Ferns enrich shade gardens with varied form and color
Ancient gardeners prized ferns for backdrop and contrast while flowering plants captured attention. The Schoepfle Garden hosts a collection of over 35 fern species, highlighting Japanese painted fern, soft shield fern, and American maidenhair with distinct textures, colors, and cold hardiness.
Teaching kids joy of gardening in small outdoor spaces
A guide to engaging children with gardens through themed plots windowsill boxes and simple projects. It suggests a dedicated children’s garden area with quick-maturing plants, theme options like alphabet and pizza wheel gardens, and kid friendly tools. It also covers worms, commemorative trees, local garden programs, and storybooks to foster lifelong horticultural interest.
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Rebecca Sawyer-Fay
Country Living
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit
F.H. Burnett
Billi Joyce
David Mallet
Arlo Guthrie
the Muppets
John Denver
Cottage Garden Tricks For Tiny Charlotte Yard
Landscape designer John Byrd showcases cottage gardening in a 50 by 75 foot Charlotte space. He uses walls, vines, beds and containers to create year round bloom and flow into a terrace while advising planting for every season and occupied ground with visual variety. Nancy Brachey reports for The Charlotte Observer.
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Charlotte
N.C
John Byrd
Dilworth
Byrd
Art Institute of Atlanta
Sharpening garden blades keeps plants safe and tools precise
Guide on sharpening garden tools detailing blade types and proper angles for pruning shears hedge shears grass shears and scissors. Includes use of files stones and bench grinders, lubrication and safety steps to prevent edge damage and overheating.
Drought Relief and Bonsai Exhibit At National Arboretum
Drought stressed trees need deep watering and roots extend beyond the drip line. A new exhibit at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum on 3501 New York Ave NE Washington runs through Sept 20 featuring 101 bamboo items plus other crafts. The Hillwood Museum in DC notes the Japanese garden and French parterre will close in December for two years for renovations.
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Gwen Stauffer
Hillwood Museum
D.C
National Arboretum
National
New York Ave
Washington, D.C
Washington
Rock Creek Park
Shogo Myaida
Linnean Ave
Illinois seeks to revive U.S. broomcorn for mechanical harvest
In Urbana and Arcola, Illinois researchers led by Don White and Henry Hadley plan dwarf broomcorn hybrids to replace imported Mexican supply as NAFTA shifts trade. If successful, hybrids and harvesting machinery could bring broom production back to the United States by 2001, after decades of Mexican dominance.
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University of Illinois
Illinois
Mexico
Don White
Crop Sciences
White
Henry Hadley
Arcola
Hadley
Tim Monahan
U.S
Monahan
Thomas Monahan Co
United States
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