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Making the growing easy and successful with seed tapes - National Garden Bureau

Seed Tapes Makes The Growing Easy

Seeds and Seed StartingFebruary 27, 2020gail
Seed tapes are the easy, convenient, economical, and eco-friendly solution for planting your garden. Nothing, but nothing, beats the taste of delicious, homegrown, healthy, freshly picked veggies straight from your own garden. Written by David Arnold, Seed Developments With Spring just around the corner, now is the time to plan for a fabulous year-round harvest....
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Kids, Gardens & Games - A Natural Connection - National Garden Bureau

Kids, Gardens & Games

Kid's GardeningSeptember 5, 2019gail
Looking for some late summer projects and garden games for kids that are close to home and benefit the mind, body, and spirit? These garden games and projects offer children the opportunity to explore the natural world in a fun and informal setting. There are many lessons we can learn from flowers about patience, thoughtfulness...
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It's Time To Plant Your New Tulips for Next Spring - National Garden Bureau

New Tulips for Next Spring!

Flower Gardening, Planning and DesignAugust 27, 2019gail
It's not too early to start thinking about Spring!!! And what better way than with new Tulip Bulbs? Fall is the time to plant spring flowering bulbs and why not make next spring extra pretty with new Tulip varieties? Our NGB members' newest tulip bulbs will look amazing in your garden. Order early, these bulbs...
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The Perfect Mother's Day Book for any Gardener or... from National Garden Bureau members

A Book for Every Type of Mom!

Gardening BooksApril 29, 2019diane
Looking for a great Mother’s Day gift for your mom, grandma, or another great lady in your life? We’ve got a book for her!  Whether she loves DIY, lives in a cold climate, has young kids, is into fresh herbs or is a foodie, is environmentally conscious, is contemplative or just likes a pretty garden,...
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Grow Your Own Scent Garden with National Garden Bureau

Grow Your Own Scent Garden

Flower Gardening, PlantingApril 3, 2019diane
Add an extra dimension and bring new delight to your garden by adding scented flowers. Fragrant flowers add to the ambiance of your garden. Smell is the sense most closely linked with memory, so start creating new memories by adding a few fragrant blooms this year. Roses For All Rose Stiletto Hybrid Tea Rose Brindabella...
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Community Pride is part of American In Boom - National Garden Bureau

Inspiration x 10

Planning and Design, PlantingJanuary 25, 2019diane
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 mayor said, "We first thought it was...
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Fall is the Time to Plant a Colorful Spring Garden - National Garden Bureau

Fall is the Time to Plant a Colorful Spring Garden

Flower GardeningOctober 8, 2018gail
Planting Fall Bulbs = 3 Months of Spring Color! For me, spring starts when the yellow winter aconites and snowdrops peek through the soil in my garden. It has been as early as March 4th here in Wisconsin, but usually occurs around Tax Day – a day when I can always use a bit of...
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10 New Tulip Varieties for a Beautiful Spring Color

Flower GardeningOctober 5, 2018gail
New Tulip Varieties for a Beautiful Spring!  New tulip varieties planted in the fall, forgetting about them over the winter, and then being amazed when they first start appearing is a time-honored tradition (at least in my house). This spring you will be thrilled and delighted when these new tulips start appearing in your yard!...
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Vegetable, Herbs, and Flowers All Together Now! - National Garden Bureau

All Together Now!

Container Gardening, Foodscaping, VegetablesJuly 5, 2018gail
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 an ornamental garden....
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21 Plants Pollinators Love - National Garden Bureau

21 Plants Pollinators Love!

Backyard Habitat, Flower Gardening, Pollinator GardeningJune 21, 2018gail
Plant some of these pollinator-friendly plants in your garden and get ready to enjoy the fun and beauty! (View slide show below to see all 21 varieties) 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...
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