20 Entries
Growing your own food at home is a huge trend among gardeners but it seems to stop short of growing your own fruit. There’s a misconception among inexperienced gardeners that you need a large yard to grow crispy…
4 Comments / 499 View / December 29, 2012
There’s no doubt about it, “Fairy” and “Miniature” gardens are strong trends in gardening today. You can’t read a garden magazine or browse Pinterest and Facebook without coming across these charming and very personal fairy and miniature themed gardens. I made…
1 Comment / 2606 View / December 16, 2012
Do you want to learn how to make a straw bale raised planter? I invite you to watch my appearance on the “Home and Family” show this week as I re-purpose a straw bale into a raised planter for herbs and greens!…
No Comments / 619 View / October 30, 2012
The Gryphon begonia is a plant with interesting foliage for a year-round-accent in the shade garden. Garden designer, Shirley Bovshow reports on the recently introduced ‘Gryphon’ Begonia, a fast-growing annual or houseplant with arching branches and 10-inch wides leaves splashed…
1 Comment / 929 View / October 18, 2012
Shirley Bovshow, host of Garden Center TV with posse of opinionated garden experts and bloggers returned from the IGC Show, (Independent Garden Center Show) where they taped in Chicago. We scoured the exhibit hall, encompassing over 210-thousand square…
4 Comments / 548 View / August 27, 2012
The Independent Garden Center Show will be the center of the garden industry universe next week, August 20-23, 2012 in Chicago! I’m excited to be taping new Garden Center TV videos with my posse of opinionated “trend spotters.” The…
1 Comment / 116 View / August 16, 2012
I was invited to tour one of the growing facilities for Proven Winners plants, in Bonsall, California at EuroAmerican Propagators to learn how their plants are developed. It all begins with testing…lots of testing. Every plant that is introduced…
No Comments / 412 View / June 27, 2012
Strawberry plants and controlling weeds are an ongoing concern in the strawberry patch. In order to give your strawberry plants a fighting chance against water-sucking, nutrition-hogging weeds, you must prepare your garden soil months in advance of planting! …
No Comments / 283 View / June 18, 2012
I previewed “Nancy Jane’s Stackable Planters” at the Independent Garden Center show in 2009 and shot a preview video. Nancy’s stackable planter design is ideal for small space gardens and a godsend for urban gardeners. Self-watering plastic stackable planters…
No Comments / 568 View / September 8, 2011
The center of the gardening world was at the Independent Garden Center Show held in Chicago from August 15- 18, 2011 I attended the show, (as I do every year), in order to preview the latest gardening products that will…
No Comments / 323 View / July 27, 2011