First of all I want to offer my wishes for a very Happy Holiday Season to everyone. Once you’re back in the gardening mindset, it is time to review your garden journal from the past season and start thinking about your plans for the spring. Some thoughts might be late winter pruning, dormant season disease… Continue reading Happy Holidays and Let’s Get Ready for Next Year
New Developments
Even on the first day of winter there is a lot to do. Two big projects have come up and they are both very exciting. Locally, I am working with the Clark Park Advisory Council on the Richard Clark Park Framework Plan. The goal of this plan is to “create a long-term plan for Richard… Continue reading New Developments
Holiday Spirit
It has been a while since the last post and here is why-I’ve been putting up Holiday Decorations!!!! In this post I am going to talk about how to bring the color and life and beauty of the garden inside. All it takes is some bright holiday colors festively strewn about the house and you have… Continue reading Holiday Spirit
New Design Project
Great News! Keeler Gardens has been welcomed into a new project with one of our local Chicago parks. Everything is in the early development stages. The park has established woods and river front, in addition to general horticulture advice for these areas, I’ll be involved to promote prairie and display gardens. I am also going to present them with a basic… Continue reading New Design Project
Planting Bulbs
A few posts back I mentioned planting bulbs. Now is the time! I plant my spring booming bulbs in the fall when the temperature drops and the ground is still workable. You can plant up until the ground freezes and you should wait until the temp gets down below 55 degrees. Keep your bulbs in a… Continue reading Planting Bulbs
Building a New Garden
I just finished a nice-sized garden for a friend and wanted to share the process with everyone. Here is what the space looked like when we started… As you can see there is no garden, just lawn. My friends had a specific design in mind for the new garden. They wanted a break between the… Continue reading Building a New Garden
More of the Midwest Gardeniere
Great news everyone! There are more new Gardeniere videos online to watch. I want to thank everyone for spreading the word and for all the compliments. Filming has been very exciting and rewarding. A few posts ago I showed some pictures of the projects we worked on early this fall. The newest video shows how… Continue reading More of the Midwest Gardeniere
Fall Gardening
It may seem that the garden season is winding down but this is a great time to be gardening. There is much to do in this cool wet weather. It’s the perfect time to divide and transplant. If you find you have extra plants, there is always a neighbor that can use them. Do some… Continue reading Fall Gardening
The Midwest Gardeniere
The time has come!! The moment we have all been waiting for- Scott’s Miracle Gro and The Home Depot present… Gina, The Midwest Gardeniere in three new videos ready for viewing. You can go to the Gardenieres site to find videos or you can go right to each video with the links below. You can… Continue reading The Midwest Gardeniere
Windy City Coop Tour
Hey Everyone, We deviate from the garden to talk about chicken coops. Yes, chicken coops. There is a growing group of people that are actually raising chickens in the Chicagoland area. This weekend a bunch enthusiasts will open their coops for a tour. You can go to the website, www.chicagochickens.org, to learn all about their… Continue reading Windy City Coop Tour