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Pruning Tips
As the season approaches its end, a common question that comes up is how to care for plants in the landscape during the off-season. Specifically, when do you prune your plants? Unfortunately, the answer is not the same for each plant. Depending on the kind of plant and variety, you want to prune at different…
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Container Garden Contest!
It’s that time of year again! The past few years we’ve held a summer gardening contest. This year we’re doing it again – but we’re shaking things up a bit. We’ve loved seeing everyone come in this year for the container workshops, as well as putting together their own plants to make custom containers.…
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Fall Prep for Next Year’s Garden
So here’s a question we’ve been getting a lot lately: “What can I do to my garden now so everything will grow really well next spring?” This is an especially common question for people who have had an underwhelming growing season this year – usually due to soil that is spent (meaning all of its…
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Plant Diseases and Pest Products
Having troubles with some of your plants? One of the first steps for treating a disease or pest with your plants is to identify what’s wrong. This can be done in a variety of ways. There are plenty of books to identify pests and diseases, however, if you don’t have anything at hand at home,…
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And the Winners Are…
Voting has officially come to an end for our Second Annual Fairy Garden Contest! Thank you again to everyone who took the time to vote! It was great to see all the different landscapes and designs of fairy gardens that people are making! And now, what you’ve been waiting for: the results of the contest! Third…
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Time to Vote! – Fairy Garden Entries
The deadline for entries has come and gone! Thank you so much to those who submitted pictures of their fairy gardens! We’ve gotten a fair amount of submission this year, and we can’t wait to show them to you! So here they are – it’s time to vote!! There are two ways to vote – you…
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2nd Annual Fairy Garden Contest!
It’s that time of year again! Summer is finally here, and it’s time for our 2nd annual Fairy Garden Contest! We are so excited to see everyone’s miniature fairy gardens! We had a great time this spring working with many of you to make your own gardens in our Fairy Garden Workshops, but now it’s…
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The Workshops Await!
Happy Spring! It’s our favorite time of year again! And with spring comes (drumroll please…) WORKSHOPS! We are so excited to be offering three different workshops starting this month! As in previous years, we have a variety of dates available for Fairy/Miniature Garden Workshops! It has been like Christmas in the greenhouse opening all our new houses,…
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And the Winners Are…
The voting for our fairy gardens contest has officially ended, and we have tallied up the voting to determine the winners! Third place goes to Connie Thompson with this creative little fairy garden in a broken pot. Second place goes to Karen Semke with this eclectic fairy garden in a birdbath. And first place goes…
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Retirement!
Noooooo! Nancy, don’t leave us! Okay, so maybe you’re not leaving us for good, but retirement is a big step, and we’re going to miss having you around more often. We did have fun at your retirement party, though. Nancy has been with us since our inception in 1979 and has been an invaluable part of…