FAR HILLS – Somerset County Park Commission Leonard J. Buck Garden staff will welcome spring with “Pruning Fundamentals,” a workshop that will help the homeowner improve landscaping techniques.

The Workshop will be presented at Leonard J. Buck Garden, 11 Layton Road, Far Hills, New Jersey, on Wednesday, March 20, from 9-11 a.m.

Leonard J. Buck Garden staff will demonstrate the basic pruning techniques that are used in the Garden. Proper pruning tools will be discussed. Participants will learn how to maintain the health and beauty of their home garden.

Fee for the session is $12. Pre-registration is required by calling 908-234-2677, ext. 21.

Leonard J. Buck Garden is one of the premier rock gardens in the eastern United States consisting of a 13-acre alpine and woodland garden situated in the wooded stream valley.

Buck Garden is a naturalistic rock garden situated within a woodland stream valley. The garden contains a series of planted rock outcroppings, planting beds, a fern garden, and glimmering ponds and streams. Tucked among the rocks are rare and exotic rock garden plants. The wooded trails connecting the outcroppings are lined with beautiful wild flowers that have flourished and multiplied through the years.

Information on this event and other Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found on the Internet at www.somersetcountyparks.org.

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When we think of native California wildflowers, we usually envision wide swaths of gold or blue blossoms draped over the state’s open spaces. The state’s hundreds of annual wildflowers are great treasures of nature, whether in open fields or private gardens, but our delight with the annuals should extend to California’s perennial wildflowers. Many of these are excellent candidates for the residential garden.

Both the annual and perennial wildflowers offer all the benefits of native plants: having evolved to thrive in our dry-summer climate and native soil, they are both easy to grow and eagerly enjoyed by the native fauna for food and shelter.

Many native perennial wildflowers are valuable assets for the home garden. Here are a few of the most popular:

· Foothill Penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus) and Bush Monkey-flower (Mimulus spp.) grow well in both full sun and partial shade.

· Pacific Coast Irises, smaller than the tall bearded irises, include the best-known Douglas Iris (I. douglasiana) and 10 other species. These plants hybridize easily in the wild, so they are usually referred to by their group name. Both species plants and natural hybrids are reliable bloomers, as are the many cultivated hybrids.

Pacific Coast Irises are difficult to transplant successfully, so are usually propagated in the fall by divisions or seeds.

· Alumroot (Heuchera spp.), a small, easily grown plant for the shade garden, occurs in 16 native California

species, including H. maxima, H. sanguinea, and H. micrantha. Growers have developed many hybrids with a variety of leaf colors. The flowers are attractive but not the primary attraction.

· Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea), which prefers moist and shady conditions, produces large triangular leaves and carmine red flowers on stems that rise up to three feet.

See ongardening.com for sources of information on many more California native perennial wildflowers.

S.F. show is a must-see

The San Francisco Flower Garden Show opens Wednesday and continues through March 24 at the San Mateo Event Center. One of the nation’s largest and best events for home gardeners, this year’s show offers 20 gorgeous international display gardens and 30 small space gardens, 13 seminars each day by gardening experts, and a marketplace with several hundred vendors offering plants and garden products.

A highlight will be the world’s largest rotating succulent globe, designed and created by Robin Stockwell in Monterey County. I saw this unique globe in development and I’m confident it will amaze all who see it.

The show is a must-see event for learning about many aspects of gardening and landscaping, bringing home desirable new plants and garden accessories, and simply enjoying time in the company of other avid gardeners.

For more info, see www.sfgardenshow.com/.

Enjoy your garden!

Tom Karwin is a Santa Cruz resident, a UC Master Gardener, a member of several garden groups, and vice president of the UCSC Arboretum Associates. Contact him at gardening@karwin.com.

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Marin

• Elizabeth Ruiz teaches “Care and Pruning of Citrus Trees” at 10:30 a.m. March 16 at Sloat Garden Center at 401 Miller Ave. in Mill Valley. $5. Call 388-0365.

• West Marin Commons offers a weekly harvest exchange at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Livery Stable gardens on the commons in Point Reyes Station. Go to www.westmarin commons.org.

• Volunteers are sought to help in Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy nurseries from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays at Tennessee Valley, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at Muir Woods or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays or 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the Marin Headlands. Call 561-3077 or go to www.parksconservancy.org/volunteer. $5.

• Gael Perrin of Marin Master Gardeners speaks about “Design Your Edible Landscape” at noon March 20 at the Civic Center Library at 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 427, in San Rafael. Free. Call 473-6058 or 473-4204 or go to marinmg.org.

• Growing Excellence in Marin (GEM), a program providing horticultural vocational training for Marin residents with disabilities, has a weekly plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays at 2500 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael. Items offered include garden plants, potted plants, cut flowers and microgreens. Call 226-8693 or email michael@connectics.org.

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The SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) native plant nursery days are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and weekends. Call 663-8590, ext. 114, or email jonathan@tirn.net to register and for directions.

• A Marin Master Gardeners “Vegetable Crop Succession and Rotation Planning” workshop is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 23 at the Indian Valley Organic Farm at 1800 Ignacio Blvd. in Novato. $40. Call 473-4204 or go to ucanr.edu/ ivofg-veggie to register.

• Elizabeth Ruiz teaches “Care and Pruning of Citrus Trees” at 10:30 a.m. March 16 at Sloat Garden Center at 401 Miller Ave. in Mill Valley. $5. Call 388-0365.

• A “Blueberry Basics: Pruning and Care” class is at 10:30 a.m. March 23 at Sloat Garden Center at 401 Miller Ave. in Mill Valley. $5. Call 388-0365.

• Marin Open Garden Project (MOGP) volunteers are available to help Marin residents glean excess fruit from their trees for donations to local organizations serving people in need and to build raised beds to start vegetable gardens through the MicroGardens program. MGOP also offers a garden tool lending library. Go to www.opengardenproject.org or email contact@opengarden project.org.

• Marin Master Gardeners and the Marin Municipal Water District offer free residential Bay-Friendly Garden Walks to MMWD customers. The year-round service helps homeowners identify water-saving opportunities and soil conservation techniques for their landscaping. Call 473-4204 to request a visit to your garden.

San Francisco

• The Conservatory of Flowers, at 100 John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park, displays permanent galleries of tropical plant species as well as changing special exhibits from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. $2 to $7. Call 831-2090 or go to www.conservatoryofflowers.org.

• The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society, at Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park, offers several ongoing events. $7; free to San Francisco residents, members and school groups. Call 661-1316 or go to www.sf botanicalgarden.org. Free docent tours leave from the Strybing Bookstore near the main gate at 1:30 p.m. weekdays, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekends; and from the north entrance at 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Groups of 10 or more can call ahead for special-focus tours.

Around the Bay

• Cornerstone Gardens is a permanent, gallery-style garden featuring walk-through installations by international landscape designers on nine acres at 23570 Highway 121 in Sonoma. Free. Call 707-933-3010 or go to www.cornerstonegardens.com.

• Garden Valley Ranch rose garden is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays at 498 Pepper Road in Petaluma. Self-guided and group tours are available. $2 to $10. Call 707-795-0919 or go to www.gardenvalley.com.

• The Luther Burbank Home at Santa Rosa and Sonoma avenues in Santa Rosa has docent-led tours of the greenhouse and a portion of the gardens every half hour from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. $7. Call 707-524-5445.

• McEvoy Ranch at 5935 Red Hill Road in Petaluma offers tips on planting olive trees and has olive trees for sale by appointment. Call 707-769-4123 or go to www.mcevoy ranch.com.

• Wednesdays are volunteer days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center at 15290 Coleman Valley Road in Occidental. Call 707-874-1557, ext. 201, or go to www.oaec.org.

• Quarryhill Botanical Garden at 12841 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen offers third Saturday docent-led tours at 10 a.m. March through October. The garden covers 61 acres and showcases a large selection of scientifically documented wild source temperate Asian plants. The garden is open for self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. $5 to $10. Call 707-996-3166 or go to www.quarryhillbg.org.

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5D theatre facility at Bagh-e-Bahu soon:Peerzada

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Jammu, March 16 (Scoop News) – Minister for Public Enterprises, Haj and Auqaf and Floriculture Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed accompanied with Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture  Raman Bhalla today visited Bhour Camp recreational garden and Bagh-e-Bahu to review the pace of progress on various development works and facilities being provided by the floriculture department to tourists at both the spots.

            Director Flouriculture  K K Sharma besides other senior officers of floriculture, roads and buildings, flood and control, public health engineering and power development departments accompanied the Ministers.

            Interacting with the locals,  Sayeed said that Government is making all out efforts to develop both the recreational gardens with all facilities like illumination, landscaping, toilet block, parking, mali huts, entry gate plaza, children corners, irrigation, drinking water, walkways. He said that Bhour Camp garden coming up in 563.5 kanal land, adding that for creation of modern line facilities for tourists there, Government has formulated a plan involving Rs. 28 crore, adding that the work on the project is under progress on war-footing.

The Minister asked the Director Floriculture to plant variety of flower species and medicinal plants in the gardens. He issued instructions to him for personally monitor the development as well as recreational facilities in the recreational gardens.  He went around the gardens and asked for expediting the work on channel fencing and landscaping, besides development of nurseries for flowers and medicinal plants in both the places.

Responding to the locals demand,  Sayeed said Government has earmarked Rs. 10.22 crore for development and extension of Bagh-e-Bahu recreational garden in 35 kanals available site. He asked the executing agency to speed up the allied works like creation of landscaping, illumination, musical fountain, walkway, irrigation beside construction of gate plaza facilities there for the convenience of lakhs visited the spots every year from across the country.

Regarding 5-D theatre facilities at par with fun city recreational garden at Chandigarh, the Minister asked the Director Floriculture to prepare the project and submit the same for funding so that the facility could be provided to the city of temple people as well as tourists and pilgrims visited across the country there. He issued instructions to provide six boats in developed pond in the garden so that the children as well as adults could enjoy their spare time in available boats. He said Government is making all out efforts to increase all infrastructural facilities in tourist spots so that the visitors could enjoy the places without any problems.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture  Raman Bhalla thanked the Floriculture Minister on taking the keen interests in developing both the places with all infrastructural facilities. He asked for exploring the possibilities of construction of auditorium, cafeteria and other facilities in both the spots. He said Government has earmarked Rs. 3.80 crore for construction of 990 meter long Balol nallah embankments near Bhour Camp recreational garden. He said the project is under execution on war-footing by Flood control depart and would be completed within stipulated time frame.

 Bhalla asked the concerned to immediately fence the demarcated garden area and grow all seasonal plants in a systematic manner in the garden so that the visitors could enjoy the place. He hoped that the place would become a source of major attraction for the tourists and help in diverting those visiting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ji and other tourist as well as religious places. He said that all out efforts are being made to develop Bhour Camp and Bahu Fort areas as tourist spots by developing tourist places with all infrastructures. He said Government was keen to divert Shri Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims and tourists to Bahu Fort and the upcoming Bhour Camp garden.

The Minister said Government has earmarked Rs. 2 crore for construction of approach road to the garden, adding that the all the allied works of the link road is completed and black topping to be started soon. He said Government has spent Rs. 1.27 crore on steel bridge, adding that with the inauguration of the bridge, the journey to Bhour Camp garden has been reduced to a large extent.

 Bhalla further said the Government has earmarked Rs. 75 lakh for construction of darshani deodi, views points and development of open spaces along the link road to Bawe-Wali Mata in providing seating, illumination, landscaping and drinking water facilities. He said Government has also sanctioned Rs. 1 crore for road widening of Harki Poodi-Bahu Fort approached road besides construction of viewpoints with illumination facilities. He said that Government has earmarked Rs. 47 crore for construction of cable car project from Bagh-e-Bahu to Mubarak Mandi, adding that the project would be started soon after completing tendering formalities.     He said focused was being paid for conservation and restoration of pristine glory of Bahu-Fort and other heritage places, besides upgradation of tourism related infrastructure, in order to attract domestic and foreign tourists towards city of temples. He said Bahu Fort and Bhour Camp areas and other tourist resorts of the region that will not only generate economic activities but will also go a long way in bringing these spots on the tourism map. He said that a number of measures have been taken to develop new tourism spots and conservation of century old monuments of the region.

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Permaculture the topic at Edible Garden group meeting

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NEWBURYPORT — The March meeting of the Greater Newburyport Edible Garden group will feature Debbie Richards and Lillabeth Wies, who will present a description of permaculture and its approach to a sustainable future. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at 27 Cherry St.

They will cover topics, such as:

1. What is progress?

2. What is a natural garden, and why does it work so well?

3. Why do our landscapes need so many outside inputs and take so much human labor? Because most of our landscapes do not feed into the natural cycles.

4. Let’s see how we can work within natural systems in our landscapes so that they support themselves and us with less work from us, provide us beauty, serenity and a harvest; and at the same time protect and purify the air, water and regenerate the soil.

5. Bringing our soil back to life: Follow nature’s lead

6. Bringing our gardens to Life: Follow nature’s lead

Richards is a local organic gardener with 35 years of developing an outstanding Family Food Farm.

Wies is the owner and operator of Landscapes by Lillabeth, LLC, an organic permaculture landscaping company. She has an master’s in ornamental horticulture and 34 years experience in landscaping and gardening.

The Edible Garden group was formed by community members who are interested in getting together to learn and share information about sustainable food growing — veggies, fruits, nuts. The meetings are focused on building community resilience through increasing the availability of safe, nutritious, sustainably-grown local food. For more information contact Deb Carey at boiester@gmail.com or 978-388-5629.

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Transforming a basic rural property into a lovely family home and art gallery within beautifully landscaped grounds takes the right people. Like Shelley Chignell, a former landscape-design writer with a passion for art, and her husband Ed, who has outdoor machinery on tap as chief executive of arboricultural company Treescape.

Shelley says, “This has been a wicked family home. And outside the work has all been done – decks, landscaping, pool, paths, plants and mature trees. The gardens are in a really good stage to just enjoy.”

Ed was in his late 20s when he bought this Coatesville property in 1987, before he met Shelley, who now works in arts and publishing.

She was editor of More magazine under her maiden name “Clement”, wrote about landscape design for Next and later retrained in arts management.

Shelley has fond childhood memories of big gardens. So she and Ed relocated to this property, which had been rented out, when they were living in Onehunga and expecting their first child.

Back then, it was just a simple cottage, a few mature trees, a sheep paddock and a barn, later replaced by Shelley’s art gallery business.

After a decade, with children Rory (now 18) and Grace (nearly 16), they outgrew the cottage. At first they planned to extend it, but instead replaced it with a new home designed by George Clarke Architects.

“It was on the same footprint, because I said to my husband, ‘I’ve already done 10 years of landscaping here and we’re not wrecking that!”‘

Fortunately, their 2003 tradespeople anticipated future regulation changes, building a solid plaster home with large eaves, equipped with full flashing and a cavity system before those features were mandatory.

There’s a separate driveway and parking for the Flametree Art Garden and Gallery, Shelley’s outdoor art business.

This light-filled exhibition studio with covered front courtyard, rear toilet and storage, could continue as a gallery, become a gym, or be used for another home business.

A driveway leads to the two-storey home, near the gallery’s namesake flame tree. Shelley studied Japanese garden design, which is the influence behind floating platforms prefacing the house and gallery that encourage people to “pause and think before you enter a dwelling”.

The house relates cleverly to the garden, with views from every window and a pavilion effect when opened up. But it’s mainly a functional family home, with loads of room and attractive materials, such as ground-level jarrah floors.

The main open-plan kitchen, dining and family space looks out over a big, level front lawn.

The dual-oven kitchen has cool drinks in an extra fridge, ready to take out to two north-facing decks or the rear in-ground pool and spa.

A sunny extra lounge has recently been a “teenage boy pit”, for watching TV, playing computer games and cranking up pool-side music. This level’s two bedrooms, family bathroom and big laundry are rounded out by upstairs’ third bedroom with en suite and master suite. As well as an en suite and walk-in wardrobe, it offers a quiet parents’ retreat – a lounge/study with balcony.

“We have fantastic views,” says Shelley.

“And because we’re part of a corridor of bush, we have a really big resident population of tui and wood-pigeons.”

The established grounds have hosted garden tours, but Shelley’s proven the upkeep is manageable – “a day each month or a few hours each fortnight”.

Some outdoor art stays with the property. Garden highlights include a fountain courtyard, an outdoor room with chiminea fire, a sunken garden and a vege-flower garden with chook-house.

The double garage incorporates another office and storage.

Now the children are entering university years and Ed’s often travelling for Treescapes, the Chignells are moving on.

By Sandra Goodwin

Earlier this month, Busch Gardens Williamsburg announced they would be giving one winner a landscaped yard done completely by their team of landscapers in their “Landscaping Giveaway“. Entires from the Mid-Atlantic region poured in through Facebook. After Busch Gardens reviewed hundreds of submissions, they have narrowed it down to just 20 finalists.

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Busch Gardens needs your help to select the winner. Now through Saturday, March 16th at noon, you can visit the Busch Gardens Facebook page and vote for a finalist. The winner will be notified on Monday, March 18th.

Click here to vote!

Busch Gardens will be open tomorrow for Passholders only, and then will officially open for the season on Sunday, March 17th.

For more information about Busch Gardens Williamsburg, visit the official website by clicking here.

People want more from their gardens. They want more color. They want more useful plantings. And, they want more value for their gardening investments.

“People are conscious of their dollar, and they’re wanting to get the most for their money,” said Teena Allen of P.C.’s Nursery and Landscaping on Napier Field Road near Dothan. “We’re seeing an increase in blooming shrubs for that reason.”

Annuals, which bloom only one year but typically provide more color, still have a place in the home garden, Allen said. But it’s a smaller space these days compared to blooming shrubs and perennial flowering plants that bloom year after year.

Some of the reason is the work and cost involved with replacing large sections of annuals each year. Perennials, which typically bloom and then rest, are becoming more and more popular as a result, Allen said.

“People are beefing up beds with perennials,” she said.

Required maintenance factors into many of the decisions home gardeners make when they’re choosing what to plant. And more are opting to do more potting than ground planting.

 “Every year, we do more and more containers,” Allen said. “It’s easy. It lends itself to so many applications. You can use it at entrances, throughout the garden. And older people, it makes for easier gardening.”

But getting more for your gardening dollar drives most home gardeners.

That’s why, Allen said, many people are turning to new varieties of blooming shrubs, like the Endless Summer hydrangea that blooms all summer long or azaleas that bloom five to six times a year. It’s the same reason knock-out roses are so popular – they bloom nine months out of the year, Allen said.

“You’re getting a lot for your money, and people think that’s value,” she said.

Along with watching their dollars, homeowners also are looking for options beyond traditional chemicals to care for their lawns.

Bobby Cameron of Safe Lawn Organics in New Brockton said people are searching for organic options to keep their lawns free of weeds. The company uses an organic fertilizer called Safe Tea that’s safe for people and animals to walk on immediately after treatment and does a free soil analysis to determine what nutrients are lacking.

“The soil is the key to it,” Cameron said. “You have the soil amended properly, and you’ll have the prettiest lawn you’ve ever had.”

It’s an approach, Cameron said, that is comparable to the cost of having a lawn professionally treated with chemicals, although the price does vary with the size of a lawn. Safe Lawn Organics also makes an organic compost using waste from cotton gins.

Safe Lawn customer Linda Westphal, a master gardener herself, hired the company to treat her front lawn that was full of weeds. She noticed a difference after the second treatment.

“I should be able to indentify the weeds, but I couldn’t,” she said. “It was just all kinds.”

To get even more out of their gardening landscape, people are introducing edibles into container gardens or in flower beds. Edibles like Swiss chard have brightly-colored stems of red, orange and yellow, adding more color while providing a tasty green leaf for the kitchen. Herbs and lettuces also make nice additions to containers, Allen said.

Citrus plantings are a lot of value for the cost. You get an evergreen tree and food.

Satsumas are by far the biggest citrus seller for P.C.’s Nursery, said owner P.C. Brown. The nursery also sells lemons, limes, grapefruit, navel oranges and kumquats.

Harvested in late fall and early winter, most citrus plants can tolerate cold temperatures with just a little protection work needed should temperatures get into the mid to low 20s, Brown said. Lemons and limes, however, don’t tolerate temperatures even in the 30s and are best planted in containers so they can be brought indoors, he said.

Planting citrus on a southern exposure against a building will protect it even more from the cold north-northwest wind.

“We have seen over the past five years a tremendous increase in citrus sales just in regard to the residential homeowner planting two or three trees and also in addition to people putting in smaller orchards,” Brown said.

With the addition of artist vendors and live music performed by Grosse Pointe North High School students, the 26th Annual Grosse Pointe Home and Garden Expo will feature more than 70 vendors.

The show opens at 10 a.m. at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial and continues until 4 p.m. Saturday March 16. 

This is the first year the show will feature artists with product they can sell on site, CEO of the Grosse Pointe Board of Realtors Bobbi Sexton said. The idea was to enhance the show and give the vendors an opportunity to make money on their product, she said.

Additionally, students from Grosse Pointe North High School will provide live music, Sexton said. There will be a brass and a string quartet, she said.

The event is free and there is not a charge for parking.

Below is a list of the vendors who will be present:

• A Southern Gardener
• Aitken Ormond Insurance
• Allstate
• American Cancer Society Relay for Life
• Backer Landscaping, Inc.
• Bond Bilt
• Calculus Foundation Systems
• Camelot Tree Shrub
• Continental Building Co.
• Crowther Carpet Rugs
• Edsel Eleanor Ford House
• English Gardens
• Everdry Waterproofing
• Famous Maintenance
• Ferguson Landscaping
• Flame Heating Cooling
• Foundation Systems of Michigan
• Gibson Design Group Building
• Great Dane Heating AC
• Great Day Improvements Patio Enclosures
• Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce
• Grosse Pointe Florists
• Grosse Pointe Moving Storage
• Grosse Pointe News
• Habitat for Humanity
• Healthy Homes, Inc.
• Holsbeke Construction, Inc.
• Independent Bank
• John’s Lumber
• Kehrig Construction, Inc
• Kopke Remodeling Design
• Krysta’s in the Pointe
  Liberty Services of America
• Lucia Landscaping
• Lumberjack Building Center
• Maple Roofing Construction
• Marshall Landscape Inc.
• McGuire Electric
  McLeod / Hope Chiropractic
• Metroalive.com
  Michigan Pete Landscaping
  Move in Michigan
• Mulligan Home Improvement
• My Doctor’s Inn
• Nerium
• Noel Selewski Agency, Inc.
• North Board Construction
• Pointe Alarm
• Renewal by Andersen
• Right Way Home Services
• Ross Walinske LLC
• S B Seasonal Services
• Sears Garage Solutions
• Shores Fireplace BBQ
• Supreme Heating Cooling
• Swany Construction Inc.
• Synergy HomeCare of Grosse Pointe
  Three C’s Landscaping
• Tocco Mannino Landscaping
• Tom’s Basement Waterproofing
• Towne Mortgage Company
• Treasure Trove
• Window Plus

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Interior designer and TV do-it-yourself expert Carmen De La Paz is among the highlights of this year’s Realtors Home Garden Show at State Fair Park, which starts Friday.

The show offers a variety of exhibits and programs to get consumers thinking about spring.

Two new large-scale specialty gardens.

A Sustainable Solutions Area, by Breckenridge Landscape, that showcases environmentally friendly landscapes and energy-saving concepts.

Melinda Myers talking about reviving gardens and lawns in the aftermath of last year’s drought.

10,000 square feet of garden, nursery, landscaping, sculpture and fountain displays.

De La Paz, will be at the show on Saturday and Sunday, giving three presentations each day.

The show, held in the Wisconsin Exposition Center, opens at 10 a.m. Friday and runs through Friday.

Regular admission is $8 for adults. Admission is free for active military personnel who show an ID, and children younger than 12.

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