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Food garden design is our speciality. Want an organic vegetable garden but don't know where to start? Let Gardenerd do it for you. We'll scout out your space for the…

2 for 1 Discounts for Permaculture Design Course This Weekend!

I had the great pleasure of meeting Larry Santoyo of Earthflow Design over the weekend. For those who don’t know, he teaches the renowned Permaculture Design
Course in Los Angeles. The next course starts this weekend and Larry is offering 2 for 1 discounts to anyone who registers and mentions that you heard it from Gardenerd. Here are the
details:

http://earthflow.com/LAPDC_spring10.php …

Drought Tolerant Design and Veggies

While I was co-teaching a workshop up at the Esalen Institute earlier this year, I met Jesse Carmichael and his mom. They were taking the class together and found it to be a bonding experience to learn about gardening together. When I got home, Jesse called me and asked if I could design a vegetable garden for him.

Interestingly enough, what started as a simple vegetable garden evolved into a full-fledged drought tolerant front and back yard landscaping project. Here’s what it looked like before:

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Raised Beds – Part 2 – Design

You may have caught the last edition of Raised Beds Part 1, where we talked about materials for building raised beds. Now we move on to Part 2 –
Design.

There are an infinite assortment of ideas in the world for raised beds. I happen to be, much to my husband’s chagrin, severely influenced by formal English gardens with closely trimmed boxwood
hedges and topiaries and espaliered fig trees on the wall. We have a ranch house, so that kind of formality doesn’t fly in our back yard. However, I really really wanted something that
made my heart …

10-24-24 Fall Takes Over

In this issue: October in the Garden - Fall Takes Over Video: Seed Saving Laws Clarified - Learn the laws for seed-saving Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Fall Planting Guide…

Podcast: Growing Bulbs with Sean and Allison McManus

Sean and Allison McManus of Spoken Garden are our guests this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. We talk bulbs and ornamentals.

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Podcast: The Layered Edible Garden with Christina Chung

On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week we chat with Christina Chung of Fluent Garden. Chris has a passion for growing perennial edible plants and designing food forests or “layered” gardens for residential-scale properties in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

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Plan Your Abundant Edible Garden Course is HERE!

We’re excited to announce that our newest online course, Plan Your Abundant Edible Garden, is ready for you gardenerds. This new course will guide you through the step-by-step process for planning your spring/summer (or fall) garden on paper. It will also help you design and grow your most efficient garden yet.