Flowers for Fall

The September garden can start to look drab and unruly, with dried seed heads, withering foliage and dull colors dominating. But some specialty plants use the coming months as their time to shine, bolstering and brightening your...

Help for Hemlocks

Few evergreens provide the fine textured grace of Pennsylvania’s state tree, Tsuga Canadensis, or the Eastern hemlock. Eastern hemlock can be grown in partial sun to partial shade and can be used as a landscape specimen or a...

Sculpture Garden

Most of us enjoy decorating our homes with some kind of artwork, whether it is a perfect piece of sculpture or a painting that transports us when we enter a room. Our homes reflect our individual personalities, and including the...

Herb Basics

To those would-be gardeners with itchy green thumbs who might lack the expertise that comes with years of growing things—consider the herb garden. The versatility and hardiness of herbs are empowering for the first-time gardener...

Upwardly Mobile

For those of you looking to get more out of your gardens this year, I have two words of advice—grow up.

Grow your plants up, that is.

Anyone who has grown tomatoes in the garden already has some experience with “growing up.”...

Plant A Tree

April showers might bring May flowers, but rainy weather also makes April one of the best times to plant trees. Cooler temperatures and generous rainfall help trees establish roots and adjust to new locations before the dry,...