Soon a flock Garden Fairies will be shuffling off to Buffalo, participants at the upcoming garden festival symposium. Garden Fairies are magical creatures with special powers, so we could just don our fairy wings and buzz off to Buffalo. But this time of year, we opt to fly commercially over…
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Buffalo-area Garden Walks Blooming
Buffalo’s Garden Walk fever has spread to 17 other locales in Western New York. I give a neon-glowing-green thumbs-up to anyone involved in garden walks and tours; hosts, volunteers and organizers. I know how much work a garden walk or tour takes, having done two garden tours with The Garden…
Shuffle Off To Garden Walk Buffalo
Buffalo, you might be saying, “what about snow?”. Well in fact, snow makes a great cover for gardens. When the weather breaks in Buffalo the city starts to bloom up a storm. If you are lucky enough the make it to Buffalo the last weekend of July you will see…
The Not-so-accidental Garden Tourist
My husband knows the routine; if we go out of town, horticultural areas of interest must be included in our itinerary. I am a plant nut and he’s a car enthusiast, so trips are researched with our two passions in mind. We have had ample opportunities to see lots of…
Growing Hollyhocks and Roses in Florida?
Long considered northern mainstays, hollyhocks and roses can bring color to your freeze-ravaged, early-spring Florida garden.
Gardening generationally with the Garden Fairies
Gardening generationally is a great way to jump start a new garden transformation. Buying a house with a yard that needs work can be daunting proposition for a first time homeowner. The process can be made easier when you are able to enlist the help of a small army of…
Calling all mosaic mavens and mosaic wanna-bees
Join us Sunday March 14th at Heather’s purple cottage to help in our first large group session. If you can’t make it this Sunday, stay tuned for addition sessions. Making the mural is a big project that will take many sessions to make. In order to get our groove going…
Our Tarpon Springs mosaic mural project is a go!
Our long-time-coming Tarpon Mural project is a go! The Why and the How We have been involved in a planning process to do a mural in Tarpon Springs for three years. Part of the time was spent raising funds many through our garden tour last year and the other time…
February: add veggies and color
February in Florida- It’s time to add veggies and color to your garden The freeze this year has left many of our Florida gardens looking drab and depressing. It was best to wait out all of January to plant anything this year, due to our unusually cold days and nights.…
Reviving your frozen frazzled yard
Reviving your frozen frazzled yard: a five-step program If you are on the verge of trimming dead branches, you will be committing foliage-cide!. Resist, resist! Trimming prematurely can cause even more damage! I am receiving lots of calls and emails from stressed out gardeners who are wondering what to do and what…