Blog - Playing in the Dirt

The style of container garden, known as trough gardening or English trough gardening began in the mid 1800s. It was popular at the time to collect specimen plants from around the world and the container they decided to best show off their miniature plant collections, was the watering troughs used [...] Read Full Article

On a cold, gray day like today, its easy to catch yourself daydreaming about spring - the warmer weather, the sunshine, the spring green on new leaves everywhere and the flowers. Spring is on its way and the beautiful early spring blooming trees and shrubs are budded up now. Some [...] Read Full Article

Green - grassy, leafy, mossy, lush, verdant, and fresh are all synonyms of green. For as many different words as there are for green there are different shades of green: Apple green, spring green, lime green, emerald, hunter green, blue-green, teal, sea green, pine green, Christmas green, yellow-green, pistachio, olive [...] Read Full Article

Do you have spring fever and you're itching to garden - but it's still just a bit too cold outside? Create an indoor miniature garden in glass. Glass gardens known as terrariums are a fun project for a cold day.  Shopping list  glass container gravel or small pebbles crushed charcoal potting soil several 2 - 4 [...] Read Full Article

You've probably noticed spring flowering bulbs like daffodils and crocus have started blooming. Bulbs are planted a season before they bloom. To have spring blooming bulbs plant them in the fall. And, now is the perfect time to plant your summer blooming bulbs like Dahlias, Gladiolus, Lilies and Caladiums. With [...] Read Full Article

Plan your garden for year-round blooms. Choose plants that bloom in all for seasons. There's nothing better than to look outside on a gray, winter day and see flowers blossoming. It can really lift your spirit. Pansies brighten our gardens from fall to spring. They are a tough winter blooming annual [...] Read Full Article

Early February is a perfect time to start seeds indoors. Seeds of peppers, tomatoes and eggplants have a longer germination time. Starting them now will give them plenty of time to establish so they are ready to be transplanted outside as soon as we pass our frost-free date. How to Start [...] Read Full Article

Brrrr... when it's cold out we tend to long for spring and all the beauty that it brings. But, if you look around you can find plants that really shine in the cold weather.  Many plants have foliage or bark that's color changes or intensifies in the winter.  These are [...] Read Full Article

There's nothing quite like opening the door on a late winter day to a decadent aroma coming from the garden. It heralds that spring is near and invites us outside to enjoy our gardens again. As we anxiously look for signs of spring, there are a few shrubs that are [...] Read Full Article

Start the new year with a new houseplant and a healthier, greener home. Houseplants not only add beauty indoors, they improve the health of our environments. By releasing oxygen and decreasing dust and pollutants in the air they remove contaminants and help us to fight colds. The peaceful zen feeling [...] Read Full Article