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  • PURPLE AND RED

    Purple was once reserved for royalty. Only kings and queens could wear the color. Now, we can clothe our gardens as well as ourselves in this regal shade. I remember one of the questions we were asked when we were studying to become Master Gardeners: "...
  • FALL’S TIMELY GARDEN TIPS

    ● Collect seeds from Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials. ● Use a tomato cage as a frame to hold up blankets, sheets, or landscape fabric above tall plants when an early frost threatens. Remove it the next day. ● Hang a shoe holder in your potting s...
  • OCTOBER In My SOUTHERN GARDEN

    Two weeks gone from the garden doesn’t seem like a lot, but two weeks out of the last four is a long time to be away. Today I took a stroll and took stock of what’s happening in these cooler days of autumn. There are clouds of blue mistflower, Eupato...
  • FALL TREE PLANTING

    PLANT TREES PLEASE Harvest season means change. Now it’s time to change out our wardrobe, not just to warmer clothes but also to the deeper colors of the season. The fall season inspires designers to decorate jackets, sweaters, and jewelry with the je...

Gardeners' Quotes

"Making a connection to a woodland garden isn’t dependent on a grand space or budget. My first garden was on an eighth-acre urban lot in Newark, Delaware…planted the tiny space with woodland ferns, wildflowers, and shrubs..," Rick Darke, The American Woodland Garden-Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest.