We just had a delightful lunch with Dr. Allan Armitage, the plant guru from the University of Georgia, who was visiting our neck of the woods for Longwood Gardens’ Lilytopia exhibit. As a well- known writer, speaker, teacher and researcher, Dr. Armitage travels throughout the world to study annuals, perennials, cut flowers and greenhouse crops in various climates. Read the rest of this entry »
I asked Justin Hancock of BH&G.com where deer and rabbit fit in in terms of garden problems, and he replied without hesitation, “Top three!”
We loves these”Ten Surprising Ways to Reuse Wine Bottles in Your Garden” from author Ronnie Citron-Fink on PlanetGreen.
Mayor Bloomberg and Rachael Ray Announce New Programs To Promote Healthy Eating
Can you believe that over 3.5 million gallons of oil have spilled in the Gulf since the April 20th rig explosion? And over 200,000 gallons of oil continue to ooze into the waters each day. Read the rest of this entry »
The latest Mother’s Day survey from the National Retail Federation shows flowers are the most popular gift (65.2% of respondents plan to hit up the florist for Mom), followed by taking mom to a restaurant for brunch or dinner (51.8%), and jewelry (26.2%). In fact, data from AboutFlowers.com shows that Mothers Day sees the second-highest floral sales volume of all the holidays, falling only behind Christmas.
