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Attract Pollinators with Container Gardening - National Garden Bureau

Attract Pollinators with Container Planters

No yard? No problem! Container planters can help you play a part in attracting pollinators even if you don’t have a yard! In the United States one-third of all agricultural output depends on pollinators, we need pollinators and pollinators need us! Help the pollinators do their job by planting pollinator-attracting plants in your containers. Create...

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Grillscaping Love Your Food, Love Your Space - National Garden Bureau

Grillscaping: Grow Food You Love in the Space You Enjoy

Foodscaping, Planning and Design, Vegetables

Written by Mark Konlock, Director, Green Bay Botanical Garden, Green Bay WI We’ve all heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” Nowadays we also want to know more about the sourcing and production processes used to grow the vegetables and fruits that we consume. Are they organically grown? How far did they travel to...

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Urban Gardening Methods: Growing In Any Environment

Container Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Planting

Written by Kevin Espiritu Author of The Field Guide to Urban Gardening When you live in a concrete jungle, it seems like it’s impossible to find space to create an actual edible jungle. It's time for Urban Gardening! We all have this mental image of a garden as an outdoor paradise, sequestered from the house...

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The Best Flowers for Homegrown Bouquets

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Decorate your home with vases of beautiful blooms all summer long. The key to growing a productive cutting garden is planting a combination of annuals, perennials, and flowering bulbs. This way you will always have new flowers coming into bloom. Every flower farmer knows that summer-blooming bulbs are the backbone of a cutting garden. Bulbs...

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Community Pride is part of American In Boom - National Garden Bureau

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Planning and Design, Planting

By: Laura Kunkle, Executive Director America in Bloom Communities Transformed America in Bloom-participating communities send me photos each year of the transformative ways they are making their towns more welcoming and vibrant places to live, work, and play – benefitting from colorful plants and trees; enjoying clean environments; celebrating heritage, and planting pride through volunteerism. As one...

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Six Reasons Why Plants are More Than Just Pretty

Garden Planning & Design, Planning and Design, Planting

By: Laura Kunkle, Executive Director America in Bloom Plants can do all that?! Plants are “givers” – to you, your family, your office, and your community by offering environmental, economic, mental, and physical benefits. Sure, flowers, shrubs, trees are beautiful, but they are so much more. Below are six reasons that show how plants are more...

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12 Gardening Gifts that everyone will love - National Garden Bureau

12 Gardening Gifts Perfect for Anyone!

DIY Crafts & Gifts, Planning and Design

12 Gardening Gifts for Everyone on Your Gift List Still struggling on just what to get that gardener for this holiday season or birthday or "just cause" gift, then look no further than these 12 products that will bring a smile to any gardener on your list! Want to see more? Then take a peek...

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21 Gardening Books for Holiday Gift Giving - National Garden Bureau

The Best Gardening Books for Holiday Gift Giving

DIY Crafts & Gifts, Foodscaping, Garden Planning & Design, Herbs, Planting Tips

Looking for just the right Holiday gift for that special gardener? Then think Gardening Books! These gardening books will fit anyone's gardening fancy from specific varieties like Dahlias or Hydrangeas to making a better and more environmentally sound landscape. You'll find gardening wisdom and DIY projects. And don't forget to drop a few hints for...

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Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

Flower 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

Backyard 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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Attract Pollinators with Container Planters

Grillscaping: Grow Food You Love in the Space You Enjoy

Urban Gardening Methods: Growing In Any Environment

The Best Flowers for Homegrown Bouquets

Inspiration x 10

Six Reasons Why Plants are More Than Just Pretty

12 Gardening Gifts Perfect for Anyone!

The Best Gardening Books for Holiday Gift Giving

Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

Stumbling Onto a Hidden Gem

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