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Text Box: This newsletter is something I have had in mind for a while. Having read garden magazines for the better part of my life, I always felt that they never really focused on where I lived. Now this is not always a bad thing, as I do approach garden magazines differently than most. What I have found is that you have to be able to open you mind and read the articles abstractly. By this, I mean take a different approach to what you read. If they are talking about a shade garden in New England, I don’t really focus on the plants that they are using, instead I look at the textures, colors, size and

Text Box: shape. With these in mind I can usually come up with a similar design that uses plant that are feasible for use here in North Texas. My wife knows that I love to read magazines, and these days there are an abundance of free “advermags” out there, (publications with very little content, which is weak at best, and lots of advertising. These can just downright steer you in the wrong direction if you aren’t careful. If I told you that you get what you pay for, I would be shooting myself in the foot, as I will never charge for this publication. My goal here is to spur interest in gardening,

Text Box: landscape design, and outdoor living. I hope that you can find something interesting in every issue, and will pass this along to your friends. I promise to never pass your email address to anyone period. Spring is about to, well, spring as they say. Enjoy… bryan

Text Box: As Winter draws to an end, it is time to think back to all of the beauty that it has brought us. Hopefully you have some plants with Winter interest already, but if not here are a couple of my favorites, and there is no time to plant them like the present, so that they can shine for you next Winter. Two of my favorite

Text Box: native ornamental trees with Winter interest are Possumhaw, Ilex decidua, with its shed leaves and branches laden with bright red berries. Burning Bush or Hearts-a-Busting , Euonymus americana, is another favorite. It is a delicate tree preferring shade that has beautiful fall color, while developing fruit

Text Box: that looks like a heart that has burst open, hard to describe, but prettier than it sounds.

Text Box: Please visit my friends at the following businesses, let them know I sent you. Please JBS Express Stone 4015 W. University in Mckinney 972 562 7676 Stone, Compost, Mulch in Bulk________ Chambersville Tree Farms chambersvilletreefarms.com 972 837 4223_______________________ McCraw Properties Residential & Commercial Realty 972 569 8840_______________________ Bryan Swenson Landscape Design Staroftexaslandscape.com 214 733 6308

Flowering Trees	2
Clean It Up	2
Where Are We Anyway?	2,3
Empty Your Pockets, Spring is Here	3
Stone Project of the Month	3
Stone Project continued	4

March 15,2008

Volume 1, Issue 1

Text Box: North Texas Gardener’s News

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