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There’s nothing like launching a gardening passion by tearing out a hilly front lawn by hand with a saw and crowbar, designing a low-water garden, and then getting it installed. But that’s just what Vista homeowner and novice gardener Robin Ziegler did, starting in 2018 and going through 2019. And all that hard work yielded not just a colorful refuge for birds, butterflies and bees, but also the Vista Irrigation District’s win in the 2020 WaterSmart Landscape Contest.
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(Robin Ziegler)
Ziegler and her husband, Michael Goryan, bought their 30-year-old house in 2017 and, while they wanted a drought-tolerant garden, they focused first on renovating the interior. In the meantime, they turned off the irrigation to kill the 150 square feet of front lawn, studded with surprise ankle-breaking dips and holes. But, Ziegler recalled, in spring 2018, there was still growth only what came up were weeds that grew 8 feet tall. At that point, determined to turn the space
How to protect and save your plants this winter
Amanda Herrera-Hernandez with Liberty Landscape Supply also explains what to do with dead parts of plants
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This past weekend left many across Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida with frozen grass and dead plants due to hard freeze conditions.
Starting Saturday morning, photos of frozen plants were flowing in on StormPins, along with questions on what to do with the now brown/dead plants.
Amanda Herrera-Hernandez with Liberty Landscape Supply went through the steps to keep your plants healthy through the winter and what to do with the dead parts.
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NOLANVILLE â Forty vendors and a host of local residents came out to enjoy the weekend weather Saturday and attend the first Christmas Market sponsored by Grizzlyâs Hidden Falls Nursery and Farrâs Landscape Supply in Nolanville.
Vendor tents were filled with a variety of food, home decor, lotions, baked goods, Christmas decorations, designer mugs and Mr. and Mrs. Claus were there with a professional photographer to have holiday portraits made.
Keeping the children occupied was Kerry Fillip with Keep Nolanville Beautiful assisted by Kelly Ann Blanchard, the director of Keep Nolanville Beautiful. Gavin Atkinson also agreed to make the rounds in the Mr. Grinch suit.