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Tomatos on the Balcony

January 8, 2013 by MelanieDawn 26 Comments

All of my life I have been an avid gardener – as a teenager growing up in Cherry Grove, I was the neighborhood plant sitter. For 20 years in West Kendall, I had tropical landscaping, a vegetable garden, a rose garden, a water garden and more; so my biggest concern about moving to a high-rise condominium in downtown Miami was finding a way of getting […]

Filed Under: Miami in Photos Tagged With: balcony garden, Downtown, garden, Miami

Rain Lilies on the Balcony (photo)

November 18, 2012 by MelanieDawn 26 Comments

I never mind rainy days in Miami because I know that within a few days I will be treated to these cheerful pink flowers dancing in the breeze. I brought the bulbs with me from my house in Kendall, not sure how they would do on the 17th floor balcony. As you can see, they […]

Filed Under: Miami in Photos Tagged With: balcony garden, Downtown, garden, Miami

Green Walls at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta Canada

November 14, 2012 by MelanieDawn 28 Comments

What are “green walls”? Sometimes called “living walls” or “vertical gardens”, they aren’t your classic ivy covered wall. In short, it is any type of verticle container that attaches to a wall, allowing plants to grow without having their roots in the ground. Green walls can be used inside or outside the building. They can […]

Filed Under: Green, International Tagged With: Canada, energy-efficiency, garden, green wall, living wall, sustainable, vertical garden

This week at Pinecrest Gardens

November 14, 2011 by MelanieDawn 58 Comments

Enjoy the beautiful South Florida weather at this time of the year while visiting any of these Pinecrest Gardens events: The Bonsai Society of Miami offers a FREE workshop on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Hibiscus Room Family Movie Night is Friday night at 7:30 p.m. This month’s family movie is “Yogi Bear” (rated G). Hot dogs, […]

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Pinecrest Gardens FREE Horticulture Lecture: Palm Culture

October 10, 2011 by MelanieDawn 1,971 Comments

This coming Wednesday, October 12, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., speaker George Fitzpatrick discusses Florida palm trees. Each month, Pinecrest Gardens in Village of Pinecrest, Florida offers FREE horticulture lectures. For more information, call 305-669-6990 or visit the Pinecrest Gardens website. Pinecrest Gardens is located at 11000 Red Road (SW 57 AV) at the site of the old Parrot Jungle. […]

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It’s time to plant those vegetable gardens – if you live in South Florida

September 12, 2011 by MelanieDawn 1,611 Comments

Just when the rest of the US is harvesting the last of their produce and preparing their gardens for winter, South Floridians are getting ready to plant those seedlings. Whether you are a recent northern transplant or, like me, a rare Florida native, vegetable gardening in South Florida can be confusing when most of the information […]

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