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• Dish Gardening


  A garden of plant growing in shallow dish or bowl for a container
• Dish garden


  • Can be landscaped to represent a scene in nature
  • Is a miniature ecosystem
• Plants used in a dish garden


  • Should be compatible
  • Cultivars that stay small or grow very slowly are most commonly used
• Dish garden container


  If it has drainage, no holes or other protective device should be put under it
• The original of dish garden are obscure to have began centuries (B.C) ago as a Japanese artistic hobby as well as a model for landscape
• Leading landscape gardeners of Japan would create miniature models of their work to help customers visualize the end result
• Dish garden


  Also called Hachi-Niwa "bowl garden" in Japanese
• Types of dish gardens


  • European Garden
  • Cactus Garden
  • Desert Garden
  • Foliage Garden
  • Bonsai Garden
• European style dish garden


  • Often full of flowers that are easy to prune
  • Popular plants include begonias, hardy ferns, and philodendrons
• Types of aggregates


  • Coarse aggregates
  • Fine aggregates
• Cactus garden


  • Composition that makes full use of the variation in size, shape and texture of cacti
• Mulching is the covering of organic or inorganic matter such as leaves, shredded bark, stones, or sand
• Organic mulching materials


  • Leaves
  • Wood and bark
  • Grass, hay, straw
  • Leaf molds, compost, paper
• Staking materials


  • Wooden trellis
  • Plastic stakes
  • Metal rebar
  • Bamboo sticks
  • Rope
  • Plant tie
• Plant tie


  Tie stick into plant
• Metal rebar


  Strong and immobile stake
• Plastic stakes


  Common choice when supporting landscape plants, popular option because they are inexpensive
• Topography


  Refers to the slope and level of the land, including flat and plain areas
• Site analysis


  Inventory of site elements, information about the properties of the site from topography to climate to wind pattern
• Hydrology


  Refers to the water table, the level below the soil at which water is present
• Soil pH


  Refers to the acidity or alkalinity of the soil
• Examples of man-made site features


  • Roads
  • Houses
  • Buildings
  • Bridges
• Examples of natural site features


  • Hills
  • Rocks
  • Mountains
  • Lakes
  • Beaches
  • Rivers
• Guitars make noise by vibrating strings
• Electric guitars need amps to make noise, often used in rock and pop
• Drums make noise by hitting them
• Bass guitars make low sounds, an octave below regular guitars
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