National Garden Bureau’s Top Ten Reasons to Garden Gardening as Therapy Get Gardening…Top Ten Reasons To Start! Mobile phones, tablets, and apps have become the tools of our modern lives. But it wasn’t that long ago that a shovel, a patch of soil, and a bag of seeds were the only tools needed to provide […]
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Gateways and Gathering Spots: Your Guide to Garden Gates, Gazebos, and More
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Impress your visitors with gates, gazebos, and other graceful garden structures that create warm welcomes and cool resting spots. Weary winter months make us long for spring, but chilly days serve a perfect purpose: planning garden additions. Walking in the winter garden helps you assess its bones—the structural elements of your […]
Seed Facts for Informed Buyers
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau With the new year comes new hope: for better health, to achieve your resolutions, and for gardeners, a bigger and better garden! That means that if you haven’t already finished your 2021 garden plans (good for you if you are one of those over-achievers!), then it’s time to do so […]
Cooking with lavender
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Written By: Janice Cox Author of: Beautiful Lavender Three simple recipes for cooking with lavender Lavender is so much more than a relaxing scent or a closet sachet. Lavender’s pretty purple buds and green leaves are a highly sought-after culinary ingredient. You will find it in restaurants around the world […]
Yes, you can! Create a garden with therapeutic benefits
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Written by Lesley Fleming, Nova Scotia Horticulture for Health Network Therapeutic gardens, typically seen at healthcare facilities, are “designed for use as a component of a treatment, rehabilitation, or vocational program… to meet the needs of a specific user or population…to accommodate participant’s goals and to facilitate people-plant interactions” (American Horticultural […]
Fall is the perfect time to plant shrubs
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Shrubs are some of the most reliable and hardworking plants in the garden. They are long-lived, big enough to make an impact while still fitting into gardens of any size (even container gardens!), and some offer the same flowers, fragrance, leaf color, or pollinator appeal as your favorite annuals and perennials. […]
Fall-planted bulbs lead to a colorful spring
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau Fall is in the air and that means it’s time for mums, pumpkins, apples … and planting spring-blooming flower bulbs! Invest an hour or two this fall to enjoy weeks of color next spring. Flowering fall bulbs have an important energy reserve. Inside each bulb is a reserve of stored energy that […]
Houseplants Make Us Happy, Keep Us Healthy!
Originally appeared at National Gardening Bureau The houseplant is making a comeback, and it couldn’t come at a better time than in the midst of a pandemic. With so many people these days working from home offices and generally spending more time in their kitchens, living rooms, and family rooms, houseplants provide environmental, health, and ornamental benefits […]
#FallisforPlanting Fall-Planted Bulbs Guarantee a Colorful Spring Garden
Fall-Planted Bulbs Guarantee a Colorful Spring Garden Fall is in the air and that means it’s time for mums, pumpkins, apples… and planting spring-blooming flower bulbs! Invest an hour or two this fall to enjoy weeks of color next spring. Flowering fall bulbs have an important energy reserve. Inside each bulb is a reserve of stored energy […]
#Fallisforplanting Perennials Plus Tomato, Bacon & Basil Tart 😋
Tips on planting your perennials this Fall Fall is a great time to add perennials to your Victory Garden 2.0! Fall may be a better time to plant perennials than spring. Like spring, fall has cooler, rainier weather that is more conducive to helping plants establish. Unlike spring, fall doesn’t subject freshly planted perennials to […]