Orchard in Bloom is lovely this year. There are many more plants available for purchase than in previous shows. The gardens seem more restrained this year, with a couple standing ...
Dead head tulips in the Indiana garden
Indiana gardeners struggle with tulips that don’t come back year after year. There are a few things we can do to help the spring blooms. Tulips do best when allowed to go ...
Daffodils do best when they have their own vase
A noted west coast grower of spring bulbs offers some tips for using daffodils as a cut flower in a recent podcast at www.afreshbouquet.com The most important one — don’t mix ...
Tippecanoe County Master Gardeners’ Garden Expo
Tippecanoe County Master Gardeners' annual Garden Expo features plants, growing supplies, garden decor, lectures and lots of information. Last year, more than 1,600 visitors ...
Dirt: the Movie examines Earth’s skin and health of the planet
It’s alive! The stuff we call and treat like dirt is alive and is Earth’s equivalent of skin. One teaspoon of dirt teems with a billion organisms that are the root of a healthy ...
Tips for using daffodils as cut flowers
Author Debra Prinzing and photographer David Perry have posted a podcast with Jan Roozen, a spring bulb specialist from the Northwest United States. Roozen offers tips on how to ...
Spring garden tips for Midwestern gardeners
The Hoosier Gardener offers tips for spring time gardening for Midwestern gardeners on a recent podcast at Angie's List. ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, April 15, 2010
When I pulled into my driveway about 6 p.m. on April 14, the scene and the scent took my breath away. The Viburnum x burkwoodii and V. juddii are in full bloom perfuming the air so ...
Orchard In Bloom: 21 and growing
Recognized by The American Horticultural Society as one of the top garden shows in the country, Indianapolis' Orchard In Bloom is a distinctive garden and art show featuring ...
Orchid show at Garfield Park Conservatory
Central Indiana Orchid Society and other enthusiasts from throughout the Midwest will display hundreds of specimens from their collections at the Garfield Park ...