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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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A Garden Devotion

March 26, 2018Garden Planning & Design, Herbs, Pollinator Gardening

Written by Shelley S. Cramm (a book excerpt from NGB author members) God’s Word for Gardeners Bible is a devotional Bible for gardeners, featuring daily essays on a range of garden themes. It is an especially hallowed week in the garden, as the warmth of spring begins to wake up dormant plants with new life and...

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#TulipWatch

March 23, 2018Flower Shows and Festivals, Planning and Design

It's Spring and nothing says Spring as much as Tulip Festivals! 2018 is the Year of the Tulip and we thought we would celebrate by bringing you a list of tulip festivals! Here are a few of the Festivals that are going on this spring in celebration of Tulips! Planning to attend any of these...

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Five Fabulous Finds for Fall - National Garden Bureau

Friday Five – Five Fabulous Finds

October 20, 2017Container Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plant Care & Maintenance, Vegetables

Fall is transition time in the garden. It's time to properly overwinter your containers, harvest fall crops and make your own Hoop House for extending your growing season both this Fall/Winter and next Spring. It's also a time to gain some gardening knowledge and fun facts. Enjoy the season and these five fall finds! How...

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“Falling” For Your Garden

October 5, 2017Garden Planning & Design, Planting Tips

5 Fantastic Finds We found these fantastic blog posts to aid you with your Fall garden! From how to utilize those fallen leaves, to planting garlic and/or daffodils, to preserving the taste of the garden for winter or simply planning for next year, there is a lot to do in Fall! Feeding your garden soil: 12 creative ways...

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Top 10 Favorite Daffodils to plant in your home and garden from National Garden Bureau

Top 10 Daffodils for Your Yard and Garden

September 8, 2017Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Yellow trumpet daffodils are far and away the world’s most popular style of daffodils. But why stop there when the daffodil world has so much more to offer? According to the American Daffodil Society, there are 13 official daffodil flower types and more than 25,000 named cultivars! So how do you decide which varieties to plant...

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Coleus – Adding Color to Your Garden

May 16, 2017Container Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plants for Shade

Grown for its foliage, Coleus is one of the easiest and most diverse foliage in and out of the garden. Coleus can be used in garden beds, containers, and patio pots and then brought indoors for winter color! Coleus Care in the Garden: Coleus are quite tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. They...

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Coleus – Color All Season!

May 16, 2017Container Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plants for Shade

When you are looking for color that lasts the season through, think Coleus! Coleus has a long history of use in our gardens as a foliage plant and with new varieties each year, coleus has become an indispensable plant for many gardeners. This member of the mint family comes in a wide range of foliage coloration,...

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Tomato Talk – Let’s Grow This!

May 8, 2017Container Gardening, Planting Tips, Vegetables

Tomato History: Tomatoes wild relatives originated in South America, most likely in the Andes Mountains, but the fruit was not cultivated by the Andean people. Instead, it traveled over 2,000 miles north of its center of origin to Central America where the pre-Mayan people grew and domesticated the plants, naming them xitomatl. Hernán Cortés and...

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Why and How to Create a Healing Garden

April 11, 2017Garden Planning & Design

In the best of times flowers help us celebrate the joyous occasions in our lives. In more difficult times plants give us hope and inspiration to meet life’s challenges. The role of plants and gardens in healing is ancient. As early as 3000 B.C. the Chinese were using medicinal herbs. The Greeks built a temple…

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California Spring Trials…Here We Come

A Garden Devotion

#TulipWatch

Friday Five – Five Fabulous Finds

“Falling” For Your Garden

Top 10 Daffodils for Your Yard and Garden

Coleus – Adding Color to Your Garden

Coleus – Color All Season!

Tomato Talk – Let’s Grow This!

Why and How to Create a Healing Garden

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