Maricopa County Home & Garden Show August 2008

Posted by admin on Nov 3, 2009 under Arizona Landscape Companies


Attend the BIG Maricopa County Home & Landscape Show for “one-stop home improvement shopping” at its best. Shop, compare and save with over 1100 exhibits filled with hundreds of the Valley’s most reputable companies all competing for your business and offering thousands of products and services for all your home improvement needs. As always, the Maricopa County Home & Landscape Show screens all of our exhibiting companies through the Arizona State Registrar of Contractors and the Better Business Bureau of Northern and Central Arizona.

Stroll through an Oasis in the Desert featuring signature waterscape landscape displays created by some of the Valley’s best landscape contractors.

Learn about the latest products and services, talk to designers, plan your next home project and listen to the experts during the hourly How To Home Improvement Seminars.

Attend the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Seminars for everything you need to know about gardening in Arizona.

Experience the Holiday Design Rooms for interior design ideas to inspire you through the seasons.

Grow an abundance of beauty in your garden with the skills you learn during the Sun Country Iris Society Seminars.

Walk down the Ask the Experts row and talk to representatives from national consumer, safety and building associations before starting your next home improvement project.

Stump the Queen of Clean and learn about clean healthy water for your home during the Kinetico Water Challenge.

Shop for all the specialty gardening products and services that you will need to prepare yourself for the Valley’s best season for gardening in the Garden Pavilion.

Find unique accessories and one-of-a-kind treasures in the Fall Harvest Bazaar Marketplace.

Sample the exotic flavors and aromas of wines from around the world at the International Wine Tasting exhibits.

Relax in the air-conditioned comfort of the Kinetico Water Trolley while you take a ride from the north parking lot to the Home Show entrances.

Thousands of innovative products, services and ideas to enhance and transform your home into a dream house.

Support the Marley House; bring any new, unused or unopened items including but not limited to personal care products, non-perishable food items, infant & child care products, children’s clothing items, school supplies or any family friendly DVD’s to the North Red Entrance for a complimentary admission ticket for 1 into the Home Show.

Visit MaricopaCountyHomeShows.com for a current list of exciting show features and to sign up for half off admission tickets.

Text the word SHOW to 83043, from your cell phone, for show updates, exclusive offers and to be eligible to win prizes during and after the Show.

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Stanford Cactus Garden

Posted by admin on Nov 3, 2009 under Arizona Landscape Design


The Stanford Cactus Garden (30,000 square feet), also known as the Arizona Cactus Garden, is a botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. It is located on the campus of Stanford University (within the Stanford University Arboretum, and near the Stanford Family Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief), Palo Alto, California, USA, and open to the public daily without charge

The garden was first planted between 1880 and 1883 for Jane and Leland Stanford to a design by landscape architect Rudolph Ulrich. It was planned to be adjacent to their new residence, and part of the larger gardens for the Stanford estate. However, the home was never built. The garden was regularly maintained until the 1920s after which it fell into great disrepair.

Volunteer restoration work began in 1997 and is ongoing. Notwithstanding decades of neglect, some of the original plants remain. The garden now contains approximately 500 cacti and succulents in 58 beds, broadly divided into two major sections. The Eastern Hemisphere section is planted with aloes, jade plants and other succulents from Europe, Asia, and Africa, and the Western Hemisphere section holds cacti native to the Americas. Historic plants, comprising some 10-15% of the plantings, have been left in their original locations. As of July 2006, the plants were not labeled.
(From Wikipedia)

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Chihuly @ the DBG

Posted by admin on Oct 17, 2009 under Arizona Desert Landscaping

The Nature of Glass, Chihuly’s unmistakeable glass-works parallels that of the Sonoran desert landscape in this exhibition which is presented at the Desert Botanical Garden.( Phoenix, Az) This 5 minute video highlights some of his works in the manner that I was able to portray it with my point and shoot. I’ve also included other notable shots that I thought helped set the feeling of the beauty in nature that abounds here at the DBG. You saw it in FB, Now see it on YT ! I believe you’ll enjoy this as well.

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Free-Landscape-Design.com

Posted by admin on Oct 11, 2009 under Unique Landscape And Pool Design

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