Historic Garden Week Virginia Tours Open in April 2027
In Virginia, 250 historic properties will open for Historic Garden Week in April 2027. Sponsored by Garden Club of Virginia member clubs, tours benefit preservation of gardens and grounds across the state. Visitors view colonial to modern mansions with $2 to $5 house admission and optional shuttle service.
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Huber
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Garden shows and lilac festival highlight spring events
More than 200 horticultural professionals will attend the Colonial Williamsburg Garden Symposium and lectures in Virginia. The New York Botanical Garden hosts a Spring Flower Exhibition with over a million bulbs and 26 specialty gardens in early spring with admission at 8 dollars adults, 1 dollar seniors and students. In Rochester, the Lilac Festival May 10 to 19 features 1200 blooming lilac bushes, free admission, parades and art shows. Also HGTV will air Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn at 9 p.m. Sundays in April with unseen footage from tropical and Far East locales.
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New York City
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Audrey Hepburn
Home & Garden
Tropics
Far East
Gardening tips for soil and pot drainage use
Advice for plant care describes applying heavy plastic bags around plants from May to September, using a tablespoonful weekly or a tablespoonful monthly. It also recommends placing a large coffee filter in the bottom of a flowerpot to prevent soil from leaking through drainage holes.
Gardening Qs on dividing hellebores and more
Readers ask about dividing established hellebores, overwintering rosemary, growing small corn ears, extending tulip blooms, and using gypsum. Answers cover lifting and replanting seedlings, wintering rosemary with autumn dug plants, harvesting baby corn as described, soil prep and fertilizer for tulips, and gypsum as both fertilizer and soil conditioner with recommended application rates after soil testing.
Lindsay Bond Totten Writes About Gardening for Scripps Howard
Lindsay Bond Totten, a horticulturist, contributes gardening columns to Scripps Howard News Service, sharing tips, seasonal planting ideas, and expert insights for readers seeking practical horticulture guidance.
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Lindsay Bond Totten
Scripps Howard News Servce
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