Hawthorn: an ideal plant for hedges
Very hardy, even to cold and low temperatures. It bears fruit throughout the winter season.
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Vegetable Garden & Garden
Grow a vegetable garden on the balcony or terrace or a garden It's a real panacea for well-being and health. In this section you can read All our useful tips for those who want to try their hand at the exciting world of cultivation: information, instructions, suggestions, images and the most popular methods for sowing, the watering, the cure e the harvest to grow vegetables on the balcony or terrace without wasting waterAlmost all fruits and vegetables can be grown on balconies or terraces and good harvests can be obtained with minimal effort, provided that there is a sufficient amount of light, that is at least 4 hours of full light per day, use pots or containers that are large enough and drain well e choosing the ideal land to give your plants the nourishment they need to grow healthy.
How to grow from cuttings
Roses, aromatic plants, aloe, mint, geraniums, celery. Many plants can be propagated by cuttings. It's an easy, quick, and economical technique.
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Snowdrop: the ideal meadow flower
White, stalked flowers. The plant should not be exposed to too much sun and requires soft soil.
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Oleander is planted in holes no smaller than 50 centimetres deep.
The hole should be at least 50 centimeters deep. The distance between plants should be 2 to 5 meters. Let the plant grow naturally.
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Importance of the garden since ancient times
An ancient passion that has always attracted great philosophers. Bacon wrote: "God was the first to plant a garden." And Stalin created great forests for his people. A book tells the story of a space that has come back into fashion.
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How to grow a vegetable garden with children
Gardening makes children smarter, more coordinated, and happier. These are the jobs they can do to learn.
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Dasylirion: How to Grow Small Palms
They are flowering plants that need sun and heat, but can tolerate temperatures down to minus 12 degrees Celsius. Growing them is very simple.
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Orchids: How to Grow Them in the Garden and Pots
In Italy, there are 85 varieties. The plant doesn't require much water, but it does require a mild, warm climate.
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Educational Gardens: Where They Are and How They Work
They grow everywhere. And they greatly help children grow by discovering the beauty of nature and the value of food.
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Sustainable viticulture: how to waste nothing. From pruning residues to pomace scraps. Everything can be recycled.
The circular economy in the world of wine: the Caviro Group model. Grape pomace produces products for the pharmaceutical industry and for producing natural colors. It also provides electricity and heat. Consumers are focusing on sustainable wines.
The Peony Garden, the world's largest collection, can be visited near Rome (photo)
The Moutan Botanical Center, a 15-hectare park with 200 plant specimens, including some extremely rare ones, opens its doors in May. A visit not to be missed, especially since the plants are in full bloom.
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Urban gardens and farms in the city: Canada's Vancouver is the world's capital
Forty-four percent of the population is involved in community gardens, and there are 20 local markets selling locally sourced fruit and vegetables. If you want, you can raise chickens and produce honey in the city. And the municipality teaches you, free of charge, how to grow using only natural fertilizers.
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How to Draw a Garden: A Book Explains It with Pictures
Over 600 photographs taken by the world's most famous garden photographer. Pieces of paradise, which everyone can translate into their own personal choice. But there's also the alternative of visiting the web. Here are the best sites.
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Veve, the Italian-made, zero-centimeter vertical garden that wastes no water.
Even just one square meter of space and 2,30 meters of height are enough to install Veve, a system capable of ensuring the production of fruit and vegetables sufficient to satisfy the food needs of four people.
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Plants grown for adoption: Antonino Scaturro's method
The initiative's goal is to revive lands and allow various "client-partners" to connect with the finest citrus and olive oil producers.
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OrtoGenuino: the project for creating urban vegetable gardens right at home
OrtoGenuino, founded by Adal Almeida Haroun, takes care not only of the garden's design and creation but also of its maintenance, for those who don't have time.
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Urban gardens in Greece are multiplying to cope with the Great Crisis.
In Thessaloniki, in a former barracks; in Athens, at a closed airport: the garden is becoming an opportunity to beat the recession and find work. Saving the land.
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"The Organic Garden in the City": A workshop to teach children how to grow vegetables.
The workshop will take place under the expert guidance of the Corbari Agricultural Company, which has been producing organic vegetable seedlings and vegetables in Cernusco sul Naviglio for over 30 years. They then sell them every Tuesday at the Cuccagna Agricultural Market, where you can find fresh, seasonal, organic, and locally sourced produce.
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Vertical farms: One of the world's largest built in Pennsylvania
It will produce lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, and strawberries on an area just over three hectares: the plants will be arranged in six overlapping layers, allowing for the cultivation of as many as 17 million plants.
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Urban gardens in Manhattan: $1 million in grants to build them in downtown New York
There are now thousands of urban gardens in New York, thanks in part to significant government subsidies: $941 distributed last year. And beekeeping is now a reality in Manhattan's skyscrapers.
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