As we are all leading busier lifestyles, modern rock garden ideas tick the low maintenance gardening box in a big way. The ease of rock gardens can largely be put down to their natural ...

VAIL — Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Director Nicola Ripley was recently awarded the North American Rock Garden Societies Award of Merit. This honor is given to those who have made outstanding ...

Lavender is one of the best plants to add to your rock garden ideas as it is hardy, low maintenance and thrives in poor soils. As a Mediterranean plant, it is naturally acclimatized to rougher, drier ...

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is a perennial ground cover native to the Eastern U.S. It blooms in late spring for three to four weeks, is about five to six inches tall and spreads up to two feet ...

While it’s common to incorporate rocks into landscape designs, most of the time it’s in the form of a border around plants or a tree, or creating a path through a yard or garden. But there’s another ...

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays. Where: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center, Ford Park, 522 South Frontage Road, Vail. Cost: Free. More ...

Courtesy of the Board of Trustees Royal Botanic Gardens Kew There’s a royal treat in store for local gardeners and plant enthusiasts. Tom Freeth, a top horticulturalist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...

You can't grow a real alpine rock garden in the Washington area. The weather and soil are just wrong. Still, lots of people manage admirable versions, including the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this ...

For about 500 years, people have been trying to recreate the alpine environment in their private and public gardens, according to Connor Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the North American Rock ...

PROCLAMATIONS of purpose are often confessions of failure to achieve it,” is the opening sentence of the Introduction of Mr. Farrer's book. His volume is “vast,” and from the nature of the subject ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Publisher Information The British Cactus & Succulent Society (BCSS) is the primary organisation for anyone interested in learning more about cacti & ...