A nyone who’s made a mad dash to the garden centre on a sunny Easter long weekend will have been stung by the realisation that gardening is really all in the planning. Every beautiful dahlia display and abundant veg plot you see flaunted on social media in a few months’ time will have started life […]
GrowGeneration Acquires Horticultural Rep Group
Expands GrowGen’s Global Supply Chain and Private Label Initiatives DENVER, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ: GRWG) (“GrowGen” or the “Company”), the nation’s largest chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, today announced the acquisition of Horticultural Rep Group (HRG). “With this acquisition, GrowGen is strengthening its global product supply chain and […]
Provincetown shows, concerts, theater, and more starting Jan. 27
FROM NEWS REPORTS | Wicked Local EDITOR NOTE: Due to state and local public safety advisories about the COVID-19 virus, please check with venues directly for the latest information on precautions. UPCOMING Thursday, Jan. 27 Thursday Night at the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, the Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Free. For information: https://womr.org. Featuring “Battleship Potemkin” (1925). […]
Gardeners pack up bulbs and cuttings to start over at new home
It was six years ago that Page Dickey and her husband, Bosco Schell, “walked away from 34 years of making, nurturing, loving a garden.” They left behind thousands of perennials and bulbs, hundreds of shrubs. Sad? Of course. But it was time. The cost of living in Westchester County, N.Y., was too high. The gardening […]
Master Gardener: Spring is around the corner – Orange Leader
By John Green Texas Certified Master Gardener, Orange County Master Gardeners Hello fellow gardening enthusiasts! Before you know it, spring will be here. Last weeks’ discussion focused on flower and vegetable seed germination. Germinating seeds indoors several weeks before the last anticipated frost, (March 10th) allows us to grow seeds into small plants (seedlings). Once […]
Anna Greenland grows her own Suffolk garden school
Anna Greenland is a rising star in the organic grow-your-own firmament, although as she confesses to Catherine Larner, her life currently is more Grand Designs than Gardeners’ World. For more than three years Anna Greenland has been living in a rented cottage on the outskirts of the tiny village of Brandeston in east Suffolk. Across the gravel […]
When extreme cold hits, compost is your garden’s guardian
Recently one of my readers asked about how all the weather extremes of 2021 might impact our gardening experiences in 2022. It is a good question that is worth exploring, especially since I suspect this won’t be the last time we see such extremes in temperature, rainfall and snow. Here are some of my thoughts. […]
22 Stocks That Could Double Your Money in 2022
New year, new you, new opportunities to get smarter, happier, and richer! Despite the tumult of the continuing pandemic, Wall Street had itself another fine year. The benchmark S&P 500 registered its second most all-time closing highs in a single year and ultimately more than doubled up its average annual total return of 11%, dating […]
On Gardening: Suñorita rose garners American Rose Society’s Award of Excellence | Nation
The Garden Guy wasn’t stopping to smell the roses, but instead stared in awe at the form of a rosebud. Even though this new rose variety called Suñorita is considered a miniflora, the bud looked like a classic tiny hybrid tea. Then, out of nowhere, as if to confirm my admiration, a butterfly landed on […]
9 Gardening Trend Predictions For 2022, According To Experts
The pandemic saw many of us dust off our gardening gloves and make the most of our outside spaces – and if the stats (and those muddy hallway footprints) are anything to go by, interest in gardening is showing no signs of slowing. According to Nationwide, garden-related spending shot up 77% in April to June […]
