In This Issue:
- Going Green Expo in Madison
- Avant Adds Jay Gehler to Team
- Featured Garden: Erickson Family Garden
- Ready for Spring?
- Fear Not!
- The Tulip Crash
- What is a Potager?
- Vegetable Gardening
- Understanding Algae
- Get a Free Design!
- View Photos of our Work
- New Financing Option Available!
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Going Green Expo in Madison
Visit our booth at the Going Green Expo
May 2-3, 2009 10am - 5pm
Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI
Want to learn more about Green Gardening and Rainwater Harvesting?
Sat. May 2nd, 2009 at 2pm Avant's own experts,Liza Lightfoot and Bob Wambach, will present a seminar covering these hot topics.
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Avant Adds Jay Gehler to Team
Avant Gardening has expanded our design department with the addition of Jay Gehler, ASLA, CLP!
Jay is increasing our design capacity with Computer Aided Drafting and Design and over 25 years in the industry. As a Licensed Landscape Architect and a Certified Landscape Professional, Jay brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to us and to you. Jay graduated from the UW – Madison, owned and operated his own business for over 20 years, and has worked in the Madison area his entire career. Jay is also the Treasurer of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a member of the Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association.
Jay has two adult children and just bought a house in Mount Horeb with his wife, Mary. When not designing outdoor living spaces, Jay can be found on his Harley-Davidson or on the golf links.
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Featured Garden: Erickson Family Garden
Throughout the year we will be highlighting the special gardens we have helped create. Our first featured garden, is the truly delightful space created for the Erickson family in Madison, Wisconsin. Click here to read more about how the Ericksons worked with Avant Gardening to create the look and feeling of this special place.
If you are interested in having your garden highlighted in future issues of our newsletter, please contact us.
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Ready for Spring?
Spring will soon be upon us and, before you know it, we will be outside enjoying the weather, the wonder, and the excitement of your beautiful pond again.
This brings us to the topic of preparing your pond for spring. Mother Nature has a fantastic way of preparing natural bodies of water for each new season. Flooding waterways with fresh rains and melting snow pushes old water out and refreshes it with new. In your backyard pond ecosystem, this needs to be performed on an annual basis to help maintain balance. You’ve got to get in there... read more...
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Fear Not!
We made it! Finally we can be outside without a coat!
You start poking around in the garden, anxious to see some signs of life. But, you can’t find anything but perennial Geraniums and start thinking, “where are the plants?”...read more...
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The Tulip Crash
There's no better time than the present to talk about one of the most studied financial crashes that occurred in 1637 in Holland - The Tulip Crash.
To bring this piece of valuable history to your attention, I will give you a brief synopsis of the events of that time. I must add however, that due to limited documentation from the time, the extent of this crash is disputed by some... read more...
Photo courtesy of USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 505.
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What is a Potager?
In the course of conversation recently, someone asked me “What is a potager?” So I thought to myself, what a great time to write about them. Seed and plant catalogs are flooding my mailbox, there is still time to design and plan a potager for the upcoming season. Potagers can help save your food bills and they are a great show piece in the garden... read more...
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Vegetable Gardening
It’s almost time to plant your vegetable garden! I do love vegetables! Growing your own food does take more work, especially during mosquito season. However, growing your own vegetables also saves you money, increases you physical activity, and allows you more control over your food.
Over the past 2 years I have been able to save about 40% of my annual grocery budget by growing my own vegetables, compared to 3 years ago... read more...
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Understanding Algae
Ask any pond owner how long they spend letting time slip away just watching their waterfalls, streams, and Koi. I know I could spend an entire day watching ours!
While no one needs a biology degree to own or maintain a water garden, understanding the inner workings of your pond can open your eyes to a whole new world...read more...
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Get a Free Design!
We are offering a free design with any work scheduled for installation in August 2009. Contact us now for installation work this summer.
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View Photos of our Work
Are you considering a landscaping project? Click here to view examples of our work of just get some new ideas.
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New Financing Option Available!
"Curb Appeal, it’s the best and easiest way to make a good first impression. And most homeowners agree, spending over $45 billion on professional lawn and landscape services a year. In fact, gardening in recent years has become America’s #1 past time, with over 80% of all households participating...find out more.
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