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Join Kinder, a puppet pal who teaches a bucket-load of fun activities that encourage experimentation in the garden. Fun projects include turning umbrellas, rain boots, and old toys into gardens. Learn where vegetables come from, then grow your own. Over 250 color photographs bring the book to life, and start your children on their own horticultural adventure.
Visit Kinder at Kinder's Corner, a dedicated website for the book which includes activities for children, coloring books, gardening tips, and more.

Several of Michael Glassman's custom residential landscapes are prominently featured in the double issue of Great Backyards. One is a two page front courtyard with an original water feature and a custom fireplace.

A filigreed gazebo turns this side yard in Davis, California, into an enchanting setting for alfresco dining. The airy, 11-foot-tall, rusted-iron structure was found at a local nursery for less than $1,000, a candle chandelier and a pair of tall candle stands were added for nighttime ambience. To make an intriguing "rug," the landscape designer glued 12-inch mosaic marble tiles to cast concrete squares, filling spaces between them with decomposed granite.

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Coming this Spring, our new book Kinder Garden Adventures and Games will be available. The concept behind this book is that while children are waiting for their plants to grow, there are still many fun activities to do in the garden both with themselves and their adult helpers. This book includes hundreds of photos featuring Kinder.
This book is a companion to Kinder Gardens: Growing Inspiration for Children, which can be purchased from Amazon.

"It's an interesting phenomenon," said Michael Glassman, of Sacramento-based Michael Glassman & Associates, who has designed many outdoor spaces, including this one, which is also in Sacramento. "Designers always think about function when designing a kitchen inside the home, but when they step outside to create one, it's that thought that goes right out the door." More than just a pet peeve to Glassman, who has built his award-winning reputation on visualizing a home's exterior as another large room, it's a mistake. "You need to think about how the clients are going to use the space," he said. "Otherwise, you miss the opportunity to capitalize on its potential."

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