I’m finding so many cool things. Now, a new vertical garden tool for air plants.

Ecorazzi has a super cool gallery of some of the world’s oldest living plants. The plant above is the Welwitschia Mirabilis. This plant is estimated to be between 1500 and 2000 years old. The Welwitschia Mirabilis are considered to be “living fossils.” They have a short woody trunk and just two leaves that grow continuously [...]

Saturday, April 17 9:00 to 1:00 Plan to show up at 9 for the sale. Lunch afterward.

From the Goodwood Museum website: Saturday, February 27 8th Annual Winter Garden Symposium: Infusing the Garden with Your Personality Carriage House Conference Center Registration begins at 8:30 a.m $45 per person, price includes lunch Featuring Tovah Martin and Carleton Woods Tovah Martin, a horticulturalist, author, freelance writer, photo stylist and lecturer, will talk about “Infusing [...]

Saturday, February 13 From the Goodwood Museums website: (sales continue every Friday and Saturday morning thereafter until sold out) Presented by the Goodwood Garden Volunteers 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Virginia McKee Greenhouse at Goodwood Each year, volunteers from Goodwood, root Old Garden Roses for use on the grounds and for sale to [...]

From the Goodwood Museum website: Goodwood Museum and Gardens Jubilee Cottage Friday, February 4, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free, No reservations required By Fred Dietrich Bluebirds were almost extinct in Tallahassee in the 1940ís when Fred Dietrichís family moved here for a teaching position at the newly co-ed Florida State University. But with recent [...]

January 16th will bring the first festival of the new year – the annual Crawfordville Arbor Day celebration at Hudson Park.  Starting at 10am on Saturday, hundreds of free trees will be given away.  This year’s trees are even larger than in previous years. Choices will include Florida sugar maple, fringe tree, redbud, southern magnolia, [...]

CNN.com posted a sort of random article on composting. It’s got a lot of helpful info if you’re just getting started. Link

Saturday, October 10th Fall Plant Sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Virginia McKee Greenhouse at Goodwood Rain or Shine The Fall Plant Sale features hundreds of heirloom perennials, shrubs, lilies and ferns at unbeatable prices. Varieties include Butterfly Ginger, Coneflower, Turk’s Cap, Hardy Hibiscus, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Phillippine Lily, Blue-eyed Grass, Salvias, and many [...]

I know for some of us, every month is garden month, but April is officially National Garden Month! How will you celebrate it? The National Gardening Association has got some great ideas and articles, as well as helpful how-to videos. To celebrate National Garden Month, there’s also a contest you can enter to win a [...]