Yesterday turned out to be the ideal day for the first annual Fairfield County Plant Swap at the New Canaan Nature Center. About 25 garden enthusiasts came with tons of plants to swap. We even had one person drive up with a minivan full of variegated hosta and white bearded iris. Besides swapping plants, participants [...]
Archive for June, 2009
FREE Plants from the Plant Swap
Posted in Plant Possibilities, Plant Swap, Sustainable Gardening on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Book Preview: The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
Posted in Book Previews, tagged caring for perennials, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, Tracy DiSabato-Aust on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It dawned on me the other day that as a professional landscape designer and gardening coach there are a few books that I refer to all the time. In gardening, just like many other pursuits, you often find conflicting information. It’s important to find a source of tried and true, reliable information so you don’t make needless [...]
Anyone Want Some Free Plants?
Posted in Plant Swap, Sustainable Gardening, Zone 6 gardening on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Free plants? Sounds too good to be true but it is. A great way for gardeners to get free plants is to participate in a local plant swap. Never heard of a plant swap? A plant swap is an old concept that is getting lots of attention these days. Simply put, a plant swap is an [...]
GOOPs… I Think I Bought the Wrong Tree!
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, GOOPS (gardening Oops!), tagged gardening mistake, Golden Chain Tree, Golden Rain Tree, GOOPS, Koelreuteria paniculata, Laburnum x watereri, poisonous seed pods on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the first of the month and for garden bloggers that means it’s time to fess-up and tell each other about the mistakes we’ve made along the way in our gardens. The inspiration for Gardening Oops! (GOOPs) comes from Joene Hendry, a fellow garden coach and author of Joene’s Garden. My GOOPs this month deals with [...]
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