tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55702030819423034002012-02-16T00:51:28.120-08:00Love the GardenTips, Tricks, Suggestions to really LOVE the GARDEN!Silvianoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125LoveTheGardenhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570203081942303400.post-39056950868493741952011-12-30T17:30:00.000-08:002011-12-30T17:30:52.753-08:002011-12-30T17:30:52.753-08:00Love Bellevue Botanical Gardens' Holiday DisplayThere's still time to visit <a href="http://www.bellevuebotanical.org/fmvisitor.htm">Bellevue Botanical Gardens</a> Garden D'lights. This is a fantastic display of holiday lights created by volunteers who started working in February 2011.Their newest creation is a dragon made with 6500 lights in honor of the upcoming Chinese New Year which will be Year of the Dragon.<br />
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Visiting is well worth the $5 admission fee!<br />
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Here's a video to give you a taste of it.<br />
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If you looking for something to do on New Year's Eve with family and friends, visiting <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=bellevue+botanical+gardens&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=bellevue+botanical+gardens&cid=0,0,17557725075619987203&ei=uAv-TsneAqiViAKSm6jBDg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&ved=0CBMQ_BI">Bellevue Botanical Gardens in Bellevue, Washington</a>, could be a nice option. Be sure to take photos at the Photo Op bench!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5570203081942303400-3905695086849374195?l=lovethegarden.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Small is beautiful." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a quote I heard somewhere. I don't know where but I think it can be true.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even a small space can have a beautiful garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Suggestion:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ol><li>Take an inexpensive pot. </li>
<li>Fill with good potting soil mixed with soil amender like a good compost or earthworm castings.</li>
<li>Plant with some simple easy care plants like herbs or flowers. </li>
<li>Then add a few nice rocks and some ornaments. </li>
</ol>I found this blue Buddha at a thrift store. The pot is just an inexpensive plastic one that someone gave me with primroses already planted in it. The ornamental grass I bought and planted. The moss I found and transplanted into the pot. BTW, moss can look fantastic in a small garden. It's possible to create a lovely simple container garden using different kinds of moss.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5570203081942303400-5568115812952832640?l=lovethegarden.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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