Gardening 101: Organic Gardening for Beginners
Many stores today carry products marked as organic -- from shampoos and soaps to cooking oil, fruits, and vegetables. Any product marked organic means it was manufactured or grown without the use...
A Place to Dream - Ten Steps to a Cottage Garden
A cottage garden has a charm unmatched by few other garden styles. It is a place to enjoy the bounty of nature, indulge your love of flowers, and most of all, to reflect and dream and get away from...
Embracing Diversity in Our Lawns: A Small Step Towards Big Conservation
In our quest for the perfect, pristine lawns, we often forget to consider the essential roles that what we often deem as 'weeds' play in supporting biodiversity. A paradigm shift is necessary, and...
Keukenhof - Tulip Capital of the World
Now that spring has sprung, your thoughts may be turning towards gardening. If you are in the market for tulips, the best place to buy them or just to see them - is the tulip fields of Keukenhof in...
The Cottage Garden Way
The English cottage garden of the past was a world of color, flavor, taste and scent. Traditionally, the gardens were filled with every flower, tree, vine, rose, herb and vegetable one wanted to...