Monthly Archives: June 2011

It’s Easy to make a Grouping of Pictures

Posted on June 29, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Hanging up artwork, pictures, framed photographs, and mirrors can be easy, once you know a few decorating basics. Look at Illustration 1. What do you see? Do you see the similarity of the silhouettes of the different images? If not, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, Interior Decorating Principles | 7 Comments

Picking and Hanging the RIGHT size Picture or Mirror over your Fireplace

Posted on June 23, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

When it comes to picking the RIGHT sized painting, picture, relief sculpture, mirror, etc. for over your fireplace there are four possible width options for you to choose. Those options relate to the Natural Lines in an Environment. Natural lines … Continue reading →

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, Interior Decorating Principles, San Francisco Chronicle / eHow references or resources | 11 Comments

Starting a Rose Bush and other plants from a Cutting (Slip)

Posted on June 17, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

For as long as I can remember, my Grandmother, Mother, and Aunts were always starting new plants from cuttings (slips). I think they called them slips because, they tore the piece of plant material from the donor plant, instead of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Roses, Peonies, Tulips, etc, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 26 Comments

Grow a Topiary from an Upright Yew

Posted on June 15, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Over the past 10 years or so, I have experimented with growing simple topiary. Photo 1 shows one of a pair, that I started on old upright yews, that were planted about 57 years ago, on the side of my … Continue reading →

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A look at my Garden, here at Whimsey Hill

Posted on June 11, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of my favorite parts of the gardening season, is the space of time after the daffodils have bloomed, and before the riot of color the Summer perennials produce. This gardening period is soo Zen to me. The garden at … Continue reading →

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A Bridge unites a Tablescape and Wall Decor

Posted on June 10, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

A Bridge in interior decorating is any element(s) that help tie things placed on one surface, with things hung up on another. In my June 7, 2011 post titled “Arranging Your Decorative Accessories (Knickknacks and Collectables), I tell you how … Continue reading →

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Arranging Your Decorative Accessories (Knickknacks and Collectables)

Posted on June 7, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Well, if you are reading this post, then you want to know the best ways to arrange your decorative accessories (knickknacks and collectables) to show them off in their most favorable light. Many people have collections. They could have collections … Continue reading →

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Neatening up a Rhododendron after it Blooms.

Posted on June 3, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of the Spring rituals that I still do, started in the early 1970’s with my Mother. It is the neatening up of the Rhododendron bush after it blooms. My Mother and I would go outside on a late Spring … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, planting a SHADE GARDEN, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 2 Comments