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Simplify Your Landscape and Your Life |
Greetings! The Yardvocate provides information that will help you simplify your landscape and your life. It's an outgrowth of our philosophy that your landscaping should be beautiful, healthy and loved. |
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It's Time to Winterize Your Yard
Although winter officially begins Dec. 21, it's not too soon to begin preparing your yard for a worry-free transition into cooler temperatures. Here are a few do's and don'ts.
- Fall isn't a good time to prune plants because they are trying to go dormant. If you make cuts to your plants now, they will try to push out new growth to replace the cuts. That takes energy they need to save for the winter months.
- It's also not a good time to fertilize anything. There are three numbers on a fertilizer package. Nitrogen, the first number, produces leaf growth so you certainly don't want to put nitrogen on anything right now. The other two numbers are root stimulators. Even though you may have plants you have recently put in the ground, don't try to enhance any root growth right now. Wait until spring.
Read more of Holly Brooks' article.
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King Receives President's Award
Eric King (left), a principal of King Landscaping, recently received the Georgia Urban Forest Council President's Award from Rob Ryan (right), the organization's president.
The President's Award is given annually to an individual who has gone "above and beyond" in supporting the Georgia Urban Forest Council and its efforts to promote healthy urban forests in Georgia.
GUFC was founded in 1988 with the mission of sustaining the state's green legacy by helping communities grow healthy trees.
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Master Cutting-Edge Landscape Design Concepts
 The Emory Landscape Design Certificate Program, which is taught by Eric King and Holly Brooks, resumes in January 2014.
The program provides both foundational and cutting-edge concepts and techniques for creating crowd-pleasing landscape plans for any type of budget.
Join us for an information session Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. on the Briarcliff campus.
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Does Your Yard Lack Curb Appeal?
 How does the front of your yard look from the street? Is your eye drawn instinctively toward the front door area? Are there so many plants and shrubs on display that you don't know where to look? Try these curb appeal tips in your space.
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