CAPITAL REGION FLING
JUNE 22-25, 2017

Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling June 22-25, 2017 Organizer: Tammy Schmitt of Casa Mariposa Photo credit: Wendy Niemi Kremer Here's...

The Fling, recently described as summer camp for gardeners, is over but we all get to relive the fun through our blog posts. Much has...

My family likes to joke that if I could figure out a way to garden in the dark, I’d do it. I think they may be right. But short of...

Every time I have a problem area in my garden that I try to solve with wrong plant after wrong plant, I feel like I’m lost on a dating...

Have you ever looked at a plant and thought, “Why can’t you just grow in the _____________? Now fill in the blank with whatever light and...

I love discovering a new company, especially when they turn out to be as awesome as they advertise. Garden Trends, a division of Harris...

There’s something to be said for a plant that only blooms for one day. If it’s a reminder to live in the moment and enjoy each day, then...

I love greenhouses like a baby loves it’s mama. I love the idea of walking into a warm, cozy spot that fools Mother Nature into coaxing...

Have you ever wandered your garden and looked at a plant and thought, “I know we’ve met but I can’t remember your name or how you got...

One of the things I love about the Fling is meeting the cool sponsors and hearing about their products. Instead of just standing in the...

I love a big pot of happy and that’s exactly what I find when I buy plants from Saunders Brothers at my local garden center. Bigger and...

Have you ever stood in your garden wishing you had a magic wand? With a quick flip of your wrist you’d be able to solve every soil...

I wish my plants could talk. Instead of calling them ‘the purple plant by the pink rose’, they would speak up to remind me of their name...

I’m a sucker for an amazing agastache. Maybe it’s all the hummingbirds fighting over the nectar or the butterflies that hang from the...

There is something about a garden that transcends the muck of daily life to remind us that our choices are bigger than we are. Gardens...

It’s a beautiful thing to love a wildflower but even more so to dedicate your life to their preservation. American Meadows started as a...

I stand staring at the stack of magazines in my living room, dividing them into piles of Keep and Toss. Many will be thrown into the Free...

Occasionally patience is overrated and I grow tired of waiting. Sometimes I just want what I want and I want it now. When what I want is...

As much as I enjoy ornamentals, my true love is native plants and I stuff them into every empty spot in the garden. Tough and...

I could say I have no idea what it’s like to love something so much you devote your life to it but I can’t. Combining a career with a...

I don’t know about you, but I wish life came with more guarantees. Instead, we are only guaranteed the one true constant in life: change...

Maybe it’s from having lived in deep south to the frozen north, but when I’m choosing perennials for my garden, I need them tough enough...

Have you ever gone to a nursery and discovered no one knows anything about plants or purchased plants online that were given misleading...

There is something about functional beauty I find irresistible. Maybe it’s the idea of finding or creating beauty in that which doesn’t...

Maybe it’s because I’m a California native with memories of drought, hot, dry winds, and a deep understanding of how quickly a single...

Maybe it’s because I’m the daughter of a Navy sailor who married an Air Force aviator, but I’ve spent my life surrounded by people who...

I love it when gardeners describe themselves as plant addicts, with no apologies or explanations. Leonard Foltz and Fred Weisensee of the...

I am convinced a container is as capable as my garden beds of holding any plant I love provided the container is large enough. Every year...

What do you do when you just can’t find the right plant for your problem spot? I turn to family owned Bluestone Perennials and their...

Now that we’ve hung our new calendars, it’s time to fill in a few blocks for some garden blogger fun! Listed below are the bloggers who...

Every spring and fall I wait eagerly for my shipment from Lazy S’s Farm Nursery in Barboursville, Virginia. Gaps in my design or empty...

** This is the first in a series of articles about the companies sponsoring the Fling. In an age where large corporations routinely...

I’m having a party! Are you coming? I hope so! Here’s everything you need to know about registering for the 2017 Capital Region Garden...

We’re having a party and you’re invited! The 2017 Fling will be in the Capital Region and we want you to come! The 2017 Fling is open to...