Everybody Loves The Flower Girl: Meet The Boutique Gardener
“Liv, do what you love and the money will come.” When you were younger what did you dream of doing when you grew up? Maybe you still are dreaming about your future and what your career path will...
Container Gardening 101: Basic tips for Beautiful Gardens
The Ten Commandments of Container Gardening Ok, boys and girls, it’s time to gather ‘round for a lesson on container gardening for beginners. Put on your best overalls and finest gardening glove...
How to Create a High-Impact Summer Foodscape Container Garden
Before you begin planting, here are a few important tips to keep in mind for a successful container gardening experience! Location Full sun is best for traditional vegetables, which means 4-6+ hours of direct light. This exposure will ensure that you will have ample harvests from fruiting varieties such as eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes all summer long. If you happen to garden in more shade, however, have no fear! Leafy greens like kale, lettuce, and…
Summer Container Gardening Care and The Tools Needed to Get …
Summer flowering containers add interest, color, texture, depth and a unique sense of personality to your outdoor spaces. With so many options available during the summer months, filling up your containers with all the beautiful, colorful plants and flowers you want is an easy task. In order to keep your plants and flowers looking beautiful…
Add Summer Beauty with Annual Flowers
With the return of warm weather, our thoughts turn to spending time in our gardens. For many of us, that means adding colorful annual flowers. Annual flowers are an easy way to add beauty to your outdoor space through the summer. Whether you plant them in the ground, in gardening containers, hanging planters, or even…
Chapter Three: Using the Origami Planter for Summer Flower Container …
The third chapter in the Origami planter container gardening story took a turn for the worse. Weather and pestilence were not my friends. I planted and staked a lovely, sturdy, eight-inch-tall Sun Gold tomato in the center of the container garden and surrounded it with golden French marigolds for a color echo, as well as…
Greens for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
After a very long, cold, and fussy Spring, we finally have delicious mixed, cut-and-come-again greens whenever we want them. Quite some time has passed since I planned out my edibles container. So long, in fact, that the first large harvest tasted like, well, a triumph. There is something so satisfying about finally eating something you…
Container Gardening with Herbs
Fresh herbs add delicious flavor to your favorite dishes that dried herbs just don’t compare to. However, the limp herbs on your grocery store shelf are expensive and aren’t always the best option. The good news is that you don’t have to settle for herbs from the supermarket – they are easy to grow on…