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 co...

Design a Tropical, Low-Maintenance Summer Container Garden

Our gardens can have many different looks, themes, and characteristics to give us that unique feel we all crave as gardeners, and one look many of us seek year after year is a bold, tropical look. ...

Summer Harvest Abundance in Outdoor Container Gardens

Summer is the season of abundant harvests! From loads of tasty tomatoes and peppers to delicious fresh herbs, growing your favorite food crops in a container garden has never been easier thanks to ...

Herbal Teas: Planter to Table

Herbal Teas: Planter to Table

Warm your heart, mind and stomach with a hot cup of herbal tea  As the days get cooler and we start to celebrate with family and friends, warm herbal teas can always bring back childhood memories, and perhaps one or more from past generations. Growing up in the...

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Quick Tips for Styling a Tropical Planter

Quick Tips for Styling a Tropical Planter

In the sunshine state you can never go wrong with tropical plants. When I think of Florida, the first things that come to mind are the hot sun, swimming pools, lush plants, and colorful flowers. What better way to encompass all these elements than with a planter of...

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America In Bloom: The Future Is Bright

America In Bloom: The Future Is Bright

America in Bloom (AIB) recently hosted its annual symposium in St. Louis, Missouri this September, where towns from all over the US met to share their garden successes and collaborate. AIB is an organization that promotes the beautification of cities and towns through...

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Container Gardening in Small Spaces

Container Gardening in Small Spaces

Landscape and garden design can be an overwhelming endeavor to take on, especially for novices who believe they were born without a green thumb. Throw in a small outdoor space - especially a hardscape heavy one such as a terrace or rooftop - and it can be completely...

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Sustainable Container Gardening

Sustainable Container Gardening

It’s not news that we are failing our planet - creating too large of a carbon footprint, depleting natural resources, neglecting biodiversity and wasting water. The effect of this neglect extends well beyond humans - the lack of stewardship disrupts every major...

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Fertilizer & Container Gardening

Fertilizer & Container Gardening

Plants need nutrients just like we do- that's where fertilizer for plants comes in. Every gardener wants their plants to live long and healthy lives. As plant parents we know that plants have three fundamental needs- sunlight, water, and nutrients. Fertilizer is an...

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