Hanselman Landscape specialty Pines have been hand pruned and cared for over the years, to prepare them for display in gardens across Central Pennsylvania and the Northeast! If you are looking for an enduring and attractive piece of art to commemorate a loved one’s birth, passing, or anniversary, give us a call! We’ll be happy to deliver and install one of these beauties in the garden of your choice. (Gift wrap not included
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Shared by James Hanselman
(The gardener 
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Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.
America, America!
God shed His grace on thee!
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
~ Katherine Lee Bates (American educator; 1859-1929)
With deep gratitude for the beauty of this country and her peoples, we wish you a joyous July 4th!
~ Your friends at Hanselman Landscape
In the center of San Diego’s arid, hilly landscape is an oasis called Balboa Park. Although this area was called City Park in the early days, it was used primarily for grazing livestock and dumping garbage. But all that changed when Katherine “Kate” Sessions, a tree-loving scientist, began planting trees to beautify the area in preparation for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition.
Today, Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre cultural center, offering visitors a variety of gardens, shaded walking paths, native plant collections, museums, and the world-renowned San Diego Zoo.
James and I have the pleasure of visiting Balboa Park almost every time we visit our daughter and her family in San Diego. When we visit, we enjoy spending a few hours strolling through the Japanese Friendship Garden. We are always impressed with the many varieties of trees and shrubs that are able to be grown in a desert setting, as well as by the accommodations made for non-native plants–in the Japanese Garden, for example. But what continues to impress us most is that Balboa Park grew out of one woman’s determination to create an enduring and beautiful oasis by planting climate-appropriate trees!
Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& desert garden admirer)
Photo credits: steffstarr/123RF.com (photo of Japanese Friendship Garden) and 123RF.com (photos of big trees and cultural buildings)
Whether I am eating breakfast outside on our beautiful stone patio or gazing out at the rain-washed or snowy landscape through a window, I find daily refreshment in the beauty and constantly changing countenance of our garden.
When can we meet you to discuss your “daily vacation” dreams? Give us a call at 717-653-1273. Together, let’s bring joy to your garden and build your beautiful life!
Gratefully shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& daily ‘garden vacationer’)
“Thus in each flower and simple bell,
That in our path untrodden lie,
Are sweet remembrancers who tell
How fast the winged moments fly.
Time will steal on with ceaseless pace,
Yet lose we not the fleeting hours,
Who still their fairy footsteps trace,
As light they dance among the flowers.”
~Charlotte Turner Smith (English poet and novelist, 1749–1806)
Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (with thoughtful awareness of the fleeting loveliness of time and beauty)
The importance of pruning in caring for a garden cannot be underestimated. In fact, no plant in a garden can fulfill its role without proper pruning. As a gardener prunes, the following ideas should be prioritized:
–Pruning is one of the most important facets of plant care and garden development, but it is too often practiced without an awareness of the beauty latent in individual plants or an understanding of their roles in the garden’s composition. This ignorance shows in the hacked, buzz-cut trees and sheared-but-dying shrubs that continue to mar our roadways and neighborhoods.
–In pruning, the first commandment is: “Do no harm”. Since pruned branches can’t be put back, it is better not to prune without first understanding the where, when, and why of pruning.
–The goal of pruning is to bring out the best in each plant. Prune to bring light and air into the plant, while carefully removing dying, diseased, or potentially harmful parts. Before pruning, learn how to encourage the best growth response for the situation. This concept is the secret to long-term plant care.
As you study individual plant appearances, habits, and growth potentials in natural settings and in well-maintained gardens, you will be able to visualize how these plants might look in your own garden, with proper care.
Contributed by James Hanselman
The Gardener (& experienced pruner)