Ten Ways To Plan for Next Spring!
Spring bulbs blooming at White Flower Farm in Morris, CT Order Spring Bulbs-- Bulb catalogs arriving in our mailbo...
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What's Blooming in the August Landscape?
Vernonia spp. in the Brine Garden. Courtesy gardenlarge.com August can be a misunderstood month. As gardeners we put...
Cold Climate Tips for Getting Your Dahlia Tubers ...
We spoke with Lisa Ringer of Two Pony Gardens in Long Lake, MN about how she prepares for the dahlia season. Many p...
Plant Experiments are a good way to keep kids int...
We interviewed Rochelle Greyere, garden writer and designer, about creative ways she engages her kids in gardening. ...
Honoring Jane Colden with a Native Plant Garden a...
In the process of creating a successful public private partnership between a garden club and a state park in NY, a ...
Create A Living Ornament for your Tree
I got the idea for my living ornaments from a magazine called "State-By-State Gardening," whose author, Lisa Eldred...
To Grow Paperwhites That Won't Flop Over, A N...
We first published this article in 2013, and we have been republishing it every year since! A problem with paperwhit...
3rd Generation Peonies: Rochelle Greayer
Garden designer and writer Rochelle Greayer grew up in Colorado, but spent time at the family ranch in Montana wher...
Listening to the Story of Gardening with Jennifer...
The following is reprinted from the original article published last October in The Curious Gardener. Since then Jen...
Planting A Special Kind of Orchard
Michelle Lam’s happiest childhood memories are of sitting in fruit trees eating fruit on her parents’ farm in Hong ...
Forcing Bulbs Indoors and Getting your Amaryllis ...
If you received a free package of three Hyacinth bulbs, they are ready to be potted up indoors as soon as you get the...
How To Create A Meadow Garden
Katie Rose Hillegas and her husband Jay Erickson have created a 4-acre meadow garden at their home in Pawling, NY. ...