Posted in Crafts, Favorite Plants, Greensboro Gardens, Wedding Ideas, Weddings, tagged Greensboro, NC, Helleborus, plants, affordable ideas, Diana Gardner-Williams, evergreens, North Carolina, Greensboro Gardens, centerpieces, holiday crafts, holiday ideas, Weddings, wedding flowers, Divine Weddings and Beyond, Diana Digs Dirt, piedmont triad on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cut your own holiday centerpieces for your dining room tables. They are free and unique adding colorful warmth to the festivities. Select a container and insert floral foam. You will want some foam exposed for a more grandiose flower display.
Once you have cut the foam to the desired size, gather evergreen foliage, twigs, berries, and [...]
Posted in Favorite Plants, Greensboro Gardens, Wedding Ideas, tagged annuals, autumn, autumn cherry tree, centerpieces, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, Greensboro, Greensboro Gardens, knock out roses, landscape companies, piedmont triad, White Flowers on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are having guests over for the Thanksgiving holiday or wedding photographs taken at your home, make sure your landscape is bursting with color.
You will notice I have many favorite plants, but this tree really is one of them! The Autumn Cherry Tree. If a plant blooms more than one season, it is a [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, tagged adam petty, Greensboro, kyle petty, NC, Pattie Petty, Randleman, Victory Junction on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The passing of Adam Petty was a premature death of the 4th generation of professional race car drivers. Adam Petty is a son, grandson, brother and friend, who had a heart of gold.
Victory Junction was built because of the dream Adam had while alive and well. Adam wanted a facility for terminally ill and disabled children [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Memory Garden Design, tagged Diana Gardner-Williams, just a cloud away, landscape companies, Landscape Consultations, landscape design, memorials, miscarriage, NC, piedmont triad, pregnancy loss, Saint PiusX Church on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
-Press Release-For Immediate Release
New Triad Paper Embraces Death, Grief and Memorials
Just a Cloud Away, Inc. ™ Journal, reporting on “Hope”
Diana Gardner-Williams, a bereaved mother of Liberty, NC founded Just a Cloud Away, Inc. ™ after the stillbirth of her first baby, Tanner Lee in 2003. The support website and products have helped grieving families of [...]
Posted in Divine Weddings and Beyond, Events, Greensboro Gardens, Landscape Design Ideas, Wedding Ideas, Weddings, tagged bridesmaid dresses, bulbs, daffoldils, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, landscape design, landscaping companies, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, spring flowers, wedding bouquets, wedding ceremony, wedding flowers, wedding photography on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Where do most brides get ready before the wedding ceremony? Usually it is in the comfort of a home. If you plan ahead, the spring-blooming flowers within the landscape can compliment your wedding photographs.
If your bridesmaid gowns are a pale pink, try planting bulbs, shrubs, trees or perennials to compliment your bridesmaid dresses or wedding bouquets.
Pink [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Landscape Design Ideas, tagged compost, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, Greensboro, Helleborus, landscape design, landscape maintenance, landscaping companies, landscaping tips, North Carolina, september on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
September is here and so are the cooler temperatures. So there are no excuses why a few hours cannot be dedicated to your lovely landscape.
Your grass may be looking a little on the brown side. It is OK if you did not waste the Greensboro water supply to keep your lawn lush and green. Grass [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Landscape Design Ideas, Wedding Ideas, Weddings, tagged brides, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, Divine Weddings and Beyond, flower girl, flowers, landscape, landscaping companies, rehearsal dinners, wedding bouquets, wedding decorations, wedding flowers, Weddings, zone 7 on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If your wedding day is planned for the month of August, don’t neglect the landscape where your photographs will be taken. In zone 7 many plants are in their optimal bloom time.
Russian sage is an excellent plant blooming for several weeks. The pale violet flowers are perfect for wedding decorations and centerpieces for rehearsal dinners. [...]
Posted in Buffalo Landscapes, Greensboro Gardens, Newcomers, Real Estate, tagged curb appeal, front foundation landscapes, Greensboro, homes for sale, Landscape Consultations, landscape contest, landscaping companies, Newcomers, North Carolina, piedmont triad newcomers, ugly landscapes on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If your front foundation landscape is on the ugly side, send those hideous pictures to me at Diana(sign for at)justacloudaway.com. I will post the best of the ugly landscapes on the blog until August 31st. The best worst foundation landscape will win a free consultation with me for an hour of suggestions.
This is a great [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Landscape Design Ideas, Wedding Ideas, tagged brides, bridesmaid gifts, centerpieces, Greensboro, landscaping companies, landscaping ideas, North Carolina, oakleaf hydrangeas, rehearsal dinners, sabika, saving money, wedding budget, wedding flowers, Weddings, White Flowers on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brides, if you are on a budget, why not cut fresh wedding flowers from your landscape for bouquets and centerpieces. Wedding flowers and bouquets can add serious dollars to your wedding budget, why not plan, plant and cut yourself.
White wedding flowers are very classic colors widely used by brides. Save some money and cut fresh [...]
Posted in Favorite Plants, Greensboro Gardens, Landscape Design Ideas, tagged Greensboro, Kleim's hardy gardenia, Landscape Design Ideas, landscape plants, landscaping companies, North Carolina, specimen tree, yoshino cherry tree on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The average homeowner may have questions about the best placement of plant materials. Not only is sun or shade a factor, so is the function of the plant. Let your landscape work for you and install plants where they will provide a function as well as aesthetics.
Specimen plants like Yoshino Cherry Trees can stand alone in the [...]
