Articles tagged with: garden

May15

Featured Garden: Fluttering Flower Garden

A flower garden in Westland, Michigan

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

Located in Westland, Michigan, Fluttering Flower Garden is a colorful and diverse, flower-filled garden.

May08

Featured Garden: Green Kathleen's Chicken Junction

A raised bed garden with chickens in Arlington, Texas

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

Located in Arlington, Texas, Green Kathleen's Chicken Junction is a raised garden featuring organic vegetables, chickens and rabbits.

May01

Featured Garden: Gypsy Garden

A backyard flower and vegetable garden in Greencastle, Indiana

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

Located in Greencastle, Indiana, A Gypsy Garden is three gardens in one - producing veggies for the kitchen, flowers for cuttings and food for butterflies.

Apr24

Featured Garden: Artist-Run Container Garden

An artist's container farm in Chicago, Illinois

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

Located in Chicago, Illinois, the Artist-Run Urban Apartment Container Farm is a green-filled deck garden utilizing creativity to grow plants in a small space.

Mar30

Support Bees with the Native Bee Perpetual Calendar

April Bee of the Month: Osmia lignaria

The “Garden Variety Native Bees of North America” perpetual calendar is both a guide to some of our more common native bees and a gardening calendar that never goes out of date. This month's featured calendar bee is Osmia lignaria (Mason Bee).

Mar22

An Inside Look at the Founders' Garden

Take a peak over the garden fence

YourGardenShow - Tom Finerty

Spring is indeed a time of renewal and fresh starts and, for the founders' family, it also heralds exciting possibilities. This year the founders' garden will get a new name, new farm hands and new life as they endeavor to grow out their small farm in Umbria, Italy, with over 100 plant varieties.

Feb03

Building Hardscapes Around Trees

Considerations to help your trees thrive

Guest Blogger - Robert Kourik

In the building of hardscapes, such as parking lots, sidewalks or outdoor patios, due consideration of trees in the landscape is needed to prevent damage or even death. Robert Kourik offers some guidelines to allow for the adequate space needed for root growth near hardscape areas.

Jan17

Fun Garden Activities for Kids, Part 1

Homemade Plant Pots for Starting Seedlings

Kate Hoppe

Engaging activities are key to getting kids, particularly teenagers, excited about the garden. A discovery I made working with youth in a summer program on local farms and in school gardens. In this blog series I will detail some fun and easy garden activities that have been tested in the field and kid approved.

Jan13

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 16, 2012

Visit a local MLK Jr. Garden, Park or Memorial

Citizens will be paying homage this weekend and on Monday, January 16, 2012, to one of our greatest Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. Here are some MLK Jr. Gardens, Parks and Memorials from across the country that you might consider visiting in honor of Dr. King.

Nov17

Deter Hungry Deer, Plan a Fence for Next Spring

On building a deer fence that looks good & gets the job done

Guest Blogger - Robert Kourik

Now’s a good time to plan a fence for next year’s skirmish with pesky deer. A proper fence is the reliable way to keep these hungry ungulates at bay.

Nov10

Sheet Compost this Fall for Healthy Soil in Spring

Sheet compost before snow falls then sit back & let nature improve your soil

Guest Blogger - Robert Kourik

Robert Kourik reveals how to improve the soil during the winter without digging by using sheet composting. Sheet composting refers to the use of thin layers of compostable material laid out over the soil like a thick mulch.

Oct26

Grow to Learn Grows Students with New York City School Garden Program

Citywide initiative offers training, grants & more to 1,600 schools

Grow to Learn's School Garden Coordinator, Erica Keberle, talks with us about the Grow to Learn initiative in New York City and how the organization is working to sustain and support school gardens that will engage students in active learning.
Sep21

Our Year Without Groceries

A Family Reflects on the Rewards & Challenges of Growing All Their Own Food

Guest Blogger - Rachel B.

In early September of 2010 my husband and I had this crazy idea about giving up the grocery store. We felt that we just couldn't trust the food available anymore and we wanted to buy directly from farmers. Being complete gluttons for punishment we decided that for the last 3 months we wouldn't buy any food at all and rely entirely on what we raised, grew and already had on our shelves.
Aug19

Historic Ferns in One of Nation's Most Beautiful Indoor Spaces at Mercy of Elements

Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory Races Against Nature to Repair Damage from Storm

Six weeks ago Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the largest conservatories in the United States, often referred to as "landscape art under glass," incurred extensive damage from a hailstorm that battered the glass roofs of four major plant rooms.

Aug18

Featured Garden: Fats Green Garden

A Backyard Garden in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

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

Located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Fats Green Garden is a backyard garden inspired by and in honor of Christine's grandparents.

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  • Thanks for the post! Very helpful for me!
  • these are some great ideas, i love it!:)
  • Beautiful garden and animals and I'm sure it's difficult to do that in the hot Texas weather! So how do I grow a Cliff so I can have a...
    Kelly

    Kelly

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  • Kathleen has some wonderful Ideas!
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  • My lilac bushes, usually in bloom just in time for mother's day, have already peaked and are beginning to die back. I have one bish that...
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