| School Courtyard Garden: Plan, Costs and Products |
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From "Garden Sense"
episode DGAR-311 |
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Dollars and SenseWe used 30 plants in Hardiness Zone 7 and spent just over $1,300. The most expensive items were the containers. Four of them cost $156. Also expensive were the butterfly bushes. We paid $150 for three of them. The least expensive plants were the verbena at $3.95 each. We saved a lot of time by hiring a crew to dig out outline the flowerbeds and turn the soil before we arrived. The soil was rock hard from kids trampling over it for years. It took our extra crew six hours to prepare the beds.
Plant prices may vary by zone.
Sensible ToolsThese are the tools and garden supplies used on our project by Walter and the DIY team and also given to the homeowners to help care for their new landscape: Tools provided by Corona Clipper (www.coronaclipper.com)
Wheelbarrow provided by Corona Clipper (www.coronaclipper.com)
Butterflies (www.flutterbygardens.com)
Garden Gloves provided by Atlas Gloves
Pottery provided by Craven Pottery, Inc.
Gilmour Sprinkler (www.gilmour.com)
Fiskars Leak Proof hose (www.fiskars.com)
Corona Shovel (www.coronaclipper.com)
Scotts Bone Meal (www.scotts.com)
Round Up Weed and Grass Killer (www.roundup.com)
Miracle-Gro Weed Prevention (www.miraclegro.com)
Osmocote Plant Food (www.osmocote.com)
Cobra Head Weeder (www.cobrahead.com)
Butterfly Bushes provided by Proven Winners® Color Choice® (www.provenwinners.com)
Studebaker Nurseries
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Gardening by Zip Code
If you're looking to start a gardening project but don't know your gardening zone—visit the National Gardening Associations's USDA Hardiness Zone Finder. Enter your Zip Code to identify the proper zone.
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RESOURCES :
A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
American Horticultural Society
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.
ISBN 0-7566-0616-0
Website: www.dk.com
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