Today, we are proud to welcome 180+ members of the American Landscape and Nursery Association. As they spend the next few days in Ohio, they will tour many garden centers, nurseries, and other outstanding retailers. In addition, they are enjoying seminars, speakers, and other learning opportunities to take back to their businesses. We have enjoyed similar tours to different parts of the country ourselves, and hope they have have as much fun, gather as much inspiration, and meet as many great people as we have!
Thanks, ANLA, for including us in your adventure, and we look forward to talking to all of you! We would love to have your feedback as well...please leave your impressions and suggestions in the comments below!

It's National Perennial Gardening Month, also known as June! The weather is perfect for planting, and fresh perennials and shrubs at their summer best are just arriving.

To celebrate this event, and to encourage you to plant some summertime color that will come back year-after-year, here is your coupon for $10 Off a purchase of $50 or more of perennials or shrubs. Just print out this coupon...it's good now through Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, 2008. Note: This coupon has now expired, but watch this space for more specials in the future!

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This week in the Dayton Daily News Neighbors section, Gerald Mahan of the Greene County Extension Office offers some timely reminders about common garden tasks and decisions that, if not considered, can make your (and your neigbors') life more difficult (10 Easy Ways To Get Your Neighbors Really Angry). His information on bagworm control is also right on time.

The contest is over, and we have a winner: Congratulations, Shannon! We have had so much fun reading everyone’s answers to our question, “What is your favorite new addition to your garden this year?” It’s clear that for many people there is a very emotional attachment to their gardens, and many others love to experiment and “chase the dream”.

We used a random number generator at Random.org to choose the winner, and it chose Number 17. Our 17th commenter on this post was Shannon, and we have emailed her with her prize certificate.

Thanks for playing, and we look forward to more contests in the future!