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Garden Tour: Willi and Jon’s urban homestead

November 14, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

The Basics Names of gardeners: Willi and Jon Galloway URL: www.digginfood.com Location: Seattle, Washington (USA) Size: Not big enough! About 200 square feet. Orientation: South Zone: 8b Years gardened: Installed in April 2008. The Details Style: Geometric raised beds. Inspiration: The garden my mom kept when I was growing up. She grew an astonishing amount […]

Filed Under: Garden Tours, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: edible garden, garden tour, growing veggies

Garden Tour: Marcelle’s bountiful balcony

October 24, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 6 Comments

The Basics Gardener: Marcelle Stone Location: Spokane, WA, United States Size: Edges of an 8 foot-by-12-foot balcony (tried to keep the weight over support posts) Orientation: West-ish Zone: 5b Years gardened: Three Style: Let’s see what we can grow in a pot. The Details Inspiration: British window boxes Favourite element: End-of-summer overgrowth Favourite plants: Herbs: […]

Filed Under: Garden Tours, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: balcony garden, garden tour, gardening, spokane, vegetable, washington

Garden Tour: Francesca and Scott’s incredible edible garden

October 17, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

The Basics Gardeners: Francesca and Scott Location: Portland, Oregon Size: The total lot is 50′ x 100′ but the backyard is only a tiny portion of that. Orientation: Northeast Zone: 8b Years gardened: 3 The Details Style: Chaotic Inspiration: Eating Favorite element(s): Miniature fruit! Favorite plant(s): Banana, pineapple, fly eating thing. Biggest challenge: The rocks […]

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Garden Tour: Andrea and Ben’s urban patio

October 9, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Today marks the launch of Rock n’ Scroll: the Heavy Petal Garden Tour (woot!). See gardens from around the world, and share your garden with the whole wide web. Here’s how. To kick off the tour, I’m sharing my own back patio with you. Enjoy! The basics Gardeners: Andrea Bellamy and Ben Garfinkel (with daughter […]

Filed Under: Garden Design, Garden Tours, My garden Tagged With: design, Garden Design, garden makeover, garden tour, patio, small space, urban

Submit your garden! Take us on a garden tour.

October 9, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

Everyone loves a garden tour. But we can’t personally visit all the great and deserving gardens around the world. So climb aboard the Heavy Petal tour bus, where you can tour fellow readers’ gardens rain or shine, in spring or the depths of winter. The tour is full of fun people. And you don’t have […]

Filed Under: Garden Tours Tagged With: before and after, Garden Design, garden makeover, garden tour

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