Planning a Garden: Create Your Garden Design
Last week, we covered a few of the initial steps in planning a garden or landscape area, including goals, budgeting, and spacing. Now, it’s time to actually sketch out your garden design. Start with a Simple Design There are a few different ways to go about sketching your garden or landscape design. If you’d like […]
Planning Your Garden: Set Goals, Find Space, & Determine a Budget
Maintaining a perfect garden takes time, effort, and some proper planning. Planning a garden before planting will help you ensure the health and longevity of your plants. Depending on the type of garden you’re planting, you could face different challenges and have different goals than other gardeners. For example, if you’re planting a vegetable garden, you will […]
Keep It Clean or Not: How to Tidy Up Your Outdoor Spaces & Still Protect Wildlife Habitats
Now that spring is on our doorstep, it’s easy to get anxious for greener days. We see all the dead ornamental grass stalks, the spent perennial stems, and the autumn leaves collected in our gardens and they give us spring fever! We want to bolt outside and clean up the yard, garden, or patio as […]
Garden Trends for 2022: From Crisis to Innovation
Each year, Garden Media Group puts together a Garden Trends Report for the upcoming year, which highlights major shifts and things to look for in the gardening, horticulture, and nature-related areas of our life, especially those that work in these types of industries. The Great Reset of 2021 had people switching up their lifestyles, making choices related […]
6 Tips to Help Your Houseplants Thrive This Winter
Whether you’re thinking about becoming a houseplant owner for the first time, starting up your houseplant maintenance again, or you’re just trying to pick up a few pointers, there are all sorts of ways to optimize your indoor plants’ health. While this maintenance can feel a little overwhelming, most plants actually don’t need constant attention […]
5 Tips for Bringing Your Plants Indoors for the Winter
When it comes to houseplant maintenance, it’s quite common for owners to move their houseplants outside in the summer so they can absorb fresh air, soak up rainwater, and bask in sunny summer weather. Because most houseplants are considered tropical, they need to be returned indoors once the weather turns cold again – especially in […]
3 Easy Tips for Sustainable Garden & Landscape Cleanup
Raking leaves, cutting back plants, and cleaning up our landscape is part of our typical fall checklist, but did you know that beneficial pollinators, insects, and other animals rely on autumn debris and dried plants for shelter and food in the winter? Fall garden cleanup can also make spring gardening far easier as much of […]
Fall Checklist: 8 Gardening Tasks You Shoulder Consider
Although fall is a more relaxed period of the year in the garden, there is still plenty to do. Tending to and tidying gardens and landscapes now will give you a jump on activities next spring. Read on for a checklist of some useful strategies and materials to apply towards optimizing your garden production this fall […]
8 Unique Tips for Planting Spring-Blooming Bulbs in Fall
If you envision a spring landscape blooming with vibrant color, planting bulbs will get you there. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener, or a beginner just testing the waters of bulb planting, the following tips will help you get to know these wonderful plants a little better, and give you an even greater opportunity to grow […]
4 Invasive Plants to Avoid in Your Garden & What to Plant Instead
Invasive plant species can cause significant harm to Wisconsin’s natural environment, but gardeners have the power to help prevent their spread! One of the best ways to stop the spread of invasive plants is to be mindful of what you’re planting in your garden and landscape. Although it can be tempting to dig up a […]
