Gardening products – hoses, fertilizers, etc – and garden shows everywhere.
I have but one request of nursery and garden center personnel. Could we please stop treating all customers as though they’re buying the first plant for the first garden they’ve [...]
There's something very precious about white flowers. Depending on the plant, colourful flowers can be showy and full of beauty, yet there's something quietly majestic about the beauty of a [...]
I would guess that most intrepid gardeners don’t mind getting wet during the heat of the summer. Whether I am actively being rained upon, or down in the beds weeding [...]
Way back in 2007 I was one of three garden coaches profiled in the New York Times, a story that CBS Sunday Morning picked up on immediately by interviewing me [...]
Meet Claudio Vazquez, co-owner and -founder with Amanda McClean of Izel Native Plants, seen in D.C. last week outside the Smithsonian's Ripley Garden. On the right, the free Izel t-shirt [...]
Plants for sale at Lillian Farms. Like most gardeners in my area, I'm still mourning the 2019 closing of our favorite garden center after 89 great years. (Its [...]
On a podcast I listened to recently (and sorry - I forget which one) I heard this question: If native plants perform better than nonnatives, why have garden centers sold [...]
I just removed the plastic wrap at the top and planted the Agastache as-is. If this looks like a paid post, I promise it's not! I'm just excited [...]
You know how once you click on ONE thing, you immediately start seeing dozens more in your social media feed? Well, my feed has been filling up with gardening T-shirts [...]
Guest Rant by Kamryn Everett Two years ago in February, I walked into a local branch of a big box retailer and was taken by surprise when I saw a [...]
Trustworthy information is worth paying for, but that’s not the only reason to respect the need for publications and websites’ to put up paywalls. Writers, editors and designers – just [...]
Bird Raccoon Bath Some years ago I bought a bird bath and followed all the rules for getting the most bird visitors - like placing a perfectly shaped pan at [...]
