If you are looking for an instant garden, consider a raised bed or grow bags. Raised garden beds or grow bags can be placed wherever there’s sun. There’s no digging or need to ...
Hoosier Gardener
Purple dead nettle invades spring gardens
This spring, we have a couple of first class examples of winter weeds in our landscapes. Chickweed has crept into lawns and flower beds along with purple dead nettle. Winter ...
HortusScope for May 2011
HortusScope, a checklist of garden and nature related things to do in Central Indiana has been posted. This calendar is compiled by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies as a pubic ...
No space? Grow up: Tips for vertical gardening
One way to get more space in the landscape is to grow up. Trellis, arbors, tuteurs, obelisks and tripods are just some of the structures we can use to get some height and blooms ...
Win tickets to Orchard in Bloom
I can’t think of a better way to ring in May than Orchard in Bloom. And the Hoosier Gardener has a pair of tickets to give away for this wonderful, fundraising event held at ...
Indiana’s drought, winter took a toll on conifers and other evergreens
S.C. from Indianapolis writes about evergreens that have “turned completely brown and died over the winter” at the building where she works. “I have noticed the same thing ...
Hoosier Gardener to speak at Johnson County Garden Celebration
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, the Hoosier Gardener, will speak about Ground Covers: More than Ivy and Myrtle at 10:30 a.m., at the 7th annual Garden Celebration. Sponsored by the ...
Annual Indiana native plant sale May 7
The Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society annual native plant sale and auction draws people who want to add perennials, trees, shrubs for their gardens. Admission: $10, ...
Gardening popular among the under-40 set
Although Baby Boomers are still interested in gardening, they are downsizing to smaller houses and properties. This worries growers, garden centers, toolmakers and others in the ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2011
Spring is in its full glory. The forsythia and the early blooming spring bulbs have come and gone. Fortunately, the temps have dropped a bit, which preserves the mid- to ...