Forgiving the Garden During the hot month of August I had a temper tantrum over the state of my garden. I felt my...
Learning to Follow the Sun in the Garden Several years ago I gave a presentation at Duke Gardens called “Follow the Sun”—and I learned...
Stories Our Plants Tell Us My fellow Durham Master Gardener, Lise Jenkins, was the first person to alert me to the many...
Plants for Heavy Clay and Damp Areas Need plants for murky soils that drain poorly? With our clay soils, the answer is probably...
Learn the Art of Making New Plants We’ve all coveted that one plant in our neighbor’s yard. Try as you might, you just cannot find...
Hydrangea Pruning Tips It can be confusing on how and when to prune hydrangeas. Here’s a cheat sheet to help guide you.
Seed Buying 101 Seed buying is one of coziest chores of winter—sitting by the fire, flipping through seed...
How to Avoid Garden Injuries Spring can be a dangerous time of year for gardeners, suggested by the fact that the Center for...
Organizing the Garden I love visiting all kinds of gardeners and their gardens. And I’ll bet you do, too. The gardens...
Preparing Your Landscape for Winter While we can’t stop winter and snow, there are a few things you can do to minimize its impact on...
To Garden is to Reassess—Continually In every gardening year there comes a need to reassess the garden. Usually this desire hits me...
Every Plant Has a Story People have collected information and stories about plants for generations, learning just which...
10 Golden Rules for Gardening Successful gardening depends on how you plant and how you manage problems in the garden. Here are...
The Great Garden Rip Out It never ceases to amaze me that after I go on a wild planting spree in the spring, I seem to go on...
Where Do Plants Come From? Georgina Werner wants her husband to make her a tree. Not just any tree. She has a beautiful Texas...