Member profile for Kris
 Gardening since 2008
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Marketing Communications professional by day - farmer as a second life. A volunteer at a city farm for over 10 years, and a passionate gardener, I started a vegetable garden at the city farm in 2009. This garden was harvested in October 2012 and I am moving to a new location.
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Kinderboerderij Moestuin Amsterdam, Netherlands
Initially told the ground was polluted...but never say never to someone from the East Coast. Had a soil test done and just to be on the safe side we started modestly with a patch of 6 x 6 feet which we dug down 2,5 feet and filled in with fresh top soil. The perils...
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Home Garden Amsterdam, Netherlands
For those of use without a garden in the city urban gardening against the front wall, on the balcony and the roof terrace is the only way to go. In Amsterdam a whole subculture has developed (at least in my neighborhood) of the 'geveltuin'.
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Paradise Amsterdam, Netherlands
It hasn't even started yet! Just yesterday I was told that the chairman of the local allotments has agreed that I can garden on someone else's patch (he only uses it for his bees) while I'm on the waiting list. So excited! Can't wait to get the keys, pace out the...
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Claire's Amsterdam Balcony Netherlands
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Claire
A small balcony in Amsterdam, with morning sun. Click on the photos for more explanation!
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Chiz Gardens Monroe, MI
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Liz
Our old farmhouse sits on an acre and a half of gardens with an old barn as its background. The house has many window boxes with a variety of flowers. There is a large pond with a waterfall designed by my husband. The...
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Allotment on the dike Schellingwoude, Netherlands
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Claire
After years of being on the waiting list, on 4 June 2011 I finally got a garden allotment (known as volkstuin in Dutch). It's just a 15-minute bike ride from home, at the back of an old Dutch dike - and has a little...
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Bohemian Garden Monroe, MI
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Liz
My vegetable garden is getting a makeover this year! Not only will I be growing more heirlooms, but the area where they will be growing will have a Bohemian flair.....colorful, artsy, fun, and perhaps a bit of the...
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YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA
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The-Busy-Bee
YourGardenShow.com - the social network for gardeners, by gardeners
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| Favorite vegetable: | Tomato |
| Favorite flower: | Honeysuckle |
| Favorite tree / shrub: | Box |
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| Favorite park / arboreteum: | The Heemtuin@Park Frankendael |
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