Garden Design For New Homes

When many people move in to a new home with an existing garden, they often want to change it. Some of the main things they want to alter are the style of plants, so they are the ones they like. The color of plants and flowers. The use of space, for things like playing or relaxing, or to create borders or screens around the garden.One of the biggest mistakes home gardeners make, similar to home handymen, is not having a plan from the beginning, about...

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brittany - a stunning region in western france

The world famous and very beauiful Mont St Michel, is about 4 hours west from us right on the border between Normandy and a beautiful area of France called Brittany.If you have already explored the South of France, if you know Paris off by heart and have done the grand tour of Normandy, then Brittany could make an excellent choice for your next holiday in FranceBrittany is natural, its beauty is rugged and untamed;  its houses are built...

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spring guests to monet's garden

The weather may have been throwing its worst at us this week, but we don't mind, a pair of boots, a hat and we are still game to get out and about. When I visited  Giverny  last week, I was a little too early for my favourite season when the irises and peonies are on show.But the lily pond looked calm and magical, and the gardens were a riot of colour with all the spring flowers.  The tulips were magnificent, and by their thousands!And...

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