Garden Tours Archives | Make it a Garden https://makeitagarden.com/category/in-the-garden/garden-tours-alaska/ Creating imaginative & inviting places Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:29:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://makeitagarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-miag-watering-can-32x32.png Garden Tours Archives | Make it a Garden https://makeitagarden.com/category/in-the-garden/garden-tours-alaska/ 32 32 An Awesome Start to a Spectacular Flower Garden https://makeitagarden.com/an-awesome-start-to-a-spectacular-flower-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-awesome-start-to-a-spectacular-flower-garden https://makeitagarden.com/an-awesome-start-to-a-spectacular-flower-garden/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:49:40 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=6700 Garden Tour Series: Who wouldn’t want their flowers to pack a bigger punch? Afterall, Alaskan summers are so short. How can you make the most of the time and money you’ve spent on your perennials, annual baskets and planters? Welcome to the “Make it a Garden” Alaska Tour Series, where we visit different gardens for… Continue reading An Awesome Start to a Spectacular Flower Garden

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/an-awesome-start-to-a-spectacular-flower-garden/feed/ 2 6700 Ablaze with color: How to have a dazzling flower garden https://makeitagarden.com/ablaze-with-color-how-to-have-a-dazzling-flower-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ablaze-with-color-how-to-have-a-dazzling-flower-garden https://makeitagarden.com/ablaze-with-color-how-to-have-a-dazzling-flower-garden/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:24:00 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=6587 Garden Tour Series Color! Color! Color! Everywhere you look is brilliant, eye-catching color! Pick up some tips and tricks from this talented gardener to give your flowers a more dazzling impact. Karen Erickson and her husband Walt are friendly, easy-going folks who love the outdoors. They’re both retired, but they are busy bees. Together they… Continue reading Ablaze with color: How to have a dazzling flower garden

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/ablaze-with-color-how-to-have-a-dazzling-flower-garden/feed/ 2 6587 Clever use of Driftwood makes a Happy Garden https://makeitagarden.com/clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden https://makeitagarden.com/clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:53:00 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=6399 Garden Tour Series What do you see in a piece of driftwood? To the average eye, this might be like looking at ink spots, or cloud formations. But to Walt Erickson, it seemed quite human. Adding driftwood that had the right shape and length for arms and legs, Walt’s “Woody and Wilma” fish every summer… Continue reading Clever use of Driftwood makes a Happy Garden

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden/feed/ 4 6399 Family transforms backyard greenhouse with drip irrigation https://makeitagarden.com/family-transforms-backyard-greenhouse-with-drip-irrigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-transforms-backyard-greenhouse-with-drip-irrigation https://makeitagarden.com/family-transforms-backyard-greenhouse-with-drip-irrigation/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:11:00 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=6236 When Aaron Rudd decided to build a greenhouse to grow some veggies, it was only an experiment, “just to see if I would like it”, he said. Two years later, and it’s a virtual salsa explosion. Cucumbers. Tomatoes. Every pepper under the sun. In the process, he took the leap to automated systems rigging up… Continue reading Family transforms backyard greenhouse with drip irrigation

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/family-transforms-backyard-greenhouse-with-drip-irrigation/feed/ 2 6236 Imaginative sculptures make Palmer garden a happy place https://makeitagarden.com/imaginative-sculptures-make-palmer-garden-a-happy-place/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imaginative-sculptures-make-palmer-garden-a-happy-place https://makeitagarden.com/imaginative-sculptures-make-palmer-garden-a-happy-place/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:11:00 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=6152 Carmen turns rusty old farm equipment she finds in her family's hay fields into whimsical sculpture. Come tour this must-see garden and pick up some tips and ideas along the way.

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