You will need a fishbowl it does not matter the shape or size.

2. You will need to choose some plants like ferns, cactus, ivy, or moss.

3. Rocks the size of a marble, river rocks will do just fine.

4. activated charcoal to filter the water and also help to prevent fungi build-up

Interior Plantscape

March 27, 2021December 10, 2015 by Norman

Interior plant scape design and maintenance

Bromeliads-interior-plant-scape — *Guzmania plants*

I remember the days of working in a five- star hotel as an interior plant scape technician. We would spruce up many areas of the hotel that needed some tender loving care. By the time we left those areas, a total transformation had taken place. Those beautiful plants with their various sizes, colors, and shapes that were installed brought a whole different flavor to those areas.

So in this article, we will look at the many features of interior plant scape including how they can help us from a health perspective.

Container Garden-Gardening in small spaces

January 27, 2021December 10, 2015 by Norman

Creating a Garden in Small Spaces

Do you feel limited by the amount of space you have but desire to have a garden of your own? You may be living in an apartment building or a condo and there just isn’t enough space for a garden. Don’t give up on your dream of having your own garden, there is still hope.

Garden plants in garden window box-container-gardens — *Plants in a window box*

Container gardening is the recommended way to go. Growing plants in pots and containers on your porch or patio are one way you can optimize every square inch of space. Adding plants to the bedroom balcony or growing herbs on the kitchen counter just takes a little imagination and some creative thinking and the rest is history.

Creating a flower Garden

January 23, 2021December 10, 2015 by Norman

Tips to Create a Flower Garden

Flowering garden-flower-gardens — *Rainbow Flower Garden*

One of the things that add beauty, color, and charm to many events is the floral arrangements that decorate these events. Can you imagine a wedding without flowers or Valentine’s Day without roses?

We use flowers to express our love, our appreciation, to express well wishes, and so on.

Flowers can also transform our surroundings whether indoors or outdoors. It can really give that touch of elegance. So with that being said, our focus will be on creating a flower garden that will not only add beauty or attract some wildlife but also cause your grounds to be the talk of the town.