I have been gardening for most of my life. One of my earliest memories is of my parents and me, barely four years old, moving into our house on Long Island with a large back yard. That first
Tomatoes – The Essence of Summer
Container Gardening My Way
There are as many forms of container gardening as there are containers and gardeners, no right way, probably a few wrong ways, and in this story, following Frank Sinatra………My Way.
Why container gardening?? Many reasons: lack of garden space,
The Ultimate in Organic Dining
Forget The Hunger Games movie frenzy this weekend. Instead, stop by our Spring Opening starting Friday and check out this real-life fantasy dining experience. Even Eric Cortina, the amazing Oz behind the curtain of Roger’s creative designs, admits
Terrarium Workshop with Cathy
This annual workshop showcased designing and maintaining beautiful ‘Gardens Under Glass’ with the choice of one of three styles; succulents, ferns, or tillandsias. Students had a ton of fun getting their hands dirty with Cathy McEntire, our expert
Travelling Through Nature’s Gardens
“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
- John Muir
With me on this road trip to some of California’s botanical highlights were
Zoning in on Which Plants Grow Here
Having returned from garden visits this summer to places like Portland, Vancouver and England, I feel compelled to write about a common frustration of the weekend gardener – “Zones”.
It’s hard to pick up a seed packet, read a
