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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Chicago Flower and Garden Show

One of the highlights of the Chicago Flower and Garden Show was the opportunity to introduce my Chicago friends to LaManda Joy from the Peterson Garden Project.

There is always a way to find space to garden - gutter gardening!

Click here to read a wonderful article about what LaManda Joy has brought to Chicago by reviving the Victory Gardens.

"ABOUT PETERSON GARDEN PROJECT:

The Peterson Garden Project is a not-for-profit organization, and they are looking to inspire everyone they meet to grown their own food and community. If you love the taste of a homegrown tomato, are curious about growing food yourself, and would like to make urban gardening the norm, not the exception — then they are looking for you!"

Labels: Chicago flower and garden show, community gardens, LaManda Joy, The Peterson Garden Project, Victory gardens

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

12 Days of Christmas - Day 6

On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

Six gardening getaways for the year!
For the gardener who loves to be pampered a little while still enjoying an interactive gardening environment, it's hard to beat Lake Austin Spa Resort's Gardening for Life week in April 2013. Enjoy walking in and learning in the gardens and hear from Trisha Shirley, the Director of Flora and Fauna.Trisha Shirey's 28-year association with Lake Austin Spa Resort has resulted in organic herb and vegetable gardens, an organic orchard and a wealth of flowers to enhance the grounds and brighten the delicious low-fat dishes served in the dining room. Plantings are designed to be Texas tough, but beautiful. Despite the foraging deer, flowers are in evidence year round. Many of the gardens are designed to delight butterflies and hummingbirds, which are seen in abundance.

Callaway Gardens's 27th Annual Southern Gardening Symposium January 25-27, 2013. Callaway Gardens’ Southern Gardening Symposium has been the South’s premier gardening event for a quarter of a century. Whether you’re a professional gardener or just a beginner, there’s simply no better place to immerse yourself in the world of gardening than among our woodland paradise!

Northwest Flower and Garden Show 2013 Feb. 20-24 in Seattle, Washington. "There's a little garden in all of us."

The Chicago Flower and Garden Show.... I can hardly wait!!

This one is on my bucket list!

Longwood Gardens International Trials Conference - Sept 16-20. Plant nerd mecca.

A year's worth of great garden trips. Nothing says "I love you" like a plane ticket to go look at plants.

Labels: Callaway Gardens, Chicago flower and garden show, container gardening., Garden Getaways, Garden shows, Longwood Gardens, northwest flower and garden show

About Me

Name: barbara wise

Location: tennessee, United States

"Gardening is not some sort of game by which one proves his superiority over others, nor is it a marketplace for the display of elegant things that others cannot afford. It is, on the contrary, a growing work of creation, endless in its changing elements. It is not a monument or an achievement, but a sort of traveling, a kind of pilgrimage you might say, often a bit grubby and sweaty though true pilgrims do not mind that. A garden is not a picture, but a language, which is of course the major art of life." Henry Mitchell "The Essential Earthman" I work as the Floriculture Director for Landscape Services, Inc. My job includes designing and planting semi-annually hundreds of annual beds containers and garden beds for commercial development, neighborhoods, and residents requesting our horticulture services. I love my job and the opportunity to bring beauty to our local communities. Most of all, I love introducing new plant material to the average gardener, and to helping them find success in their own gardens.