Garden Articles

Viburnums

Viburnums add beauty and structure to any landscape! With fragrant flowers, colorful berries, and easy-care growth, these shrubs thrive in various conditions. Discover top varieties, planting techniques, and expert care tips to enhance your garden.

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Shrub Bouquets

Shrub bouquets are the perfect way to enjoy fresh cuttings year-round! Learn which spring, summer, fall, and winter shrubs provide blooms, berries, and foliage for effortless, long-lasting arrangements. Enhance your garden with versatile woody plants that reward season after season.

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Heavenly Hosta

Hosta is a shade-loving perennial with striking foliage in various colors and sizes. Learn how to plant, care for, and design with hosta to enhance your garden. Whether for borders, containers, or ground cover, hosta creates lush, elegant outdoor spaces.

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Great Gifts for Mom

Mother's Day is the perfect time to surprise Mom with a gardening gift! From tools and décor to plants and personalized touches, discover ideas to make her day special. Show your appreciation and brighten her garden with something meaningful and beautiful.

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Rock Gardens

Create a beautiful rock garden! Discover how to plan, install, and choose the best plants for texture and year-round interest. Whether tackling poor soil, shady spots, or steep terrain, rock gardens offer elegant solutions for stylish, low-maintenance landscaping.

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Growing Vegetables in Pots

You don’t need expansive acreage to grow a thriving vegetable garden. In fact, growing vegetables in pots can be very productive and can bring a delicious, healthy harvest to your home no matter what type of garden space you may – or may not – have to work with. Why Grow Vegetables in Pots? Whether […]

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Sweet Peas, the “Queen of Annuals”

For many gardeners, it’s not the tulip or daffodil to forward to at the end of winter, it’s the sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) that declares, “spring is here!” The colors and sweet fragrance of these climbers announce the coming of warmer days like no other. Choosing Sweet Peas The hardest part of growing sweet peas […]

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Soil 101

How well do you understand your soil? It’s more than just dirt, and the more you learn about soil, the better you’ll be able to care for it to ensure a stunning landscape, healthy lawn and productive garden. All About Soil The four elements of soil are minerals, water, air and organic matter. Different combinations […]

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Trackable Tools

It’s the beginning of a new gardening season. Hopefully you took out last year’s journal in January or February and reviewed your notes on what you wanted to change, improve, experiment with or eliminate from your garden and landscape. Now is the time to begin implementing some of those great ideas, and it starts with […]

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Easter Plant Guide

Easter is a season of rebirth and renewed growth in the garden, and many beautiful plants can be lovely gifts to celebrate this spring holiday. Whether you want to give plants as thoughtful Easter gifts to friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, caregivers, teachers, or any other special person, or even just enjoy the plants yourself, […]

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Sustainability in the Garden

Every urban garden, no matter its size, can practice mindful sustainability. But what does that mean for your garden and the harvest you produce? What sustainability practices can you implement in an urban garden? Why Sustainability Matters We are growing ever more conscious about the fragility of our climate, ecosystems, and habitats. Practicing sustainability allows […]

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Early Spring Gardener’s Calendar

* Plan your summer vegetable and herb garden. We offer a wide selection of seeds that include all of your favorite annuals, perennials, vegetables and other novelties as well as many hard-to-find selections. Inventory your pots and flats and discard unusable ones. Make a list of the supplies you will need. Have your garden soil […]

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Creating a Meditation Space in Your Garden

Gardening can be a relaxing, therapeutic hobby as you nurture seedlings, encourage growth and bring your harvest to fruition. But if you just want to take a moment to breathe, reflect and center yourself, it isn’t necessary to get out the garden clogs, sharpen your hand tools or get dirt under your fingernails. Creating a […]

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What is “pH?” Why Is It Important?

Devised in 1909, the pH scale measures the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. The scale ranges from 0-14. Pure water is “neutral” and has a pH of 7, midway between 0 and 14. If a solution has a low concentration of hydrogen ions, the rating will be a higher number and is considered […]

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Growing Northern Blueberries

Like blueberries? Who doesn’t? These tasty and delightful little blue fruits are a powerhouse of antioxidants and nutrition, promoting a healthy heart, reducing inflammation, and boosting brain function. But did you know that blueberries are relatively easy to grow, do not require much space, involve minimal care, and come in a myriad of varieties? Whether […]

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