NEW LISTINGSKids’ After-School Gardening: Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Rd., Fort Pierce, 4:30-5:30 pm, Thurs., Sept. 8-Dec. 15. $10. Register: 772-464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens@org.DATED EVENTSJust Orchids: Plant sale. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 SE Westmoreland Blvd., 9 am-1pm, Aug. 27. 772-337-1959; pslbotanicalgardens.org.2012 Secret Gardens Tour: If you know of a .. more …
It used to be that a collection of seeds was a vital possession, and that protecting seeds from one’s own garden meant protecting a family’s food source and livelihood.”Seeds were smuggled from Russia, from places in Europe,” says Corina Reynolds, a Portland-based permaculturist who grew up with victory-gardening grandparents. “People would sew them into their [...]
Several area residents have been honing their growing skills this summer at the new Needham Community Farm site on Pine Street.Every Tuesday morning and Thursday evening, the two groups of gardeners meet at the old nike missile sit bordering Ridge Hill Reservation and learn about soil, planting, the benefits of different vegetables and more.”It’s supposed [...]
Aptonyms that amuse us–like the priest Father O’Pray, the dentist Dr. Payne or the meteorologist Dallas Raines–get us thinking. Are you destined to become a noted horticulturist if your name is Lili Singer?For the lily is perennial, ubiquitous, adaptive, rooting in both earth and water environments, seemingly delicate but actually strong. And it’s not much [...]
The legislation’s details will be worked out over the next few months as the ministry consults with stakeholder groups. The new legislation will help keep potentially toxic plastic residue out of our soil and water. For the gardening public, the legislative change means we have to be mindful of our purchasing choices and look to [...]
By WENDY HOBDAY HAUGHFor Ballston Spa Life B ALLSTON SPA – Kerry Mendez, owner of Perennially Yours gardening services, is passionate about helping gardeners of all ages and levels create stunning, sustainable, low-maintenance perennial gardens ideally suited to their own unique landscapes.”I want to help people become better gardeners and smarter, more efficient gardeners,” Mendez [...]
Vegetable gardens went out of style for a while, but they’re going gangbusters now.Ask anyone who does it, and you’ll get an earful about why: They say it costs less to grow than buy produce, it’s fresher, it tastes better, it prevents environmental damage, it’s healthier.And if you ask Kathy Mosier, a first-timer and mother [...]
MEDIA RELEASESchool of gardening launches free classeswith the ExpertsDATE: 8th August 2011Freegardening classes will be available to the general public atDaltons school of gardening which launches in Auckland on24th September 2011. The first of its kind, Daltons schoolof gardening will offer classes to gardeners of all levelson the last Saturday of each month from 2-4pm, [...]
CEDAR CITY – Cultivating growth by supporting small businesses is not a new concept, but using an economic development model that embraces the fundamental idea that entrepreneurs drive economies is, especially for rural Utah.Robin Phelps, a team leader for rural economic gardening program development by the National Center for Economic Gardening, told the more than [...]
Green gardening isn’t just about compost bins and rain barrels anymore.Sarah Hayden Reichard, professor of conservation biology at the University of Washington and author of “The Conscientious Gardener: Cultivating a Garden Ethic” (University of California Press, $27.50), says,”It’s an interconnected world, and when you do something in one place, it affects things in other places, [...]
