Do you save seeds? These days, more and more gardeners are interested in keeping seeds from the plants in their garden, but it’s a process that can be intimidating. Read excerpts from Lauren Davis’ recent article interview in the Washington Post (October 3, 2023) with Emily Murphy, regenerative organic gardener and author of “Grow Now: How We Can Save Our Health, Communities, and Planet — One Garden at a Time.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/10/03/gardening-advice-harvest-preserve-seeds/

The Crowninshield Garden, built as a neoclassical ruin almost a century ago and now a real one was left mostly untouched for more than six decades. It is beginning to stir from its slumber at Hagley Museum. Watch a recent story from CBS News on the garden.

The PHS Gold Medal Plant Program is a resource for anyone looking for the perfect tree, shrub, edible, vine, or perennial plant to add to their garden. Gold Medal Plants have been selected for their ease of cultivation, multiple seasons of interest, commercial availability, appropriateness for the Mid-Atlantic region, and value to wildlife. If you are not already growing them, onsider adding some of these treasures to your plant “wish list”!

Invasive species can evoke both frustration and terror in the hearts of gardeners. Noxious and obnoxious, these pernicious plants can be caught encroaching into your beloved garden beds, taking territory heedlessly as they go...but fear not, there is a period when these plants are particularly exposed and can be dealt with, and the time is now! This time of year, before most of our deciduous native trees and shrubs leaf out, is an opportune time to spot (and zap!) invasive species in the landscape.