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London 2012: Growing for gold with Olympic gardening

"Garden for the Games" is a new initiative to encourage people to plant flowers and vegetables in Olympic hues. London 2012 organisers Locog hope friends, family and neighbourhoods will get together to help the scheme bloom. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

The Gardener Within: City life doesn't preclude growing gree...

When you hear the word "urban," you hardly expect it to be paired with "garden." Urban landscapes typically invoke images of cold, barren wastelands of glass and steel, and vacant lots filled with trash and weeds, righ [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Community Gardens: Growing Your Own

Gardening not only provides a connection with nature, it connects us to our food. As more and more people are concerned about the provenance of their food – where it comes from and how it is grown – gardening has given “ [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Growing a flower firm in a cold climate

Appassionata Flowers has weathered the tough times by rethinking how it does business APPASSIONATA Flowers deals in “beautiful blooms and individual inspirations”. They arranged the flowers for the visits of Queen Elizabeth 11 [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

In the Garden: Growing tasty tropical plants in any home, an...

Imagine this: You walk into your living room and pluck a juicy orange from the tree. Or you pick a ripe yellow cocoa pod and begin the process of making your own chocolate. Sounds good? But not very realistic? Well, hold on until you hav [...]

Posted On : Jan, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Philly flower show growing younger

Floral designers Bailey Hale and Armas Koehler are perched on stools in a murky niche created by the rusty shipping containers around them. Four containers are on the floor, another two are set heavily above them; some are battered, othe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Complete guide to growing small trees for the garden

This time of year is prime tree-planting season. We all want an instant sense of scale and maturity in our gardens – but trees supposedly take ages to grow, so you may be tempted to buy in large sizes. Research has shown, howeve [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Growing plants from seed good way to reduce your carbon foot...

I don't like to promote the excessive use of energy, but surely the benefit of growing plants under lights is one of the least wasteful uses of energy. I'm not talking grow-op amounts here; just a couple of 40-watt fluorescent tubes in a sh [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Gardening: Growing conditions not the same as up North

During the months of September through April, rarely does a week go by that I don't receive a phone call or an e-mail about the failure of winter annuals in a reader's garden. I'm usually informed right up front that the gardener successfu [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Growing a 'little bit of paradise' in Graham

Visitors wonder if they’re seeing a mirage.The sun-parched fields and pastures surrounding Beth Prichard’s house contrast sharply with the gently swaying banana trees in her yard. You are in Red Top, but her yard is straight fro [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Basic Orchid Growing Tips

Orchids are beautiful flowers that have an amazing effect on people, there is a time in the year that you can feel that orchids are attracting more attention, they are out on florists windows and people can not help themselves but sto [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Benefits of growing own vegetables rediscovered

They say the trend is due to a desire for better taste and healthier produce.Gayle Adams, a nursery supervisor at Country Gardens, said people bought more vegetable plants in the lead-up to Labour Day weekend, the traditional planting time. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Growing Tomatoes & Tomato Growing Tips

If you want to read about and learn about all things related to plants and gardens, you are in the right place.Every month we add fresh new articles and informative "How To" tutorials because we are a monthly online gardening ma [...]

Posted On : Jul, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Growing Up With Clematis

Hopefully, we enjoy most of the plants in our gardens, but there are certain ones that catch our hearts. For me, one of those plants is clematis. (KLEM-a-tis is the correct pronunciation, but I've always said kle-MAH-tis.) No matter how it' [...]