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Dr Paul R N Kangethe

Growing palm trees

Working with this highly priced landscape plant needs not be difficult

By Hosea Omole 4 years ago

Growing palm trees

A garden’s healing power

A garden’s healing power

By Hosea Omole 4 years ago

Guide to outdoor furniture options

Guide to outdoor furniture options

By Hosea Omole 4 years ago

Fencing to add value to home style, design

Fencing to add value to home style, design

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Landscaping: Colour schemes for vibrant plant beds

The analogous colour approach entails choosing two (or three) colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Landscaping: Colour schemes for vibrant plant beds

Designing a townhouse garden

These spaces present special challenges

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Designing a townhouse garden

How to design outdoor areas that mirror interior style

Outdoor living is the in-thing in landscape design.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

How to design outdoor areas that mirror interior style

Decorative lighting for elegant garden

?After sunset, even the most modest of gardens can assume a regal enchantment, thanks to skillful lighting.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Decorative lighting for elegant garden

Fruits as part of landscape

Fruits are healthy. And nothing beats fresh fruits from your own garden, especially when you grow them without chemicals.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Fruits as part of landscape

Picking a garden style that works

Selecting a theme helps ensure consistency in the final product

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Picking a garden style that works

Designing a garden for low maintenance

Today’s typical urban dweller hardly has the time or the money to spend on plants and devoting their weekends to garden work.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Designing a garden for low maintenance

Gardening and landscaping

This is one of the most important elements.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Gardening and landscaping

Why it is important to understand gardening basics

The information out there can be overwhelming, it is important to know the basics before you start.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Why it is important to understand gardening basics

Designing your garden space

Your garden is an excellent opportunity to show your unique style

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Designing your garden space

Sculptures for elegant gardens

When choosing a sculpture for your garden, don’t limit yourself to ready-made pieces

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Sculptures for elegant gardens

Get the most out of bougainvillea

Many people are obsessed with shaving and trimming them, which does more harm than good

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Get the most out of bougainvillea

Working with sandy soils

Sandy soils are well aerated and free-draining. But that’s about as far as advantages go.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Working with sandy soils

Designing an urban garden

Private gardens in towns present special challenges that require specific responses.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Designing an urban garden

The formal garden guide

If you like a neat, well-structured and controlled environment, then this style is for you

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

The formal garden guide

How to make a garden fit for children

Although you can plan so that children play freely and safely anywhere, it is always a good idea to designate a space that is specifically designed fo

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

How to make a garden fit for children

Borrow neighbour’s landscape, views

If you are lucky to have a home that overlooks a magnificent landscape take advantage of such views to enhance your own garden

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Borrow neighbour’s landscape, views

How to decorate with found objects

?Salvaged and found objects can add personality and a sense of history to a garden. They are especially perfect for finishing off an

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

How to decorate with found objects

Want endless bloom? A cut flower garden’s all you need

?A well-planned cut flower garden will fill your backyard with endless bloom and supply your vases and flower arrangements for months on end.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Want endless bloom? A cut flower garden’s all you need

Choose furniture fit for your style

The demand for outdoor living products is on the rise, with many suppliers offering different kinds of furniture styles.

By Hosea Omole 5 years ago

Choose furniture fit for your style

Colour effect on landscape

Every shade used adds predictable effects to the ambiance of your home

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Colour effect on landscape

Choosing shades and covers for stylish outdoor spaces

Outdoor living spaces often require some kind of a cover to protect you from the elements. But there is a lot more to shades and covers than...

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Choosing shades and covers for stylish outdoor spaces

Quick rainy season makeover

Before you descend on your garden with a spade and a hoe, take some time to plan.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Quick rainy season makeover

How to create a fusion garden in style

The only rule is that there are no rules: just pick whatever you like from different styles and blend them to create your own style.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

How to create a fusion garden in style

Colour in the garden

Of all the elements of landscape design, colour is perhaps the most powerful. It sets the mood and influences how space is perceived.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Colour in the garden

Go bold with palm trees

The beauty, durability and variety of palm trees rank them among the most highly valued landscaping gems anywhere.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Go bold with palm trees

A guide to water plants

To produce a natural looking water feature, all the above categories are important.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

A guide to water plants

Go green with living roofs

From reducing storm water runoff to improving the roof’sheath insulation properties. They are also very beautiful and unique.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Go green with living roofs

Three trends in modern design

Over the past decade the garden space has been redefined. With the ever increasing value of land and space, gardens are no longer just for viewing and wowing over. People also have a lot less time and money to do gardening work hence today’s garden is a lot less fussy about maintenance.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Three trends in modern design

Retaining garden walls

Sloping sites present a special challenge to homeowners. Pool areas, patios, garden sheds, play areas and other functions which require relatively level ground cannot be realised without changing the terrain.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Retaining garden walls

How to use landscaping in managing storm water

The problem of flooding can easily be controlled through proper landscape planning.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

How to use landscaping in managing storm water

Gardening and landscaping: How to grow alpine plants

Plants from high, rugged, mountainous areas are among the most beautiful garden flowers out there. Once you have grown a few, you will want to make room for more.

By Hosea Omole 6 years ago

Gardening and landscaping: How to grow alpine plants

What’s hot in landscaping

As with all art, landscaping has evolved over the decades to reflect changing cultures, technology and lifestyles. These changes happen more rapidly at a global scale faster than ever before.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

What’s hot in landscaping

Modern methods of growing orchids

Did you know that orchids are the largest plant family in the world? It is estimated that there are over 3,000 species and many more man-made varieties. But orchids are hardly commonplace.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

Modern methods of growing orchids

Decor for outdoor living

Today’s outdoor living space is not just a verandah with a table and a few potted plants. The exterior of a home has literally been turned inside out.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

Decor for outdoor living

How to avoid chaos

Nothing is more disconcerting than a garden that is a chaotic mishmash of all sorts of plants, ten different paving materials, and too many colours.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

How to avoid chaos

How to stay safe around the swimming pool

Your swimming pool should be a place of relaxation and enjoyment and not a cause of constant worry. No precaution should ever be spared to ensure that users and pets are safe from drowning in the pool.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

How to stay safe around the swimming pool

Designing for privacy

Modern lifestyles have elevated our gardens from a space for lawns and flowers to an outdoor living space for family and visitors.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

Designing for privacy

Beauty without flowers

The notion that garden beauty is about flowers is widespread but flawed. In fact, flower colour plays just about the same role as paint does in a room: highlighting what is already good and enhancing the mood within finished garden rooms.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

Beauty without flowers

Prune your garden right

Pruning is not just about chopping the top off a plant that is growing out of control. If you get it right, you will be rewarded with a plant that produces more flowers and fruits, has a good shape, and is a lot less prone to diseases.

By Hosea Omole 7 years ago

Prune your garden right

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