Here is another great post by Matthew Roberts of Ginkgo Gardens on native plants. Even the blackest thumbs will appreciate gaining knowledge and appreciation for our local plant heroes. –MHC My tenth grade math teacher used to always put an extra credit question on the final exam: Q. What did the acorn say when he […]
This spring, Sherwood Rec Center at 10 & G, NE has been getting some gardening TLC. The Sherwood Neighborhood Volunteers recently planted a slew of trees donated by Casey Trees to help beautify the grounds. This weekend they’ll continue the job with some shrubs and other miscellanea. If you have some free time on […]
Here is another great installment of Elizabeth’s gardening column. Have a question for Elizabeth? Send it to questionforelizabeth@gmail.com! –MHC It is hard not to stare in awe at the world around us when year after year our environment transforms from a brown, apparently lifeless, terrain into a lavish display of colors and textures. And every […]
April showers bring May flowers, or so we learned in nursery school. What I’ve learned since having my own yard to tend to is that April showers bring a massive invasion of weeds that can grow as tall as me in the blink of an eye. And in front of each of our houses, at […]
Please welcome Matthew Roberts of Ginkgo Gardens. Throughout the course of the seasons, he will be educating us on different native plants that can be incorporated into a Hill garden’s scheme. –MHC ____ Have you seen all those small dark grey-barked trees with the shocking fuchsia-purple flowers up and down their branches all over town […]