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2013 Sage & Songbirds Sneak Peek of Garden #4 – Master Gardener’s Creative Masterpiece!

Garden #4

By Maureen Austin, CHIRP

It was a simple plan…they turned off the water to their garden and everything that died was replaced with a succulent.

That summarizes the evolution of Dennis and Darlene Larsen’s previous garden into the lush, mostly succulent, showplace it is today. What is most surprising about it,

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For the First Time EVER…Sage & Songbirds Plant Sale is Open to the Public! May 4-6, 2012

 

HUGE PLANT SALE!  Free Admission!   9 am to 4 pm, May 4-6 at Christ the King Episcopal Church 1460 Midway Drive, Alpine UNIQUE VARIETIES!  • SPECIAL PRICING! Butterfly Host Plants Hummingbird Nectar Favorites Drought-tolerant Plants Plants for Container Gardening   Colorful New Varieties of Succulents SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION! Doors open

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Alpine’s Sage & Songbirds Festival is bursting at its seams– and it all takes place this weekend! May 5-6, 2012

Alpine’s biggest Festival just got bigger!  And it’s still all FREE!

The Sage & Songbirds Festival at Viejas Outlets this weekend, May 5 & 6, will be filled to capacity with some of the best vendors and exhibitors in Southern California, and much more!

A butterfly education zone will feature interactive displays and activities, including

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Preview of Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour 2012 – Garden #7

Theirs is built to be a bomb (and bunny) -proof garden

~By Maureen Austin, CHIRP for Garden Wildlife, Inc.

Life on a gorgeous, 10.5 acre habitat, complete with mature trees and a year-round running stream, is not without its drawbacks…one of which is having to outwit wily rabbits! But Roger and Bonnie Brown have faced

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Preview of Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour 2012 – Garden #6

Do-it-yourselfers dig their own pond and waterfall

~By Maureen Austin, CHIRP for Garden Wildlife, Inc.

When this couple decided they wanted a waterfall and pond in their yard, they started digging…literally… and the result was a beautiful, meandering creek and pond.  They also lugged and placed multiple loads of flagstone and river rock to

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Preview of Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour 2012 – Garden #5

Backyard pond gets a facelift and ‘holistic’ cleansing

~By Maureen Austin, CHIRP for Garden Wildlife, Inc. Bigger may not always better–at least not in the case of a backyard pond.

When Gary and Sara Cummings moved into their Alpine home 20 years ago,  most of their large backyard was a massive pond, seasonally-fed by rain

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