Over the last several weeks, several boxes of spring bulbs have arrived on Indiana gardeners’ doorsteps. Tulips, daffodil, crocus, hyacinth, snowdrops and more are ready to be ...
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HortusScope November 2010
Here's a calendar of garden and nature related activities in Indiana, prepared and published every month as a public service by Wendy Ford. [download id="35" format="2"] ...
Native plants, wildlife key to ecosystem gardening
Build it and they will come, says landscape designer Carole Brown. But she’s not talking baseball. She’s talking bugs, birds and other wildlife. “When we choose to do ...
Ros Creasy, edible landscape expert, to speak at IMA during the 2010 Spirit & Place festival
Rosalind Creasy, well-known advocate of edible landscaping, will be one of the keynote speakers during this year’s Spirit & Place. With the 10-day festival’s theme, Food for ...
Orchid Show at Garfield Park
The Garfield Park Conservatory will have hundreds of blooming orchids on display for the public to enjoy Nov. 6 through Nov. 14. Don’t miss your chance to see these brilliant ...
Fall-planted mums need TLC to make it through winter
Mum season is upon us, and every year, gardeners want to know how to help these perennials survive winter, or when to divide them. Even though it’s contrary to what the market ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day October 2010
In many ways, I’m glad this summer is over. Not that I want to wish time away, but this summer has been brutal. As it passes into fall, our hopes for a better summer next year are ...
Nature determines fall color
In the October 2010 issue of Angie's List magazine, the Hoosier Gardener talks about fall color with Midwest experts, who share which trees are their favorites this time of ...
Select perennials that work well with spring-blooming bulbs
A frequent complaint gardeners have about spring blooming bulbs is that their leaves stay around for weeks, marring the image of a neat and tidy landscape. That’s because the ...
A Greener Welcome on Fox 59
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