Posts Tagged ‘Outdoor Design’
September 19th, 2011

Weekly Garden Giveaway

Congratulations to Susan P, the winner of this week’s Garden Giveaway! We’re excited for you, Susan!

This week for our Weekly Garden Giveaway, we are excited to highlight the CobraCo® English Stake Planter! This planter provides a beautiful way to showcase your flowers and plants. Comes in a black finish. Full dimension of stake planter is 10”W x 65”H.

These portable planters are perfect for lining driveways, walkways, and planting beds. Each 4-piece stake easily adjusts the planter height and comes complete with our eco-friendly coco liner.

Use several of these and line your driveway or front walkway to welcome your visitors!

Front Yard Landscaping Ideas

Front yards make first impressions – and first impressions count. So, always be on the lookout for good front yard landscaping ideas. Here are some expert tips to help you identify front yard landscaping ideas relevant to you:

- Using a garden fence border is one of the most obvious front yard landscaping ideas because it defines and enhances the garden.

- Another one of the most popular front yard landscaping ideas is to embellish a path to the front door that winds between lavish, colorful flower beds. Use coco-lined, stake style planters to create an inviting entrance by lining the walkway.

- Front yard landscaping ideas frequently feature large planters on either side of the front door to accent the entry way.

- Front yard landscaping ideas that incorporate plants ensure that shrubs and flowers complement the character of the house.

- Good front yard landscaping ideas ensure that materials chosen for decorative planters in the front yard are consistent with those used in the backyard.

- Front yard landscaping ideas suggest that containers are used to brighten up the edges of paved paths and driveways.

- Some of the best front yard landscaping ideas will help you to beautify a garage or carport. You can use shrubs, hedges or other flowering plants to do this.

- Another front yard landscaping idea to enhance your front yard is to use hooks to hang flower baskets on front yard structures or within the garden itself.

To enter the Weekly Garden Giveaway, please leave a comment on this blog post.  The comments will appear visible once the contest ends on Wednesday 09/21/11.  The winner will be notified by email before announced.

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June 3rd, 2011

Plant of the Month: Verbena

Our June Plant of the Month is Verbena (Verbenas or Vervains).

This stunning small size flower with five petals is mostly shades of blue and purple, but can be found in white or pink. They require little care and are great for attracting butterflys and hummingbirds. Once they have matured they will spread out to make a good ground covering for your landscape.

Verbena plants are drought-resistant and will do well in either partial or full sun. They prefer well-drained, average soils.

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May 31st, 2011

Weekly Garden Giveaway

Congratulations to Jennifer – this week’s winner of the Weekly Garden Giveaway!  If you’re still wishing you had this beautiful planter for your porch or railing, check out this planter and others in the Antoinette collection on our website! Thank you to everyone who shared a comment this week!

This week we are featuring a piece from one of our favorite decorative planter collections, the CobraCo® 24″ Antoinette Horse Trough Planter, for the Weekly Garden Giveaway!

The CobraCo® 24″ Antoinette Horse Trough Planter will complement your outdoor décor!  Use it to display plants and flowers on walls, under window sills or on deck railings. Complete with adjustable brackets for mounting on railings 2”-6” wide. This planter comes in an exquisite textured black finish and includes our eco-friendly coco liner.

This elegant horse trough planter is so versatile, it can be used in a variety of places to showcase your beautiful flowering plants.  Place several on your deck railings to create a floral retreat.

To enter, all you need to do is submit a comment to this blog post!  Comments will be visible once the winner is announced.  Winner will be chosen at random on Thursday 6/2/11.

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May 24th, 2011

Weekly Garden Giveaway

Congratulations to Nancy R. – this week’s winner of the Weekly Garden Giveaway!  If you’re still looking for a beautiful way to stash your garden hose before the guests come over this weekend for Memorial Day, stop by our website to order one today, or see where you can find them in a store near you!

Garden hoses are a necessity in a backyard, especially on those warmer days, but that doesn’t mean they can’t look good when they’re not in use! This week we are featuring our CobraCo® Embossed Hose Holder for the Weekly Garden Giveaway!

The CobraCo® Embossed Hose Holder holds a garden hose up to 150 feet in length.  Drain holes are on the bottom so leftover water from a hose won’t fill up this holder.  Its gorgeous bronze antique finish will enhance any garden, deck, patio or backyard area.  Dimensions of this hose holder are 17″W x 14″H.

Why fight with your garden hose every time you use it? This exquisite hose holder can help you win the battle while you add beauty to your outdoor decor.  CobraCo® hose holders are a brilliant solution for obscuring hoses in a decorative fashion. The hose holders hold up to 150 ft. of hose, with convenient drain holes situated at the base of the holder.

To enter, all you need to do is submit a comment to this blog post!  Comments will be visible once the winner is announced.  Winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday 5/25/11.

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May 10th, 2011

Weekly Garden Giveaway

Congratulations to Panda H, this week’s Garden Giveaway Winner! We loved reading all of your wonderful comments this week! If you’re still looking for a great bargain, hop on over to our website and browse our sale and clearance items!

Looking for a beautiful new way to showcase your container gardens or potted plants? This week we are featuring our CobraCo® Two-tiered Garden Cart for the Weekly Garden Giveaway!

Use this decorative cart finished in a deep hunter green, to nicely display your potted plants/flowers.  Its simple yet elegant design is sure to catch everyone’s eye without taking away from the beauty of your plants!

The CobraCo® Two-tiered Garden Cart is perfectly situated on a porch, patio, deck, or near the garden. Constructed of durable, rust-resistant vinyl-coated steel, the cart measures 26” long, 10” wide, and 25” high.

To enter, just submit a comment to this blog post.  Comments will be visible once the winner is announced.  Winner will be chosen at random on Thursday 5/12/11.

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May 3rd, 2011

Video of the Month: How To Decorate A Patio

Are you wondering how you are going to decorate your patio this year? Wonder no more… AvantGarden® has all the answers! Watch our video to find out great expert tips and advice.

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April 26th, 2011

Weekly Garden Giveaway

Congratulations, Theresa! You are this week’s Garden Giveaway Winner! Thanks to everyone who left comments this week!

Even if you didn’t win, we have special discounts on our decorative planters now through April 30th to celebrate National Gardening Month!

In honor of the upcoming Royal Wedding, it seemed only appropriate that this week we showcase the CobraCo® Queen Elizabeth Parasol Floor Planter for our Weekly Garden Giveaway!

Portable, decorative planters perfect for any outdoor area. CobraCo® floor planters come in all shapes and sizes so there’s something for everyone! The CobraCo® Queen Elizabeth Parasol Floor Planter will add to the beauty of any patio, deck, porch or garden area.  It comes in an exquisite bronze finish and includes a coco liner. Fill this gorgeous round floor planter with flowers and plants and place on your deck, patio, porch or garden area, then sit back and enjoy.

All you need to do is submit a comment to be entered to win!

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January 21st, 2011

Now on Sale – Plant Stands are Great for Decorating Indoors and Outdoors

Now for a Limited Time…Buy one plant stand and get the second one for 50% off the purchase price.
A wide variety of heights, styles, finishes and colors are available. Mix and match indoors or outdoors to create your own distinctive display of the container plants, foliage and flowers that you love.

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November 10th, 2010

Free When You Purchase a Fire Pit From Avant Garden

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Make a purchase from our extensive line of Fire Pits and get a FREE S’Mores Fork.
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September 8th, 2010

Suggested Plantings for Sun and Shade

Typically, when most of us think about gardening, we’re thinking about plants and flowers planted, cultivated and grown in full sunlight. But there are abundant opportunities that can produce pleasant results when we expand our planting to partial sun and shade.

Some definitions: Full Sun means at least 6 full hours of direct sunlight. Partial Sun / Partial Shade are used interchangeably to mean 3 – 6 hours of sun each day, usually better in the  morning and early afternoon.  Partial Shade means the plant need some relief from intense late afternoon sun. Dappled Sun is similar to partial shade but sunlight is filtered through the branches of a deciduous tree.  Examples are some read more

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