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Enter the Green Mother’s Day Gift photo competition and win
To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, The Garden Center Guide will run a competition beginning the 8th of May: “Green Mother’s Day Gift” photo competition. By entering the competition you’ll have a...
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Spring cleaning tips for the barbecue
The weather is heating up and no matter whether you grill year-round, or put the grill away for the winter, it's always a good idea to clean it thoroughly once or twice a year. The grilling experts at...
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The Green Mother's Day Gift Photo Competition app is online!
The Green Mother's Day Gift Photo Competition app is online! Do you already have created a personal green Mother’s Day gift for your Mom? Take a picture of your original gift, go the our Photo...
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Made in the Shade Lawn Care
Lawns are the living carpet of our landscapes. They moderate soil temperatures, prevent erosion, prevent crusting, and reduce compaction by cushioning foot traffic. Like other growing plants,...
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Last chance to enter the Green Mother’s Day competition
On Tuesday, May 21, we will announce the winner of the Green Mother’s Day photo competition! You have till Monday, May 20, to upload a photo or vote on one of the entries. By entering the competition...
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Herb gardening
Herb gardening is becoming more and more popular every day, and for a good reason. Herbs have practical value, serve a purpose, and with herb gardening you can actually use your plants. When most...
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Plan for a low maintenance landscape
We all want an attractive landscape, but we don't all have hours of time to spend taking care of it. If you're balancing garden care with work, child care, and other responsibilities and activities,...
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Mulch now for summer ease
Spring is slip sliding into summer temperatures, and gardening season is in full swing. Raking, clipping, bagging, and hauling debris from perennial beds is just step one, though. Step two is...
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Easy-Care Sempervivums
What's not to love about a plant whose name translates to "always alive?" Sempervivums (semper, meaning "always," and vivo, meaning "alive") are commonly called hens-and-chicks, for obvious reasons,...
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Creative Containers
Choosing Plants Select plants with differing growth habits. For example, combine spiky grasses with shrubby verbena and cascading sweet potato vine. Make sure plants are compatible. Planting...
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Creating a Low-Maintenance Garden
Then by mid to late summer, you realize your energy isn't quite the same and there are certain areas of your garden that, well, just don't look as tidy as you'd like. (At least in my case that's...
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Easy Riders!
Then you may actually look forward to mowing the lawn; witness the pleasure my 84-year-old mother takes in zipping around her 2-acre yard on her riding lawn mower. She says that not only is it a...
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National Lawn & Garden Show to celebrate 20 years in 2014
An exclusive industry buying event, the 19th Annual NLGS was held in Chicago and highlights included not only a rise in the number of new and first-time vendors and buyers, but also an expanded pet...
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Green Side Up: Planting an "Instant" Garden
If displays of bedding plants haven’t started showing up at your local chain store outlets, greenhouses and garden centers, supermarkets or even hardware stores, they will soon. And after a winter of...
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Find success in the second season
Not only do we have momentum from the anticipation of a great summer propelling us at a frenzied pace up and down our aisles, but we tend to have a few more hands on deck as well. Fall isn’t quite as...
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Now I Need to Water?
Timing: One commonly known fact is that watering in the morning is best. Not that you shouldn’t water in the afternoon or evening but when possible, avoid watering in the heat of the day. Morning...
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Begonia 'Sparks Will Fly'
Garden impatiens has long been a favorite for adding color to shady spots in the annual garden. But a new disease threat, downy mildew of impatiens, has caused widespread devastation of this plant in...
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No garden? Have a window planter for your veg!
Don't let a lack of garden space keep you from growing and enjoying fresh veggies! With this plan, you can start harvesting fresh, flavorful, nutritious salad ingredients in about a month. Materials...
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Planning Your Garden
Key Planning Tips Start Small. If you decide to plant up some new areas this year, start small so that you can test for success and appearance. You can always make it bigger next year. Consider water...
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Grow Your Own Salad Bar
One of the self-satisfying things about growing your own vegetables is the knowledge that you are providing healthy food for you and your family. Many claims have been made for various classes of...
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Bring it indoors
Leverage the fall selling season to increase sales of houseplants and related products, such as potting soil, containers, insect control products and fertilizers, by motivating and showing customers...
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Preserving Cut Flowers
There's nothing like fresh flowers around the house whether they come straight from your garden or from a florist. But when you take the time to put together an arrangement, you'd like it to last...
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Summer Watering, Mulching and Other Helpful Hints
Now is when summer watering in our dry climate begins in earnest, and it's time to evaluate how successful you've been grouping landscape plants according to water use. If you see a wilted plant...
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Successful Freezing
Now is the season when our vegetable gardens are overflowing with fresh produce. It's also a time when many gardeners preserve some of this bounty to enjoy the rest of the year. One of the most...
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Preventing Pest Problems
It's the height of summer. While we busy enjoying the harvest from our vegetable gardens, there are lots of other creatures eager to share in the bounty. Here are some tips for keeping pests in the...
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