by Guest Author | Jul 3, 2013 | Garden Design, Garden Practices
Guest Author: Susan Mintun To take a break from the summer heat and in the spirit of this year’s plant sale theme, “It’s Not Finished with Fall!”, let’s take a look at a favorite garden design element that often gets overlooked in winter: containers. Many gardeners...
by Guest Author | Jun 3, 2013 | Garden Plants
By Barbara Smit Maybe I watch too many disaster movies, but every winter some small part of me begins to suspect that this is the year when spring will fail to arrive. Then I spy the first catkins high on the pussy willow, and heave a sigh of relief. After all the...
by Guest Author | Apr 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Susan Mintun Volunteer Chris Lindstrom getting signs ready for lamination before the 2011 Plant Sale Have you ever wondered how Scott’s biennial Plant Sale is put together? You might be surprised at how much time and work is required to make a three-day...
by Guest Author | Feb 6, 2013 | Containers, Garden Design
By Cindy Kerr Cold. Snow. Brrr. As a gardener, by February you itch for Spring — for that first hint of color and fragrance that heralds the next green season. You keep the songbirds fed; stay close to the heated indoors; and look out on a largely monochrome...