Our Better House and Garden site been changed to reflect the need to build more eco friendly homes and gardens so that we all can play a part in reducing the carbon footprint.
BH&G believes everyone can make a difference in carbon reduction …and we are dedicating special pages with information and products related to renewable energy.
Home solar power costs are drastically reducing, as are other applications in the field of renewable energy. WHY NOT SAVE MONEY AND SEE HOW YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR UTILITY BILLS?
Go to our Sustainable Homes & Garden section and explore the pages there for more information and tips
We have added pages of recommended products which will save you money and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time. CLICK HERE
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill
except for learning how to grow in rows. - Doug Larson
Good gardening practices means more than just plants and lawns!
Good gardening means
- value adding to a home’s equity
- saving on costs
- lower maintenance
- water conservation
- carbon reduction
- exercise and healthy outdoor activity
- complete use of a property’s potential
- simply pleasure
We offer gardening tips and ideas, plus resources for a complete gardening experience that can help you to take advantage of the points listed above.
Do you have a question? I am happy to answer the odd query or two if that helps – just use the form on the contact us page or where you find it on other pages.
Although we are not a nursery we do include a list of online garden nurseries for your convenience.
I started gardening years ago initially as a means of ”just getting away from it all” – stress relief and just a break to relax.
From there my interest grew as I learned more and eventually I changed careers and went landscape gardening full-time.
My Special Interest
is in rose gardening and being a bit old fashioned I also specialize in cottage gardens – believing that annuals not only give a garden loads of color, but ‘almost’ immediate gratification – in that they come into flower so much quicker than perennials.
In addition, I am a great believer in having trees in a garden – no matter what its size – from small courtyards and balconies to half acre sized yards. There is a way!
My Experience
My experience has grown over the years – ranging from designing new gardens, re-furbishing older gardens, developing ideas for making gardens more eco-friendly and now I also now provide coaching for new gardeners – set up at whatever level and requirements the client needs.
Even when I was living in the tropics, I still maintained a rose garden and grew many annuals – and simply devloped techniques of care to cater for the problems higher humidity causes.
This website is designed to share ideas and to promote gardening at whatever level a person may be interested in.
Our range of topics is always being expanded
Check “What Experts Say” in the ‘All about Gardens’ section
WRITERS AND ARTICLES WANTED
If you love gardening and would like to share your tips and ideas with your fellow afficionados, you are welcome to contact us with your suggestions and we will get straight back to you.
Link and Advertise On This Website…You are welcome to place an ad here. Free if you are a fellow gardener (non commercial), and a small charge if you are commercial.
Gardens are an easy and affordable way to make an initial impact for a more sustainable environment. It is a means for every property owner to reduce their carbon footprint.
It is an affordable strategy, one any person can undertake and a real contribution.
Gardening is the world’s most active hobby or outside activity – for so many reasons:
• Love of beauty and nature
• Love of warching things grow
• Relaxation
• To enhance the home property
• To add more entertainment space – bringing the outdoors in.
• The practical – growing your own food
Anyone can garden – there are ideas and solutions even for those who don’t really want to spend much time maintaining their garden.
Ideas and Tips
• Energy Saving
• More on eco-friendly gardens
• Gardening ideas – design, practicalities, ideas and suggestions
• Rose Gardening is a major feature here
• Home Improvement – this is a time to be more green
• The eco-friendly home – for ideas on insulation, energy saving, recycling
It has been estimated that a well laid out garden and lawn will add 5% – 10% value to a property, so it is also a well worthwhile investment of time and money.
