By Ken | Published:
May 28, 2010
Do you recycle? WE have a great new product that is made from tires. The pots are great looking and it keeps some of the tires out of the landfill. They start at an 8 inch small cone and go up to a 19 inch wide basin.They start at 10.00 dollars and go up. Any [...]
By Rick | Published:
April 9, 2010
Our motto at Falling Water Designs is “Balance in your life, through beauty in your garden”. Our goal is to provide our customers a space to recharge and re-energize, or to relax and reflect. Getting back to nature doesn’t require a trip to the mountains or the beach, it can happen in your own garden. [...]
By Rick | Published:
September 30, 2009
We now stock Radius NRG garden tools at our nursery! Radius’ advanced ergonomic design minimizes hand and wrist stress while maximizing power and comfort. The unique curvature and contour of the grip encourages a safer, natural, wrist-neutral approach to gardening. People with conditions like arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome often find this grip greatly increases [...]
By Rick | Published:
August 14, 2009
We use natural stone for our water features almost exclusively. Our signature three basalt column feature contains some heavy rock – heavy enough that our guys can barely wrestle them into place without resorting to machinery. But what if you’re not six feet tall, 200 pounds, strong and able bodied? What if you have limited [...]
By Rick | Published:
August 14, 2009
Rain chains (‘Kusari doi’ in Japanese) offer a highly attractive and unique alternative to traditional downspouts. They are hung from the corners of your roof or canal to guide the flow of water into large barrels to catch the water from the roof for household purposes and gardening. They have been used for hundreds of [...]
By Rick | Published:
August 13, 2009
Having a water feature doesn’t always involve having an actual pond. Dish stones are a fantastic way of bringing water into your garden. Pictured on the right is a stone that’s fed by a bamboo spigot. You can take this entire kit home for just $600! If you’re not so taken with the bamboo, there [...]
By Rick | Published:
August 13, 2009
We’ve just installed a new rain garden at the nursery. A rain garden is a natural or landscaped basin that captures and soaks up water that runs off your roof, driveway, walkway or other hard areas around your home. A rain garden is planted with a variety of trees, shrubs, flowers and plants that can [...]
By Rick | Published:
August 13, 2009
We are now selling bat boxes from local artist/craftsman John D. Butler of Buckner Enterprises here in Monroe. John hand crafts functional art and log furniture from hand-milled cedar. What is a bat box? It’s a specially designed box that is placed high on a tree or post that provides a little living space for [...]
By Rick | Published:
August 13, 2009
Although a well designed garden is a work of art in itself, in the last decade more artists and craftsmen have been creating pieces solely for placement in the landscape. This being said, you don’t have to spend a lot of money on a fancy sculpture to incorporate art into your garden. Gardeners have become [...]
By Rick | Published:
June 19, 2009
One of my favorite new items for the garden is outdoor heaters. Outdoor heaters allow you to spend more time in the garden by providing a bit of heat in the early spring and on cool summer nights. Heaters allow you to extend your stay in the garden instead of moving into the house. By [...]