2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers
May 11, 2023 – 10:29 pm | Comments Off on 2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers

Looking at five floral categories in the 200 largest U.S. cities, Lawn Love came up with these two lists.
They checked out access to flower shops and specialty-cut flower vendors, consumer ratings, and the number of …

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Fall Plant Sale at Swarthmore
August 10, 2015 – 8:57 am | Comments Off on Fall Plant Sale at Swarthmore
Fall Plant Sale at Swarthmore

The annual fall plant sale at the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, takes place September 11, 12 and 13, 2015.
If you’re lucky enough to be in the area twice in …

Flower of the Day: Daylilies
August 8, 2015 – 8:12 am | Comments Off on Flower of the Day: Daylilies
Flower of the Day: Daylilies

Colorful daylilies in full-bloom were on sale at a recent Farmers’ Market in Statesboro, Georgia.
(Photo ©2015 by Susan McKee, used with permission)

Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale
August 5, 2015 – 8:18 am | Comments Off on Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale
Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale

More than 100 exemplars will be on display during the annual show and sale by the Midwest Bonsai Society set for August 14 through 16, 2015, in the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, …

Sunflower Maze in Connecticut
August 3, 2015 – 8:36 am | Comments Off on Sunflower Maze in Connecticut
Sunflower Maze in Connecticut

Most farm field mazes are corn, but Lyman Orchards does it differently. Their maze at 52 South Street, Middlefield, Connecticut, is planted with sunflowers.
Open now through August 23, 2015, the hours are 9 a.m. to …

Book Review: “The Real Dirt on Composting”
August 2, 2015 – 8:35 am | Comments Off on Book Review: “The Real Dirt on Composting”
Book Review: “The Real Dirt on Composting”

C’mon: you know you should do it. Why waste all those vegetable peelings and carrot fronds when they could be turned into really good dirt?
Cheryl Wilfong has penned The Real Dirt on Composing (Heart Path …

Flower(s) of the Day: Summer Blossoms in Georgia
August 1, 2015 – 8:05 am | Comments Off on Flower(s) of the Day: Summer Blossoms in Georgia
Flower(s) of the Day: Summer Blossoms in Georgia

The tasting room of Creature Comforts Brewery in Athens, Georgia, is brightened by simple bouquets of gathered summer flowers.
(When you visit, be sure to try the Athena, a German-style wheat beer.)
(Photo ©2015 by Susan McKee)