Gardening Tips and Plant Care Blog

Blog Entries - 2024

Family of 3 gardening

A Beginner's Guide to Gardening

From young children helping their parents pat down the dirt in their backyard garden, to retirees basking in a lush backyard oasis, gardening is a hobby that is accessible and fun for people of all ages and abilities. The best part is that gardeners can match the intensity of their hobby with their level of commitment. 

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An alive house plant and a dead one

A Beginner’s Guide to Gardening: Why Do My Houseplants Keep Dying?

You dream of a vibrant home full of lush green plants and blooming flowers. There's just one problem: your houseplants keep dying! 

Keeping houseplants alive can be a serious challenge. People often forget that they are completely reliant on their owners for life, and if you are new to growing indoor plants it can be easy to underestimate the difference that something seemingly trivial like pot size or proximity to a window can make.  

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purple flowers

Look Forward to These Flowers Blooming in March

February 5, 2024  |  Early Blooming Flowers, Garden, Spring Flowers

If you love gardening as much as we do, then you can hardly wait until spring arrives. There is nothing as joyful or exciting as the first blooming flower of the year. Fortunately, you don't have to wait for April showers to bring May flowers, many species of flowers begin blooming as early as March.  

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Herbs in a pitcher

Your Complete Guide to Growing Winter Herbs

January 8, 2024  |  Growing Herbs, Indoor Herbs, Tips and Tools, Winter

For many people, winter is the one time of year when gardening is a no-go. But it doesn't have to be that way. Even in the winter, you can practice both indoor and outdoor gardening. How? By growing hardy herbs, of course! 

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