Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

What are those special ingredients that elevate a garden into a stylish and unforgettable space? What’s the best way to unleash your garden personality, and how can you create an outdoor place that’s uniquely your own? Just in time for another… [Continue Reading]

Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox

“Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd.” But forget about buying me “some peanuts and Cracker Jack,” as the 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer recommends. I would much rather tour the new 5,000… [Continue Reading]

Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox

Creating a Cottage Garden

A proper cottage garden, explains Oxford Dictionary, is defined as "an informal garden stocked typically with colourful flowering plants." And that's the type of garden I've created at my home (Zone 6B/7), as you can see above. From self-seeding poppies… [Continue Reading]

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Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden

One of my favorite childhood memories was running around the garden until dinner time, chasing after lightning bugs and catching tadpoles. Sadly, too many kids spend most of their summer time indoors, playing on video games or watching TV. This lack… [Continue Reading]

Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden

Garden Tour: Arkansas Governor’s Mansion

May 2, 2011
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It seems only appropriate that tornado warnings were swirling during my recent tour of the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. After all, this official property had experienced a devastating tornado a while back, and my group was here to see the new garden designed by P. Allen Smith, as part of the first annual Garden2Blog event.

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Book Review: And I Shall Have Some Peace There

April 23, 2011
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Imagine one day you decide to give up the big corporate job, with a staff of 150 people, and move to a rural setting in upstate New York. Would you have the guts to leave behind the prestige and financial security? And how would it feel that first winter, when the low temperatures averaged -15 degrees […]

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Great Horned Owls, Porcupines and Earth Day

April 19, 2011
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  Every once in a while, Mother Nature smiles upon us. That is what has been happening to us this spring. In the trees near our house, there is a family of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) raising two hatchlings right above our walking trail.  It’s a treat to watch these typically nocturnal birds each day, as we […]

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‘Tom Thumb’ Peas Are Big Performers

April 13, 2011
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Few vegetables taste better than freshly picked peas. But not everyone has the room to grow and support peas in their gardens.  If you have a small, sunny garden, all is not lost, however. There is an heirloom pea that thrives in small spaces like balconies and porches. Come take a peek… Photo by Isabel Gomes […]

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Who Won? That’s a Tough Question

April 11, 2011
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 Over the last week, hundreds of you took the time to share thoughts about gardening in the hopes of winning Spring Fling Garden Giveaway prizes. Your responses came in from far-flung places like New York City and Toronto to Kansas, Oregon, Ohio, Texas and California.  In fact, I got so many great comments, I’m sharing several here. Because when it comes to gardening, […]

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Win Raised Garden Bed Kit and Planting Kit!

April 8, 2011
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Raised garden beds are a great way to grow flowers and vegetables. These beds warm up faster in the spring, and remain productive longer in the fall.  Soil drainage is better in raised beds too. And it’s easier to improve and customize your soil quality in raised beds as well. That’s why Seasonal Wisdom is delighted to give away a […]

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Win Annie’s Annuals $50 Gift Certificate

April 7, 2011
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If you love rare or historic flowers, or romantic cottage flowers reminiscent of an earlier time … then you will adore Annie’s Annuals. Based in Richmond, California, this charming garden center and mail order company has won fans from around the United States for its delightful annuals, perennials and California native plants. The pink flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum ‘Claremont’) shown above is one […]

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P. Allen Smith Hosts Garden2Blog Event … And More

April 6, 2011
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When it comes to gardening and gracious living, P. Allen Smith is well-known nationally for his exquisite taste and knowledge. After all, The New York Times called this award-winning landscape designer, book author and TV personality, “The Martha Stewart of the South.” That’s why I was incredibly honored (and surprised) to be invited to his Garden Retreat this month with 20 other bloggers. […]

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Win Solar Lighting from aHa!Modern Living

April 5, 2011
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When it comes to outdoor lighting, why settle for the ordinary? Especially, when you can wow them in the garden with these elegant solar lanterns? These Soji lights may evoke delicate Japanese paper lanterns, but they’ll stand up well in your garden.  Best of all, aHa! Modern Living is giving away one for free in today’s Spring Fling […]

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Win Corona Tools Pruner and Authentic Haven Brand Teas

April 4, 2011
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Seasonal Wisdom turns to Southern California’s renowned farming heritage for the next Spring Fling Garden Giveaway prize package.  Both Corona Tools and Authentic Haven Brand Teas share deep historic roots in California’s agricultural and gardening communities. Enter to win prizes from both of these companies today!

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