Part One: What are Spring Ephemerals? After a long winter, gardeners are eager to get out of their houses and into their gardens.  In the stark, tawny woodlands of early spring, emerging through the fall leaf litter, little green shoots and tiny, delicate blossoms decorate the forest floor. These … [Read more...]

We’ve all the heard the expression, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.  Here’s the horticultural version: when life gives you rain, make a rain garden.  Then watch the magic happen with pollinators, butterflies, birds, and blooms. Compared to a patch of typical lawn, a rain garden allows … [Read more...]