Monthly Archives for March 2012
The future of garden bio-diversity is in our hands
The future of garden bio-diversity rests in the hands of thousands of amateur gardeners. As the large concerns continue to hybridize and focus on the “best sellers”, other more unusual varieties are shut out, and potentially lost. It’s through the … Continue reading
Pier 39 horticulture in good hands
Tulipmania has come and gone at Pier 39 in San Francisco. I had forgotten about the event it until reminded by a post at Far Out Flora last month. Every year this tourist hot spot on the bay puts together … Continue reading
Guerilla Gardeners, “dig, drop, done, move on”
The bulb industry is wondering how to invigorate the bulb trade. As we have talked before, bulb sales are way down and the bulb trade is looking for ideas. The have tried the Dig, Drop, and Done campaign, which was … Continue reading
Far Out!
Check out this cool blog from San Francisco, titled “Far Out Flora”. Megan And Matti write the blog from their home near Ocean Beach. The blog is a visual delight, filled with photographs of plants that grow in the frost … Continue reading
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot…
My last post “Want Bio-Diversity in the garden? Plant natives” elicited a comment from a nursery woman in St Louis, Ellen Barredo. She say’s, “The Horticulture Co-op along with the Missouri Botanical Garden hosted Doug Tallamy. Two weeks ago here … Continue reading
Want bio-diversity in the garden? Plant natives.
Did you catch the lecture by Doug Tallamy at the New York Botanical Gardens the other day? Neither did I, but there is a nice wrap up here. Dr. Tallamy is the Professor & Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology … Continue reading
Know Your Local Garden Pro
We had a new neighbor and customer come in yesterday all jazzed about growing their first vegetable garden. It seemed she was thankful to find someone to talk with about the local conditions. It seems that while The Internet has … Continue reading
What the frass?
While checking out the feeds of some of my favorite blogs I see one with the headline, “Can you believe this frass?” Carol, at May Dreams Gardens has my picture of insect frass in a bag. Seems Carol wrote a … Continue reading
Guerrilla Grafters
The mantra repeated in the horticultural trade businesses at this time is, if we don’t start a national campaign to promote gardening people will spend time doing something else. But, why go through all the expense and time of that … Continue reading
