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If you’re wondering where to start a landscape transformation, check out our do-it-yourself landscaping tips.
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Evergreen Tree Top Pots: Caring For And Building Your Own
The Sunnyside team shares tips for caring for your tree top pots (ready-to-go or DIY), as well as the basic steps to building your own evergreen pots for the holiday season.
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Late Summer In the Garden: Everything You Need to Know
Late summer is a busy time for most, between some of the hottest weeks of summer and busy schedules, it can be easy to overlook…
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Create a Car Stopping Window Box Display
Create a car stopping window box display This 4 foot window box is loaded to the MAX with some great color and essential greens. You…
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Container Design for Fall
SIMPLE DESIGN FOR FALL *Container design for fall can be fun and rewarding. When you hit the garden center in September there are way…
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To the Cabin! & the plants to bring along.
Gardening at the Lake Low maintenance, winter hardy and deer resistant plants for cabin. Why not incorporate some easy maintenance beds to your favorite family…
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Residential Rain Garden-DIY
Residential Rain Garden-Lesson & Design Become a water hunter! Run off from homes and patios often runs straight into city drain systems, this could be…
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DIY Succulent Pumpkin Garden
Create a beautiful fall centerpiece with a pumpkin, squash, or gourd of your choice and some succulent clippings! Read more for methods and care.
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Hedges for Privacy
Shrubs can be used as a great way to divide spaces and provide privacy from street traffic and neighbors, all while making your yard beautiful.…
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Square Foot Gardening
Square foot gardening is a method of planning and organizing a raised vegetable garden by dividing it into small squares. This practice is great for…
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Simple Container Design
Custom containers are a great way to add a pop of color to your deck, patio, and landscape. From creative and bold to simple and…
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Shrub Planting
Want to plant a shrubs in your yard? Here are tips for the best ways to plant. Where to Plant Shrubs Choose a plant for…
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Square Foot Gardening=Maximum Yield
Nothing brings me as much joy as the process of growing food in my own yard. For the last handful of years, I have been…
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Container Design
Classic geranium design with some bold accents. If you don’t love geraniums, you should. Â Geraniums are big, bright, drought tolerant and easy to get to…
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Recipe For Fall
3 simple plants for a container design. The same 3 simple plants repeated for a window box design. One 4 1/2″ or 6″ Garden Mum…
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The DIY Landscaper, Part V
Welcome back! By now you have a good sense as to what kind of plants to look for at your next visit to Sunnyside Gardens.…
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The DIY Landscaper, Part IV
This week let’s talk about Massing Plants! Massing plants provide color, texture and bloom in numbers! Massing plants could be shrubs or perennials. For shrubs,…
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The DIY Landscaper, Part III
Let’s move on to our second group of plants: Companion Plants. Companion plants are usually planted together to give the gardener summer long color. For…
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The DIY Landscaper, Part II
Now the fun part: Plant shopping! There are about four groupings of plants to consider: specimen, companion, massing and foliage. For today let’s talk a…
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The DIY Landscaper, Part I
Late summer and fall are the best times to do your perennial planting. Not to mention, with cooler temperatures it makes getting that landscape project…
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Container Gardening is for Everyone!
Gardening in containers is a great way to experiment with color, personal style, and plant combinations. It’s also a great solution for those with restricted…
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