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How to create a Kid's Storybook Gardens - Ideas for Kids Garden - National Garden Bureau

Storybook Gardens: The Cutest New Idea for Kids’ Gardens

Storybook Garden Ideas for Your Kids! Storybook Gardens: The Cutest New Idea for Kids’ Gardens Encourage the love of reading and gardening with your favorite little people by pairing perfect books with great outdoor adventures! It’s easy to design and plant a creative play space based on beloved children’s storybooks. From how-to books for the...

Growing Hardy Hibiscus from Seed - National Garden Bureau

Grow Hardy Hibiscus from Seed!

Flower Gardening, Perennials, Seeds and Seed Starting

Easy Steps to Grow Your Own Hardy Hibiscus Yes, You Can Grow Hardy Hibiscus from Seed! When it comes to adding drama and flair to the garden, you don’t need to look any further than this year's featured flowering shrub; our very own, native Hardy Hibiscus. Hardy Hibiscus are deciduous shrubs, perennial in zones 4-9...

Ten Victorian Flowers We Still Love

Flower Gardening

Top 10 Victorian Flowers We Still Grow Today! How Victorian Flowers were Brought to Our Garden In the early decades of the nineteenth century gardeners cultivated vegetables and herbs. There was little time or energy for flower gardening since most of the population lived on farms where working the soil took up most hours of the...

Companions for NGB’s Plants of the Year

Garden Planning & Design, Planting Tips

Love This? Plant These, Too! Companions for Our Plants of the Year It’s a Major Award—but you’re the one who wins! Each year, National Garden Bureau selects five top-performing plants, designating them with the “Year of” status. One edible, one annual, one perennial, one bulb, and one shrub achieve the coveted “Year of” status. For...

Sweet Potato The Super Food - National Garden Bureau

Hidden Treasures

Recipes, Vegetables

Sweet Potato the Super Food Last year I utilized the new Treasure Island Sweet Potato vines in my patio containers and this gardener found a new appreciation for these tuberous vegetables. And I’m ready to celebrate this superfood with my fellow gardeners. This root vegetable has seen an increase in popularity, especially compared to ‘regular’...

The Inside Scoop for Buying Seeds & Plants - National Garden Bureau

Ask The Experts…about #SeedFacts

Seeds and Seed Starting

The “Inside Scoop” on seed and plant buying! #seedfacts How do I know if the seed I’m ordering is fresh? Look at the seed package date and if it lists a “Packed for” date, you’ll know exactly which garden season it was packed for. If you have not yet ordered, ask that question of customer...

Seed Facts for Informed Buyers

Seeds and Seed Starting

With the new year comes new hope: for better health, to achieve your resolutions, and for gardeners, a bigger and better garden! Gardening is at an all-time high right now, because COVID-19 put us in stay-at-home mode, and it looks like that will continue for the near future. For the millions of new gardeners out...

Thank Goodness 2021 is the Year of the Monarda!

Flower Gardening, Perennials, Pollinator Gardening

The Year 2020 Has Made One Thing Clear... We Have A Great Deal To Look Forward To! I suppose one has to brain dead or living in a cave to not realize that the year 2020 was not quite normal. What with politics, storms, and a pandemic, it is not surprising, given the shutdowns and...

Gardens of the Future Survey Results - National Garden Bureau

What Does Your Future Garden Look Like?

Planting

Gardens of the Future Survey Results In celebration of National Garden Bureau's 100th anniversary, we conducted a "Future of Gardening" survey. We think you'll be interested in what your fellow gardeners (or you, if you took the survey!) have to say. Our main goal was to get an overall vision of what today's gardeners think...

Holiday Gardening Gifts!

DIY Crafts & Gifts, Gardening Books, Planting

It might be a very strange holiday season this year, and we might not be able to see our loved ones in person, but that doesn't mean you can't give them something special! Give your special gardener the perfect Holiday Gardening Gifts they will love even after the holiday season like a new tool, book,...