YOUR PLACE GIFTS THAT WILL GROW ON YOU.Byline: Jaime Spangrude Staff Writer This holiday season, reward your favorite gardener with the following items: GLORIOUS GARDENS: Every day is a garden day with Katherine Whiteside's 2005 gardener's desk calendar. Along with photographer Richard Felber, Whiteside brings us a year of design ideas, plant recommendations, tips and secrets, plus 313 pages of beautiful color photographs for each day, with Saturday and Sunday combined on individual sheets (Workman WORKMAN. One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another. 2. The obligations of a workman are to perform the work he has undertaken to do; to do it in proper time; to do it well to employ the things furnished him according to his contract. Publishing; $11.95). A BOUQUET bouquet a structure resembling a cluster of flowers. OF KNOWLEDGE: Jim McCann and Julie McCann Mulligan mul·li·gan n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. , the creative team from the nation's No. 1 distributor of fresh flowers, 1-800-FLOWERS, brings us ``A Year Full of Flowers: Fresh Ideas to Bring Flowers Into Your Life Every Day'' (Rodale; $19.95). The book teaches the basics of flower arranging, design principles and flower-conditioning technique. There are step-by-step instructions for 34 original seasonal arrangements as well as colorful pictures and tips. FRAGRANT fra·grant adj. Having a pleasant odor. [Middle English, from Latin fr  gr FLOWERS: Fill your home this holiday season with freshly cut flowers flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet.See also: Flower from Sherman Oaks-based Mark's Garden, the exclusive florist for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Ball for more than a decade. Seasonal arrangements, starting at $60 plus shipping, can be sent overnight anywhere in the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. by logging onto www.marksflowers.com, calling (800) 416-8761 or by visiting the store at 13838 Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks. Among the arrangements are lush red roses - two dozen roses in three different shades, presented in a large oval glass vase for $100 ($75 without the vase). Also available are fragrant Casablanca lilies. This generous arrangement consists of 10 long-lasting stems and comes in a large oval glass vase, with the bottom layered in seashells to enhance its beauty. Flowers with vase and shells cost $110; $75 without. GLOVES THAT FIT: West County Gardener presents a durable, comfortable glove for men and women suitable for all outdoor tasks. The Work Glove has a four-way nylon back, reinforced stress points, a padded palm and a terry cloth Noun 1. terry cloth - a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes terrycloth, terry cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or brow brow (brou) the forehead, or either lateral half of it. brow n. 1. The eyebrow. 2. See forehead. brow the forehead, or either lateral half of it. wipe. Comes in various sizes and colors, including Gold, Rust, Stem, Tile, Plum and Charcoal. The suggested retail price is $19.95 at www.westcountygardener.com. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Gardener's calendar) (2) no caption (Book: ``A Year Full of Flowers'') (3) no caption (West County Gardener Work Gloves) (4 -- 5) no caption (Floral arrangements) |
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