PAS Garden Home: Enclosure
In this episode of P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home we’ll learn about using the principle of enclosure in garden design. Flowering shrubs, an historic home in Louisville Kentucky and a healing garden are just a few of the examples used to illustrate the idea.
Featured Plants
Spirea Renaissance
Tulip Menton
Tulip Maureen
Rose Sarah van Fleet
Six Hills Giant Catmint
Ice Follies Daffodils
Construction Update
The outdoor staircase connecting the first floor back porch to the basement patio is screened in to keep the bugs out. Copper screening was used because it will oxidize to a dark color and become almost invisible. The staircase is painted Benjamin Moore Desert Green.
The Green Component
Tana Kuykendall, Heating and Air Consultant, explains how to select an AC unit that will help improve the air quality in your home.
Garden Home Inside and Out
Fabric designer Greg Voorhis takes a look at the fabric awning hanging above the French doors leading into the summer kitchen. The retractable awning helps keep this building cool and extends the living space outdoors.
Friends in the Garden
History worth preserving is the mantra at Whitehall House and Gardens in Louisville, KY. Merrill Simmons explains how the house was originally built in the 1850s and renovated into a Greek Revival Mansion in the early 1900s. There are three gardens at the estate - Woodland Garden, Perennial Garden and the Florentine Garden
Garden Home How To
Plantsman Robert Sanders explains how to successfully install mature trees and shrubs in your garden.
Virtual Makeover
Nicola in Pennsylvania seeks advice for her newly constructed home.
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