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10 Flower Arranging Tips

A florist at heart? These 10 tips will help your flower arrangements last longer and have a professionally polished touch.

How to Feed Birds All Year Long

As the seasons change from winter to spring to summer to fall, switch up what you're serving in your feeders to attract more birds to your backyard.

Why Fall Is The Best Time To Plant Shrubs and Trees

This article explains why fall is one of the best seasons to plant shrubs and trees.

Photos: The Barn Nursery is more than plants, gardening supplies

Barn Nursery leaders recently started ramping up their social media efforts with Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Home & Garden: Environmental Heroes

Mill Valley Film Group highlights courageous activists

[Blog] Grocery and home & garden

Jul 14, 2020 07:20 am | Brandon Graham DonnellyIt’s interesting to think about the psychology behind this FT chart outlining consumer spending in the United Kingdom from March to early July. You can see the initial panic buying of groceries in late March (well, food and toilet paper). And you can more or less see the moment where people suddenly realized — after working at home for a few weeks — that their home was in desperate need of a refresh and…

Learn to read a nursery plant tag

FALLBROOK - Shopping for new plants for a home can be an exciting undertaking. Nurseries and garden centers are often home to dozens of types of plant species that come in various colors, leaf variations and sizes. Such variety can make choosing plants more fun while also making the process of buying plants a bit complicated, especially for novices...

4 Types of Lettuce to Grow in Your Home Garden

Lettuce is a fairly easy-to-grow vegetable and offers many varieties to try in your home garden.

Insanely Easy Home & Garden Hacks [Infographic]

If you\'re in need of ways to simplify your everyday tasks, check out our home & garden hacks infographic!

7 Tips to Help You Fight Climate Change With Your Home Garden

You can fight climate change from your backyard by making climate-smart gardening decisions. Check out seven ways to get started.

SFPUC Growing Plants in Hospital-Like Nursery to Protect Water Quality

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is trying something different at its new native plant nursery in Sunol. To avoid infecting plants, the botanists here take precautions more akin to a laboratory than a commercial nursery.

Nursery owners worry about asphalt plant, developer says it's not happening

Despite a developer’s reassurances to the contrary, the owners of a longtime Box Elder County nursery worry an asphalt plant might be built next to their property.

A guide to watering in extreme heat

Don't wait until the soil is bone-dry and cracked. Find ways to continuously give your plants the water they need to stay healthy.

It's now time to gear up for gardening

You can expect it to be a busy season as more people are turning to home gardens this year.

In The Garden: Bring the Green Indoors

Next Generation Landscape Nursery a one-person operation, almost

Shawn Graham knows a lot about growing trees in Eastern Iowa.

Readying the Garden to Be a Living Room

Exterior furniture and lighting need not be strictly utilitarian, says Rita Konig. Ornament deserves a place in the sun, too.