Time for the 2010 Flower & Patio Show

Spring is almost here, and we have been very busy preparing for the Flower & Patio Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Be sure to check out our display and remember to invite your friends and family! The show takes place March 13-21. Mon-Sat 10am - 9pm, Sun 10am - 5pm

We hope to see you there!

Roses for Valentine's Day?

When giving cut roses as Valentine gifts, we adhere to a time-honored formula that takes into account rose color meanings. The formula matches a rose's color to its intended meaning as a gift. Valentine's Day is primarily a lovers' holiday, and red roses are traditionally for lovers. "Valentine roses" and "red roses" go hand in hand, even though other colors have their place on the holiday. Our close family members may also be treated to red roses for Valentine's Day, but we avoid giving roses of this color to friends on Valentine's Day - that would simply convey the wrong meaning. The following are the meanings traditionally attached to the most popular roses, according to colors; use this list as a guide when selecting Valentine roses:

• Red roses mean romantic love; they're the "Valentine roses," par excellence.


• Purple, coral and orange challenge red as the color for Valentine roses. The rose color meanings for these 3 are as follows:


• The specific purpose of purple roses is to signify that the giver has fallen in love with the recipient at first sight.


• Meanwhile, coral signals desire.


• And orange roses, along with apricot, connote enthusiasm.


• The meaning of yellow roses is joy and friendship.


• We express our gratitude and appreciation with pink roses...


• While feelings of admiration and sympathy find words with roses that are light pink in color.


• Peach is more ambiguous, as it can signify either sympathy or gratitude.


• Their purity naturally enough lends to white roses the meaning of reverence and humility.
  
• Remember, absolutely NO black roses...
  

Happy Valentine's Day from Gardens of Growth!

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Gardens of Growth is a landscape architecture design/build firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. We remain committed to acting as both designer and contractor for our projects. Many design/build firms are contractors first. Gardens of Growth is unique because we are designers first. We welcome design and construction challenges and approach everything we do as artisans. It is our belief that beautiful spaces are created when each and every component of the landscape is carefully designed and executed. The team at Gardens of Growth is responsible for building and maintaining custom gardens. We provide a variety of products and services including: planting, design, retaining walls, patios, decks, fences, pergolas, water features, sculpture, driveways, pools, site grading, landscape lighting, irrigation, masonry, mowing, pruning & landscape maintenance. Visit us at gardensofgrowth.com or call 251.GROW for more information.
Gardens of Growth, Inc. 928 E. 38th St. Indianapolis, IN 46250

Winter Maintenance Schedule

We hope you all are attending the 2010 Flower & Patio Show. It takes place March 13 - 21 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Please stop by our display and talk with our designers!

Here is a maintenance schedule for the upcoming months. It is important to have these done every year to insure healthy and beautiful growth.

JANUARY

1. Review garden plans.
   
2. Perform dormant pruning on shrubs.
   
3. Ornamental Round 1 through January and February – Deep root fertilization of trees and shrubs. Designed to increase the plant’s natural resistance to insect and disease damage and to initiate growth.
   

FEBRUARY

1. Branches, leaves, and other garden debris picked up and disposed of.
   
2. Fruit trees pruned.
   
3. All garden machinery serviced.
   
4. Tools cleaned and repainted.
   
5. New gloves and tools ordered.
   
6. Garden furniture cleaned, repaired, or replaced.
   
7. Garden ornaments purchased.
   
8. Lawn Round 1 applied in late February – A blanket application of granular fertilizer and pre-emergent weed control to promote early spring green up and long lasting crabgrass control.
   
9. Order seeds for vegetable garden.

MARCH

1. Complete pruning.
   
2. Lawns blown of dead leaves, aerated, and bare patches seeded.
   
3. Take soil tests of future or existing beds. Test for organic matter content.
   
4. Press back into the ground any perennials that frost heaved over the winter.
   
5. Fertilize gardens (end of March or early April). All gardens fertilized with super phosphate; flowers served additional 10-20-10.
   
6. Fruit trees sprayed with dormant oil to control scale.
   
7. All evergreens fed.
   
8. Cut back plants that were left for winter interest (especially watch Calamagrostis, Pulmonaria, Epimedium).
   
9. Check evergreen plants for removal of dead leaves.
   
10. Roses unwrapped; dead wood pruned; mulch removed from crown.
    
11. Mow Liriope.

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Gardens of Growth is a landscape architecture design/build firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. We remain committed to acting as both designer and contractor for our projects. Many design/build firms are contractors first. Gardens of Growth is unique because we are designers first. We welcome design and construction challenges and approach everything we do as artisans. It is our belief that beautiful spaces are created when each and every component of the landscape is carefully designed and executed.
The team at Gardens of Growth is responsible for building and maintaining custom gardens. We provide a variety of products and services including: planting, design, retaining walls, patios, decks, fences, pergolas, water features, sculpture, driveways, pools, site grading, landscape lighting, irrigation, masonry, mowing, pruning & landscape maintenance.
Visit us at gardensofgrowth.com or call 251.GROW from more information.

Gardens of Growth, Inc. 928 E. 38th St. Indianapolis, IN 46250

Client Testimonials

We thrive on the feedback from our clients. Here are a few recent comments that we've received. Please keep them coming!

"Thank you for a really beautiful job. By the way, we've gotten lots
of compliments about our circle of flowers." -Mary K. Buckner

"Hi Casey, I am pleased with the workers you have. They work
steady and are very thorough. It is so nice for a change to hire someone
who actually works hard." -Linda Lau

"Dear Adam, thanks so much for all your help. We are truly
grateful!"
Best regards, Lisa Haynes

2010 Flower & Patio Show

We are currently preparing for the upcoming 2010 Indiana Flower & Patio Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Mark your calendars for the week of March 13 - 21. This annual event will feature many of the area's top landscape firms and vendors. It's a great way to see the latest and greatest innovations in landscape design and construction.

Our space will focus on the conceptual idea of a very popular poem by Shel Silverstein, 'Where the Sidewalk Ends'. Silverstein’s words set the mood for our imaginations to take over and think of an amazingly perfect place. We believe that gardens have the power to heal and we strive to create a garden oasis for our clients. Allow us to help free your imagination and create that special place on your property by visiting us at the 2010 Flower and Patio Show to witness what we see where the sidewalk ends. We hope to see you there!

Where the Sidewalk Ends
By: Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street
begins, and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns
crimson bright, and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the
peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black and the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow we shall walk with a walk that is measured and
slow, and watch where the chalk-white arrows go to the place where the sidewalk
ends. Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, and we'll go where
the chalk-white arrows go, for the children, they mark, and the children, they
know the place where the sidewalk ends.

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Gardens of Growth is a landscape architecture design/build firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. We remain committed to acting as both designer and contractor for our projects. Many design/build firms are contractors first. Gardens of Growth is unique because we are designers first. We welcome design and construction challenges and approach everything we do as artisans. It is our belief that beautiful spaces are created when each and every component of the landscape is carefully designed and executed.

The team at Gardens of Growth is responsible for building and maintaining custom gardens. We provide a variety of products and services including: planting, design, retaining walls, patios, decks, fences, pergolas, water features, sculpture, driveways, pools, site grading, landscape lighting, irrigation, masonry, mowing, pruning & landscape maintenance.

Visit us at gardensofgrowth.com or call 251.GROW from more information.

Happy Holidays

We hope you have a safe and fun holiday season. Please tell your friends and family about us so we can make this next year better than ever. Now is the time to start thinking about your outdoor projects. Spring will be here before you know it!





Gardens of Growth, Inc. offers full service landscape design, construction and maintenance for residential and commercial properties in the Indianapolis area. Give us a call at 317.251.GROW (4769) and let us help you get started on your project!

Inspiring Design

Winter is almost here, and now is the best time to start thinking about your outdoor space. Here are some design ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Enjoy!

Gardens of Growth, Inc. 928 E. 38th St. Indianapolis, IN 46250

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