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Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

September 25, 2018Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Planting Tips

Written by Melinda Meyers Fall is my favorite time to plant. The soil is warm, the air is cooler, and I am traveling less. Each fall I add new spring-flowering bulbs to my garden. This year double tulips are at the top of the list. Consider doing the same and help celebrate the National Garden...

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Stumbling Onto a Hidden Gem

September 14, 2018Backyard Habitat, Garden Planning & Design, Planning and Design

What do you think of when you hear Sonoma or Napa, California? Probably wine and of course, you are right. A recent business trip to Northern California included a half-day detour to Sonoma to explore what we thought was a small demonstration garden. We were amazed by the surprises hidden behind a nondescript parking lot...

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All Together Now!

July 5, 2018Container Gardening, Foodscaping, Vegetables

Written by: Erin Schanen When did vegetables and herbs become something to be segregated from flowers? So often you see a vegetable garden fenced off in a corner of the property and a flower garden near the house. It seems that at some point it was decided that vegetables are too ugly to be included in...

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21 Plants Pollinators Love!

June 21, 2018Backyard Habitat, Flower Gardening, Pollinator Gardening

Plant some of these pollinator-friendly plants in your garden and get ready to enjoy the fun and beauty! Seven tips to help bring pollinators to your yard and community! Plant flowers and plants that pollinators love to stop for! It's easy when you add some of these 21 new varieties highlighted above. It doesn't matter the...

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Impressions from California Spring Trials 2018

May 30, 2018Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Written by: Tracy Blevins Co-founder of Plantsmap.com To See These Plants at My Garden Center! The CA Spring Trials was an awesome adventure and I don’t know where to begin botanically. Instead, I would first like to thank Diane Blazek, executive director of National Garden Bureau for being such an awesome tour guide. She has been visiting the...

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Floral Watercolors: discovered at CAST 2018

May 23, 2018Container Gardening, Flower Gardening

Written By: Karen Chapman Author Of: Gardening With Foliage First As a garden designer, photographer, and writer, I’m always curious to see what new plants will be revealed on the prestigious horticultural boardwalk at the California Spring Trials (CAST). This year I had the honor of being invited to attend CAST as a guest of National Garden...

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Grow A Theme Garden - Try Something Different - National Garden Bureau

Try Something Different: Grow a Theme Garden!

May 11, 2018Backyard Habitat, Flower Gardening, Foodscaping, Kid's Gardening, Planning and Design, Pollinator Gardening, Vegetables

Written by Stephanie Rose Author of: Garden Made: a Year of Seasonal Projects to Beautify Your Garden and Your Life With busy schedules and jam-packed gardens, plants have to do double duty if they're going to fit into modern lives. We aren't just growing a vegetable or flower garden anymore. Now gardens have multiple purposes like...

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Team/Collegiate Color Combos for Your Garden

April 26, 2018Container Gardening

Create a Garden Color Combination to Show Your Support! Do you have a high school or college graduation party coming soon? Is your baseball team starting out the year with a great record and you want to show your support? Or are you an all-around passionate fan who wants to show your team's colors in...

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5 Steps to Obtaining an “Almost” Maintenance Free Landscape

April 26, 2018Planning and Design, Planting Tips

Written by: Benjamin Vogt Author of: A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future There is no such thing as a no-maintenance landscape… unless you literally just let it go and stay inside binge-watching the latest TV drama. Even if you have hundreds of acres you’re probably going to need to manage it…

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California Spring Trials…Here We Come

April 9, 2018Flower Shows and Festivals, Planning and Design

Every spring, breeders from around the world bring their brightest and newest varieties for the next growing season (2019) to California to get the horticulture industry drooling over next year's new offerings. It’s a mind-blowing week with literally hundreds of exciting new varieties that will be coming to the market (and your garden!) in 2019....

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Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

Stumbling Onto a Hidden Gem

All Together Now!

21 Plants Pollinators Love!

Impressions from California Spring Trials 2018

Floral Watercolors: discovered at CAST 2018

Try Something Different: Grow a Theme Garden!

Team/Collegiate Color Combos for Your Garden

5 Steps to Obtaining an “Almost” Maintenance Free Landscape

California Spring Trials…Here We Come

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