Tag: Gardens

The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show presents ‘Gardens for a Green Earth’

News from San Francisco Examiner: Who’s in town Laurie Santos, director of Yale University’s Comparative Cognition Laboratory, discusses her recent work involving “monkey economics.”[6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.] Lectures Christopher Twomey: The Naval Postgraduate School professor discusses tensions between the United States and China and whether they can be navigated without armed [...]

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The colorful Swan columbine series thrives in South Louisiana gardens

News from NOLA.com: Louisiana gardeners seldom grow columbines (Aquilegia species and hybrids) in their cool-season flower gardens. This probably is due mostly to unfamiliarity with columbines — there is no tradition of using columbines here in the Deep South — and lack of availability in local nurseries. That’s about to change. A relatively new hybrid [...]

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Start early spring gardens now

News from Muskogee Daily Phoenix: Spring almost requires that gardeners have a few blooming bulbs in front door flower beds, in outdoor pots and on windowsills. Now that cooler weather and soil are settling in, it is a perfect time to get started on bulb projects. In our area we can plant garlic, allium, tulips, [...]

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Glorious gardens

News from Allentown Morning Call:Two years ago on Valentine’s Day, Joe and Mary Pagats of Bethlehem Township found in their mailbox a Valentine from a stranger. That person, who regularly walks by their property, told them they loved their garden and thanked them for making the walk so enjoyable. Others who pass by their yard [...]

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From guerrilla gardens to suburban flower beds, ‘seed bombs’ can be a useful …

News from Washington Post: Thanks to new vending-machine distribution, the small, slow-release seed transporters are also bursting into flower in suburban window boxes, on highway medians and along eroded gullies. “Put in two quarters, turn the crank and you get a seed bomb,” said Daniel Phillips, an environmental designer who inherited some old candy machines, [...]

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Escapes: Touring the flower gardens of New York

News from Washington Post: Paul Serra, assistant curator at the Central Park Conservancy, greeted us at the Vanderbilt Gate on Fifth Avenue; he would be our guide for the 90-minute tour of the Conservatory Garden. This six-acre enclave in the northern part of Central Park is really three gardens in one: an Italian, a French [...]

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Meet Rick Hatfield from Springbrook Gardens Florist

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Local florist donating rare piece of local history to Airlie Gardens

News from WWAY NewsChannel 3: WILMINGTON, NC (NEWS RELEASE) – When Dana Cook bought and took over Julia’s Florist – and subsequently Rehder’s Florist – two years ago, she knew a box of Rehder relics existed in the shop’s attic. It remained untouched as she immersed herself in learning the ins and outs of her [...]

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