The Pullman Evaluation Garden

Hello everyone.  I hope the past couple of weeks gave you all a chance to do some gardening and throw some parties! I have an important post today about the Pullman Plant Evaluation Garden. This half acre was the first display garden shown to the public at the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1972, then the Home… Continue reading The Pullman Evaluation Garden

The Garden Party Continues

Now that you have toured the front yard let’s tour the back. We’ll take a walk down the side path, the picture on the left, which in a few years will have flowering trees blooming in the spring.  When we get to the back you can see the yard, the picture on the right. On the… Continue reading The Garden Party Continues

Garden Party

Welcome everyone to my Garden Party.  It is really quite easy to show off your garden to friends and family on a pleasant afternoon.  All you have to do is put some chairs on the deck or in view of the garden and provide some lemonade and cookies.  Guests are usually more than willing to… Continue reading Garden Party

Perennials For Your Display Garden

So this post will wrap up the travel series showing a bunch of perennials we saw on our trip to The Berkshire Botanical Garden, which, by the way, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the nation! Here are two exceptional plants, each special in their own way.  The first is Arum Italicum, Italian Lords-and-Ladies, which does… Continue reading Perennials For Your Display Garden

Annuals For Your Summer Display

Back from our travels we found so many wonderful plants to share with you.  Make sure you click on the pictures to really see the plants up close.  These plants were all found at The Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbrigde, Massachusetts.  This post will cover annuals you can use for a display garden. We will talk about perennials… Continue reading Annuals For Your Summer Display

More on Vegetable Gardens

So you can see from the pictures posted that vegetables can be grown anywhere.  Above is cucumber.  Next, two pots, each with 4 plants in them, 2 eggplant and 2 tomato.  This is too many.  I planted these thinking the tomatoes would not make it, well they did.  The plants will be fine I will just have to water… Continue reading More on Vegetable Gardens

Vegetable Gardens in Containers

Let’s spend some time talking about growing vegetables, specifically container vegetable gardens.  You can have a vegetable garden anywhere in containers, on a roof, a deck, and even inside.  Here are a few tips. Each plant needs a big pot -14 inches or wider.  The bigger the pot, the less often you need to water.… Continue reading Vegetable Gardens in Containers

Drought Tolerant Plants

This will be our last installment on gardening in drought conditions (for now), just a few final points. Although we’ve experienced a pretty heavy drought in the Chicago area this summer, in any given summer (and for that matter any given garden), there are times and areas that require drought tolerant plants.  If you want plants that will… Continue reading Drought Tolerant Plants