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Mar29

Featured Garden: Wise Words Garden

A Community Garden in New Orleans

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Located in the heart of New Orleans, Wise Words Garden is a community garden that feeds and educates its neighbors. Motivated by Hurrican Katrina, its founder Joseph is passionate about sharing sustainable and affordable fresh food with his community. 

Mar24

Your Garden Show at the San Francisco Flower Show

This years theme, “Life in the California Garden,” highlights conservation practices and green design.

Kate Hoppe

Yesterday was the opening day of the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show at the San Mateo Event Center.  One of the largest of its kind in the United States, the SF Flower Show has been going strong for 25 years.  This years theme, “Life in the California Garden,” highlights conservation practices and green design.
Mar22

Featured Garden: Forest and Garden Community Garden

A Community Garden in Kew Gardens, NY

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Forest and Garden Community Garden in Kew Garden, NY is a place where children play and the elderly relax, making it a wonderful community experience.  

Mar14

Featured Garden: Laurie's Garden ~ St. Clair Shores, MI

A Bountiful Garden in Michigan

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Laurie's Garden ~ St. Clair Shores, MI is a bountiful collection of flowers and veggies. Laurie's garden is an extension of her home enjoyed by her friends and family with a pond that has koi and goldfish.  

Mar10

Join SXSW Award finalist YourGardenShow.com

Gardening website connects local food producers, garden bloggers and community members at Whole Foods this Saturday in Austin

Join South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Award finalist YourGardenShow.com, the free social network for gardeners, at Whole Foods Market (525 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX) Saturday, March 12, from 1 to 5 pm, and connect with local food producers and share gardening knowledge with press, bloggers and community members.

Mar07

Featured Garden: Steve's Japanese Maples

A Beautiful Tree Garden in Eugene, Oregon

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Steve's Japanese Maples is a collection of 70 Acer palmatums, mostly all different varieties planted from 1 to 5 gallon containers. Most under 7 years old.  Steve learned gardening from his grandmother and has had a gardening career his entire life.  He seems to know a thing or two about trees!  

Mar02

Featured Garden: My Nova Scotia East Coast Garden

An Inspiring Garden in Nova Scotia

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

My Nova Scotia East Coast Garden started as a blank slate 10 years ago.  Now Susan is tending to a beautiful garden that has taken on a life of it's own. She also was able to turn her hobby into landscape design/consultation biz.  Now that's inspiring!

Feb28

Featured Garden: The Green Gardener

An Experienced Gardener in Herald, California

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

The Green Gardener in Herald, CA has lots of great tips for new gardeneres in his video series. Patrick was taught the art of gardening by his grandfather and first cousin. Today he is a proud gardener of Monterey pine trees and several varities of vegetables on his farm south of Sacramento, CA.

Feb22

Featured Garden: Claire's Amsterdam Balcony

A Balcony Garden in the Netherlands

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Claire's Amsterdam Balcony located in Amsterdam is a great axample of what a gardener can do in a small urban space.  The garden even includes a handmade composter and a rain pipe watering system.

Feb21

Austin, Texas School Transforms Lawn into a Native Plant Garden

Study by simply taking the students outdoors?

Guest Blogger - Pam Penick

It takes vision to look at a half-dead lawn like this and envision a garden. However, teachers tend to be optimistic by nature. A few years ago, the 4th-grade teachers at Austin's Gullett Elementary imagined a garden of native Texas plants growing in this space.
Feb19

Nature Three Weeks Ahead of Schedule

Who is doing the year-to-year comparisons?

Your Garden Show - Claire Taylor

As of today, because we have had such a warm January, nature in the Netherlands is now three weeks ahead of schedule. But how does anyone really know? Who is doing the year-to-year comparisons? Where are they based? What else do they notice?

Feb18

Featured Garden: Ivy Street Garden

An Inviting Garden in Denver, Colorado

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Located in Denver, CO Ivy Street Garden was started by Gina Wilson, a master gardener who was greatly inspired by her grandmother.

Feb16

Featured Garden: My Village Garden

A Countryside Garden in France

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com.

Located in rural France, Our Village Garden is a romantic countryside garden blossoming in the shadows of a medieval chateau. Lynn, one of its keepers, is a longtime gardener and garden magazine professional, who moved from South Carolina to Burgundy, France in 2010.

Feb15

History: Maury Dattilo meets Francesco Intini

"The plants chose me, and took over."

By Maury Dattilo

In his forty-some years, more than thirty were spent in gardens and around plants. Since he was hired by Stefano Capitanio, owner and founder of Vivai Capitanio, the most important flower and plant vendor in the south of Italy, Francesco Intini has always been about plants and more plants.
Feb14

Featured Garden: Garden of Verdure

A Garden for all Seasons in Winter Springs, FL

The Featured Garden series presents weekly editor's picks of gardens from YourGardenShow.com. Congratulations to Garden of Verdure who was one of our winners in the Top Glog Contest!

Betty's front yard is sunny and somewhat like an English garden.  One side yard is sunny and is all plants (roses, flowers, herbs) and mulch.  The other side and backyard is mostly shade.

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