Strip garden

Margie Butts makes friends and inspires people with her profuse street-side garden.

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Those small strips between sidewalks and streets are often the most challenging to plant - plants there seem to scorch, fry and die - especially in the heat of summer. These strips of land are oft

Different ideas for different plantings.

The hell strip, replanted. Wow! What a difference this made. I used stepping stones every 8 feet or so for people to walk on, also planted tough ground cover.

Probably taken early May: Aethionema grandiflorum in bloom at top, and gorgeous foliage on Salvia cyanescens below. I believe Lauren Springer Ogden coined the term "hell strip" (it goes by many gentler synonyms like "parking strip", and she created a firestorm of controversy if I recall by writing about them in Horticulture several decades ago. Meanwhile, my life partner, Jan Fahs, purchased a home with the most hellish of hellstrips--nearly 200' of black plastic hell which she was modestly…

Lavender makes an excellent companion for Mediterranean herbs such as rosemary, sage and thyme, but also with other perennials such as iris and rose.

Another shot from Lauren Springer Ogden’s 350-foot-long hellstrip on the south perimeter of the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, CO.

Located in West Jordan, Utah the Conservation Garden Park showcases waterwise landscaping examples as well as interactive educational exhibits on how to achieve a waterwise landscape.

The garden pathway is a must-have not only because it enriches the landscape and make the décor more beautiful but also for practical reasons. At its