Article Archive for August 2014
Heading across the pond next month, Road Trips Gardener? Consider scheduling a stop at the Autumn Flower Show at Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, sponsored by the North of England Horticultural Society and held at the …
Andrea Wulf will talk about her book, /em>, at 2 p.m. October 18, 2014, in the Technology & Education Center, 708 West Seminary Road, Vevay, Indiana.
Wulf was born in India and moved to Germany as …
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By Jackson & Perkins
You love your roses, but you want something more. You want to mix in other plants, whether to create an even more aesthetically pleasing display or …
It’s hard to imagine a pedestrian shopping area in a European town without one or more flower stands. People buy their favorites to pot up indoors or display in a window box.
These pretty blooms were …
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This summer, immerse yourself in nature’s healing sanctuary, ‘Plantasia’, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, and experience the stimulating, transformative power of plants: from barefoot walking trails and …
Qingdao, a city on China’s east coast, is the host for 2014 International Horticultural Expo. The exhibit, open now, runs through October 25, 2014.
It features a 23,000-square-meter botanical gardens, which uses low-carbon climate-control systems to …
The ninth annual Tomato Tasting takes place August 30, 2014, at Heritage Farm, 3094 North Winn Road, Decorah, Iowa.
It’s sponsored by the Seed Savers Exchange. You can read about the 2013 event online.
Sample dozens of …
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Ask anybody with allergies how they feel about springtime and inevitably they’ll talk about red-eyes, itchiness, runny noses and sneezing … lots of sneezing. But what if you love gardening? …
“Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps” is a traveling exhibition sponsored by the American Society of Botanical Artists.
It’ll be on display at the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the he University of North Carolina at …