how to choose the best goldenrod for your garden

Thrillers, fillers and spillers. So m any to choose from…. flower arrangement with black locust blossoms, trumpet honeysuckle, eastern columbine, bronze wave heuchera, Ozark witch hazel A few years back, I asked Drew Asbury, then responsible for the iconic cutting garden at Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden in Washington D.C. and behind the addition of many native plantings there, and now with Brookside Gardens and his own design firm Drew Asbury Garden Design , what he

glow up your winter native garden

These two make it SO easy! A few months ago, an e-mail landed in my inbox entreating me to 'score' my garden for wildlife. It's not really my thing but in an effort to suss out every single native plant related lead I come across, I took the test! I am so glad I did because the follow-up email included a link to this free on-line workshop " Design Your Yard " ... and it's all about the natives. Whether you are new to gardening or are many years in, I think you will find thi

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winter respite learn about kokedama and native plants

So much excitement to come. Native Rain Garden in Yonkers, New York Parking Lot As we welcome 2026, there is so much nature to nurture and opportunities to optimize the function of our gardens, whether it be a front stoop, a window box or an acre or more. Today's post features inspiration from other gardeners, some in the Chesapeake and some further afield. I hope you enjoy. Starting with this parking lot, native plants can make anything look good! This is a wide drainage swa

Our shortest day of the year has come and gone. Winter Cultures around the world celebrate our shortest day of the year with a myriad of traditions and festivities. Gardeners know this marks the turn of the gardening year. Trees will gradually begin to emerge from winter dormancy. The landscape still appears well at rest. When you think about it though, the incredible energy and vibrancy of spring doesn't seem like it could possibly emerge overnight. The subtlest of changes b

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gifts for gardeners

So many gardeners and gardens to be thankful for! Today I want to send an enormous heartfelt thank you to the generous gardeners who shared their gardens with us this year. From golf in Baltimore to waterside on the lower Eastern Shore and everywhere in between, you have shared the magic of your gardens while making a difference in our world with native plants. Here are just a few of the gardens, in case you missed them: Nuts for Native Gardening & Golf Crisfield Gardener is

A number of native shrubs can be 'rejuvenated.' Very Tall Arrowwood Viburnum Once you get your native shrubs in the right place, they will start to thrive and a lot of them can get quite large. In the some locations this is ideal. In others, they might become too large. This is where pruning comes in! Ten Foot Plus Tall Possumhaw Viburnum at the U.S. Botanic Garden Pruning Basics There are a couple of basics for pruning: remove dead or diseased wood remove crossing or rubbin

what happens when an artist turns to gardening!

Less turf, more color! Newark Street Community Garden in Washington D.C., looking for a way to celebrate its 50th birthday (!), came up with the idea of a new native garden at one of the entrances to the 4 acre site home to 220 individual garden plots, In its first year, the new garden is already brimming with f all color. And it is oh s o replicable in our home gardens. The gardeners involved are determined to make the most of a high profile corner with a bradford pear tree

seeing the right native plant in the right place

High maintenance and high reward! Having a fence running 75' along the front and 130' along the side of a garden is a lot of planting potential. When I first landed in this garden, I envisioned taking advantage of all that fence line with a series of three vines repeating -- trumpet honeysuckle  ( Lonicera sempivirens ) for spring flowers, Virginia creeper ( Parthenocissus quinquefolia ) for fall berries and color and native clematis ( Clematis virginiana ) for fall flowers.

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