GARDEN FLING NEWS & UPDATES

Jul 28, 2017

2017 DC Area Fling

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

Jul 10, 2017

2017 Capital Region Fling Overview

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...

Jun 19, 2017

Hortus TV: All the Gardening You Can Stream!

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...

May 31, 2017

Southern Living: The Source for Landscape Solutions

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...

May 25, 2017

Encore Azaleas: Superior Plants for Sunny Gardens

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...

May 11, 2017

Garden Trends: Expertise and Experience

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

May 7, 2017

Oakes Daylilies: Extra Large Plants Guaranteed to Grow

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...

Apr 24, 2017

Maine Garden Greenhouses: American Made Beauties

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...

Apr 17, 2017

PlantsMap: Connecting People With Plants

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...

Apr 14, 2017

Sustane: Organic Soil Builders for a Healthier Garden

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...

Apr 7, 2017

Saunders Brothers: A Local Gem

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...

Apr 2, 2017

John and Bob’s Soil Solutions: My Magic Wand

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...

Mar 28, 2017

Paw Paw Everlast Labels: A Reputation for Excellence

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...

Mar 21, 2017

High Country Gardens: From Agastache to Zauschneria

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...

Mar 15, 2017

The Franciscan Monastery Gardens: Sanctuary and Serenity

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...

Mar 13, 2017

American Meadows: Wildflower Warriors

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...

Mar 9, 2017

Garden Design: The Ultimate Gardening Resource

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...

Feb 20, 2017

American Beauties: The Local Source for Native Plants

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...

Feb 14, 2017

Prairie Moon: My True Love

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...

Feb 10, 2017

Schreiner’s Iris: The Ultimate Iris Resource

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...