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Your eyes deserve to view beauty. I hope Fred Gonsowski Garden Home helps to turn your vision, into a reality.

HOSTAS (Plantation Lily)…Planting, Dividing, and Maintenance

Posted on August 14, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Hostas, also called the Plantation Lilyare a common sight in many gardens. In my area of Upstate New York, zone 5-4, they are widely used in shady areas. Hostas come in many sizes. They can be plants that mature to … Continue reading →

Posted in planting a SHADE GARDEN, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 1 Comment

DAYLILIES…Planting, Dividing, and Maintenance

Posted on August 9, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Daylilies are probably one of the most dependable and easiest to grow of all the Summer flowers. The Daylily is also called the Hemerocallis. It is called the daylily, because its flowers only bloom for one day. The nice thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Roses, Peonies, Tulips, etc, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 23 Comments

Hanging Pictures Around a Room

Posted on August 3, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

In interior decorating there are Natural Lines in an Environment that direct your eye both Horizontally and Vertically around a room. When adding decorative elements (pictures, mirrors or other kinds of wall decor) to your space, you want to line … Continue reading →

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, Interior Decorating Principles | 9 Comments

It’s Easy to Hang Pictures up on the Wall

Posted on July 17, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

In the previous two posts, I covered lining up edges, making groupings, and the natural directed action artworks have. This post is all about getting your pictures, photos, mirrors and paintings hung up on the wall. Positioning your picture hook … Continue reading →

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, Interior Decorating Principles | 6 Comments

Making an Interesting Arrangement of Pictures

Posted on July 8, 2011 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

All pictures, photos, paintings, mirrors, etc have a Natural Directed Action/Movement. By Natural Directed Action I mean, the way the painting, photo, etc moves your eye along from one place to another. There are only three naturally directed actions. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, Interior Decorating Principles | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, The Spring Garden, The Winter Garden | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, The Spring Garden | 1 Comment