Colour in the Garden
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Article by: Gwen Stewart Colour affects our emotions, moods, physical, and spiritual well-being. It has a significant effect on everything we eat, drink, and touch and influences our physical environment , Growing and Preserving Cut Flowers including our home, , Choosing A Landscaping Firm office, and garden. , Small Backyard Mini-Ponds are Low on Maintenance and Easy to Install Colour , Affordable Landscaping to Add Curb Appeal to Your Home reflects our personalities. The colours , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping we prefer for home , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden interiors carried out to the garden, , Tulips: Anything But Typical provide continuity between our interior , Teak Furniture - A Cut Above The Rest and exterior living spaces. Colours , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs are a useful tool , Transplanting Trees in creating different moods in the landscape. , Take Another Look at Those Wild Surreptitious Weeds In order to effectively create with colour , Hardy Hibiscus it is important to understand the meaning of the different colours. , The Many Faces of a Fence Red creates vitality. It tends to command attention and will make areas seem smaller. It is a good colour , Use Floating Row Covers to Grow Better Cucumbers Without Spraying for dining areas as it increases appetite. It creates a feeling of warmth, movement, and drama. For those who may find it too stimulating, use pink , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping instead. Red plants , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping to use in the shade include begonia, coleus, and impatiens. In sunny areas use salvia or verbenas. To augment your plantings use glazed pots, , Choosing A Landscaping Firm red sandstone gravel, , The Front Porch Swings Through History red clay bricks or tiles , Growing and Preserving Cut Flowers will bring that vitality to your landscape. , The Dangers of Chlorine Free Pool Chemicals Orange means optimism. It is primarily the colour , The Front Porch Swings Through History of joy. It is warm, welcoming, just bursting with earthly energy. , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 10) Nutrients Orange flowers , Caring For Bamboo have been known since ancient times as a cure for depression. It is a good colour , Buying Teak Wood Furniture Responsibly to use when you have experienced trauma or loss. Plants , Insect Spray Warnings and Healthy Alternatives to try in the shade include begonia, coleus and impatiens. For sunny areas try honeysuckle and marigolds. Materials to augment plantings include terracotta pots, , Hardy Hibiscus ornaments, rusting metal, , Insect Spray Warnings and Healthy Alternatives golden gravel, , A Teak Chair - Create a Livable Outdoor Space with One and clay bricks. Yellow means contentment. It represents the power , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond of the sun, , Colorado Blue Spruce And Lush Red Roses increases the feeling of space. It brings a sense of well-being to the garden , Growing and Preserving Cut Flowers even on grey, dull days. Golden foliage will often scorch in full sun , Durable Wooden Swing - Decorate Your Outdoors with One so plant , Teak Furniture - A Cut Above The Rest in dappled shade. Many of the grey or silver-leafed plants , Small Backyard Mini-Ponds are Low on Maintenance and Easy to Install have yellow flowers. , Durable Wooden Swing - Decorate Your Outdoors with One Plants , A Teak Chair - Create a Livable Outdoor Space with One to grow , Have Fun and be Creative - Get the Look for Less in shade include begonias, coleus, and hostas. For sunny areas try day lilies, potentilla and yarrow. Materials to augment plantings include reconstituted stone , New for 2006 - Granite Flexible Preformed Rock Ponds containers, ornaments, golden sandstone gravel, , How to Buy a Porch Swing and buff paving. Green means growth. It is a primary healing colour. , How to Buy a Porch Swing Green , Hardy Hibiscus foliage on its own will create a tranquil impression. It is restful and relaxing as it offers sanctuary from the outside , Bonsai Trees For Sale: What Are Your Options? world. Using foliage colours , How to Sprout and architectural leaves gives structure and form to any garden , Caring For Bamboo space. Plants , How to Sprout for shady areas include coleus, ferns, and hosta. Use junipers, grasses , Growing and Preserving Cut Flowers and conifers in sunny areas. To augment plantings use green , Wooden houses wood stain on fences and buildings. , Transplanting Trees It is a popular colour , The Truth About Mosquitos and Water Gardens for garden , Catch a Leprechaun in Your furniture, umbrellas, glazed pots, , Use Floating Row Covers to Grow Better Cucumbers Without Spraying garden , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your ornaments. Blue means spirit. It is very conducive for meditation. It conveys the peacefulness of sky and ocean. It combines well with many other colours. , Myths About Lawns Use this colour , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden for modern-day stress and anxiety. Blue flowers , Artificial s – Are They A Solution? add depth and strong healing vibrations to a border filled with pink, , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond lilac, and white flowers. , Everything You need to Know to Set up Your Square Foot Garden Plants , Catch a Leprechaun in Your Garden for shade include campanula and columbine. For sunny areas, delphinium, lobelia and morning glory. Materials to augment planting include deep blue-grey slate, paving, granite and ceramics with vivid blue , Bamboo: a Versatile and Renewable Resource glazes. Violet means calm. It brings a feeling of self-worth. It sometimes appears dull unless plenty of contrast in texture, form, and tone are used. Flowers , Bamboo: a Versatile and Renewable Resource are particularly useful for protection and for the cleansing vibrations they give out. It is a rich regal colour , Use Floating Row Covers to Grow Better Cucumbers Without Spraying that indicates knowledge, self-respect, spirituality, nostalgia, dignity, and wealth. It will help soothe the mind if you are tense. Plants , Durable Wooden Swing - Decorate Your Outdoors with One for shady areas include coleus and impatiens. For sunny areas use aster, butterfly bush and salvia. To augment the planting use glazed pots, , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping dyed fabrics used on garden , The Amazing Hummingbird furniture and umbrellas.Gwen Nyhus Stewart, B.S.W., M.G., H.T., is an educator, freelance writer, garden , The Many Faces of a Fence consultant, and author of the book The Healing Garden: A Place , For Lighting Fixtures and Landscape Lighting Get Solar Power Installed Of Peace - Gardening , Myths About Lawns For The Soil, , Transplanting Trees Gardening , Have Fun and be Creative - Get the Look for Less For The Soul and the booklet Non-toxic Alternatives For Everyday Cleaning And Gardening , Attracting Birds to the Garden Products. She owns the website Gwen's Healing Garden , Bonsai Trees For Sale: What Are Your Options? where you will find lots of free information , Swimming Pool Chemicals: Algaecides & Clarifiers about gardening , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden for the soil , Bamboo: a Versatile and Renewable Resource and gardening , Everything You need to Know to Set up Your Square Foot Garden for the soul. To find out more about the books and subscribe to her free Newsletter visit http://www.gwenshealinggarden.ca Gwen Nyhus Stewart © 2004 - 2005. All rights reserved. |
  
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