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Cold climate Bungalow gardens
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jepstr67
Joined: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:59 am
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 Cold climate Bungalow gardens Hi,
I'm looking for people who would like to discuss popular plants, plantings and landscape techniques for cold climates. So much focus on bungalow landscaping is based in warm climates. My house was built in 1919 and I was lucky enough to talk to the people who lived there, but they were children at the time and their descriptions were more of the "There was a bush here. It had flowers in the spring." kind of information. What are my best resources for zone 3 gardening in a bungalow/craftsman style? I'm not much of a gardener yet, but I'm curious and willing to take this on.
Thanks
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| Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:03 pm |
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jepstr67
Joined: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:59 am
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Re: Cold climate Bungalow gardens Seriously? There isn't a single person in zone 3 who has a craftsman period garden?
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Kathleen
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:50 pm
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Re: Cold climate Bungalow gardens Hi there,
The upcoming issue of American Bungalow (71, due out next month) deals with heirloom gardening, and how to learn about what might have grown in your area. In it, arborist John Burke recommends using your local historical society, master gardener group, and your county extension service to get the some likely gardening history.
Since you're already in touch with them, you might also ask the previous homeonwer if they have old photos they could email to you... those photos of kids playing in the yard might have the flowers you're looking for in the background. Then you could easily share the pics with experts who can ID a coreopsis from a mile off!
Here's a book that might help you: Restoring American Gardens, by Denise Adams (2004). Not sure if it's climate-specific, but it sounds promising. Good luck, and keep us apprised of your progress.
--Kathleen
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