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It’s not easy being green

May 21, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Events

In the words of Kermit, it's not easy being green - unless, that is, you are the Japanese garden designer Kazuyuki Ishihara. In keeping with the eco-friendly theme of this year's Chelsea Flower Show, his exquisite design for a City garden is green - literally. But that's where the similarly between ...
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Top 10 landscaping & garden trends for ’07

May 12, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Landscaping

Melding Interior and Exterior Design – Outdoor living continues with a strong emphasis on creating a cohesive flow between interior and exterior spaces. Outdoor rooms meld colors, textures and styles with a home’s indoor spaces. Backyard retreats, including meditation areas, reading nooks and living rooms also are growing in popularity. ...

Cincinnati Flower Show at Coney Island is a lively place to learn, lunch, shop, take tea and stroll among lavish gardens

April 21, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

It's not just posies that attract people to the shores of Lake Como and the manicured grounds of Coney Island every April for the Cincinnati Flower Show. It's the annual spring rite of visiting with friends in a very pretty place, shopping for something new to help tend and beautify ...

State houses become stately homes

April 15, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

The perimeters are the giveaway. Amid the bustling neighbourhood of townhouses, duplexes, apartments, flats and family homes, it's odd that the fences are all the same. Pen-like, the 1.2m flimsy aluminium spikes and rails are sufficient to mark property boundaries, but leave an openness for all to see. Backyards, front-yards and ...

New England Spring Flower Show focuses on Asian influence

March 21, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Events

To make a Japanese-influenced garden these days, you have to do more than buy a stone lantern and plant some dwarf evergreens. American gardeners today are much more sophisticated. The “Asian fusion” gardening of 2007 is more about the principles of the Japanese or Chinese garden — simplicity and serenity — and ...

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If you’re a couple who likes to think out of the box, then Flowers & Events by Teddy Manuel is for you. Known for their simple, elegant, and beautiful designs,

Flower-arranging demonstrations, exhibit set

The Ikebana International Honolulu Chapter 56 will demonstrate the Japanese art of flower-arranging at 10 a.m. Wednesday and Friday at the Honolulu Hale courtyard. The hour-long demonstrations are free and open

Architecture students offer residential hall designs for projects

OSU school of architecture students are presenting their ideas for OSU’s future residential halls as part of a course project. Thirty-two architecture students and eight architectural engineering students are participating

Luxury Modular Homes

Kristy Annely The modular home method combines the benefits of engineering and shop floor manufacturing to produce high quality homes. Compared to traditional, stick-built homes, the method yields considerable savings in