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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1965
Page
23
Last Tuesday Poison safety Day features a garden center tour of a cluttered tool shed storing poisons, fungicides, and herbicides with lock and key. The piece notes various products such as DDT malathion and Isltox isotox and discusses labeling, safety, and the risks to visitors.
A 50 state study by Union Fork & Hoe Co and 314 women's gardening labs finds the United States leading as the top gardening nation with 42 million gardens, one for every five people, and 32 percent of gardens not flourishing. England trails with one garden per seven, and trends show new homeowners prioritizing gardens, retirement and city terrace gardening rising, plus more school plots and apartment gardens forming a broader horticultural surge.
A new hobby, wild flower gardening, draws hobbyists to fields and woods with trowels and baskets. Nurseries supply wild seed and plants, and elaborate gardens with climate control sprout among scenic displays in national parks and forests. Native species number about 25,408 in the United States, and wild plants have long provided food, medicine, and dyes, with uses dating back to colonial times.
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