Where: Carolyn’s Shade Gardens 325 S Roberts Rd Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610-525-4664 carolynsshadegardens@verizon.net When: (Select One) Saturday, March 20, from 10 to 11:30 am Sunday, March 21, from 1 to 2:30 pm Friday, April 2, from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, April 3, from 10 to 11:30 am Cost: $25 per person Attendance is […]

Photo of Marigolds planted next to Cucumber plants by Ellen Sousa at Turkey Hill Brook Farm When planning your garden this year, consider companion planting.  What does it mean to do companion planting? Companion plants are the plants you should grow next to plants that you want in your garden. These companions assist because they […]

a desert grows in brooklyn by vfraiche TheGardenLady received this question from Peggy. I am doing a story on rooftop gardens in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, sort of a how-to piece.  Would you be able to assist me with information on how to start one/if there are licenses to apply for/if Brooklyn rooftop gardens are different […]

TheGardenLady received this question from Bluelytes: Would you know where I could obtain seeds of these russian watermelon varieties?:  Podarck Solatsa or Skorospelyi Sakharnyi Watermelon is one of my favorite fruits -  if you can find them when they are ripe and fully sweet. That doesn’t seem to be the case these days. When shopping […]

Once again PSE&G is giving free tickets to the New Jersey Flower & Garden Show that is being held at the Raritan Center in Edison, NJ, starting Thurs., February 18 through Sunday, February 21st. You print the ticket yourself and it is a free pass for two.   Click here. For a fresh whiff of Spring, […]

Trifolium Pratense, otherwise known as Red Clover, is an herbaceous perennial member of the legume family that is native to Europe, Western Asia, and Northwest Africa. This gorgeous bulb-like flower with honey scented pink petals has been long revered for its cancer fighting properties, however today it is most often found as a leguminous crop […]

More Galanthus and other winter interest plants that you can buy from Carolyn Walker’s Shade Garden Potter’s Prelude Charles Cresson’s Heirloom Snowdrop Collection New G. ‘Atkinsii’: In Snowdrops, Matt Bishop says that ‘Atkinsii’ has “elegant elongated flowers that suggest the drop-pearl earrings of Elizabeth I”—if that description doesn’t portray a true English classic, I don’t […]

More on Galanthus that you can buy from Carolyn Walker’s Shade Garden Galanthus ‘Potter’s Galanthus elwesii Early January bloom, unique green markings, naturalizes Galanthus nivalis Bears many flowers, spreads rapidly Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ Double flowers Galanthus nivalis ‘Viridi-apice Green markings on outer petals, substantial plants, my favorite Galanthus ‘S. Arnott’ Heart-shaped green marking, rounded […]

Calling all Galanthophiles (That’s a British word for gardeners obsessed with snowdrops) Galanthus nivalis at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens Carolyn Walker of Carolyn’s Shade Gardens writes that ” buying snowdrops ‘in the green’ (as they say in the snowdrop world), rather than as bulbs in the fall, is the best way to insure vigorous healthy plants. […]

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