Archive for the ‘Gardening News’ Category

Durham Regional Hospital created an outdoor therapeutic garden for patients of Durham Rehabilitation Institute, Durham Regional’s inpatient rehabilitation unit, to assist these patients with their recovery. Read the rest of this entry »

Ideas and inspiration are just two of the reasons to visit a public garden on National Public Gardens Day, Friday, May 6. Paul James, host of HGTVs Gardening By the Yard, and national spokesman for National Public Gardens Day, was recently in the Triangle at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens and shared his vision of what we can learn from public gardens. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you visited a public garden lately? With over 500 spread across the country, it’s easy to visit one wherever you travel. Read the rest of this entry »

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has launched a program to help communities to cultivate a green thumb. The goal: to plant 1,000 gardens and green spaces across the U.S., Canada and Europe by 2018. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company wants to make that happen and launched a new program called GRO1000, offering $1,500 grants to deserving communities and organizations in the hopes it will get people involved in creating more community gardens and green spaces where they call home. Read the rest of this entry »

Hall of Fame Also Established to Honor Program’s 25th Anniversary

The N.C. Department of Transportation named the winners of the 2010 Wildflower Awards and announced the establishment of the Wildflower Program Hall of Fame. This year’s awards coincided with the Wildflower Program’s 25th year anniversary. Read the rest of this entry »

We have heard the news and read the stories about the benefits of buying locally grown fruits and vegetables. But where we buy the plants for our gardens is just as important since it affects not only our local economy, but our local environment as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Hospice of Wake County’s campus off Trinity Road in Cary includes 12 gardens, most of which have been commissioned or named, and all of which were guided by a landscapes committee with consideration for those experiencing death and dying. Read the rest of this entry »

If you have always wondered what the gardens are like at Raleigh’s beautiful inside-the-beltline homes now is your chance to peak behind the garden gates. The 2010 Raleigh Big Garden Tour, a prestigious tour of these private gardens, will be held June 19 from 9am-4pm and June 20 from 11am-4pm.  Read the rest of this entry »

Logan Trading Co. Matching up to $10,000 in Donations to Charity Aiding Haiti

Raleigh, NC (January 21, 2010) – Logan Trading Co. announced this week that it will match donations up to $10,000 to support Mission to Haiti, a Miami-based charity providing critical medical care and food to earthquake victims in Haiti. Read the rest of this entry »

African Violet Convention Coming to Raleigh

The African Violet Society of America (AVSA) has chosen Raleigh for the 64th International Convention, Show and Sale. The event will be held April 11-18, 2010 at the Hilton North Raleigh on Old Wake Forest Road. Read the rest of this entry »