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succulent planter muffin pan

Creative Succulent Displays!

succulent planter muffin pan

I’m always looking for new ways to display plants in the landscape or in container gardens. When your “day job” is as a garden designer, it’s par for the course. Here are two my my latest unconventional succulent plant displays…

16 Comments / 1522 View / May 6, 2010

Mouse and Trowel Awards!

Mouse and Trowel Awards!

Do you have a favorite garden blog that you visit frequently? (Hint, hint!) Does it feature incredible writing, photographs and offer you a never-ending  source of  garden inspiration? Nominate it for a “Mouse and Trowel” award! The Mouse and Trowel…

0 Comments / 147 View / April 29, 2010

san francisco flower and garden show award winning display garden

Garden Show Extravaganza!

san francisco flower and garden show award winning display garden

The latest "Garden World Report Show" is a fun, garden-design extravaganza with highlights from the  San Francisco Flower and Garden Show 2010!     Are you ready for some fresh and innovative ideas for your garden this spring? In addition…

6 Comments / 435 View / April 26, 2010

Copper container garden vignette

3-Tier Container Garden

Copper container garden vignette

These  gorgeous, three-tier container gardens were spotted in front of the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago where I stayed this week. The  first thing that caught my attention was the copper containers themselves and then I noticed how dynamic the plant arrangement…

9 Comments / 1563 View / April 23, 2010

Do you know botanical latin

Learn Botanical Plant Names!

Do you know botanical latin

Do you prefer to use common names for plants or are you a botanical Latin maven? As a professional landscape designer and garden communicator who does a lot of public speaking and television, I HAD to learn botanical Latin. It’s…

14 Comments / 3002 View / March 17, 2010

Shirley Bovshow reporting for Garden World Report

“Garden Inspiration for Spring!”

Shirley Bovshow reporting for Garden World Report

is the theme for the of the Garden World Report Show as well as a number of other exciting stories.   This is the first show of the new season for  the Garden World Report which is now being shot…

2 Comments / 1233 View / March 11, 2010

Golden Goddess Bamboo hedge and Kale

Plant Combinations: Foliage Plants

Golden Goddess Bamboo hedge and Kale

Shirley has been a busy girl these days! I'm designing landscapes in Los Angeles, producing and hosting an  online garden TV talk show, the"Garden World Report," and I have a new venture I'm kicking off today! I was invited to participate along…

41 Comments / 892 View / February 23, 2010

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