Winters in Northeast Ohio can be brutal. A visit to the glasshouse at the Cleveland Botanical Garden will warm your spirit and offer an escape to make you forget the snow and ice-covered landscape outside. The winter show, “Orchid Mania” is held annually. Whether or not you have ever had any desire to grow orchids,…
This year’s “Orchid Mania” show will be held January 27 – March 11, 2018. The Greater Cleveland Orchid Society Show and Sale will be held Saturday & Sunday, February 17 & 18, 2018. This is my story of last year’s visit. It was the first week of March when we visited the Cleveland Botanical Garden.…
by Pamela Frush-Hammond Published in Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publications: Garden, Deck & Landscape – Winter 2000 s 1894. That was the year my house was built – more than 100 years ago, when my street was little more than a farmer’s field divided into individual lots. Only bits and pieces of evidence remain…
The driveway garden was a puzzle. From the day we moved into the house, we had no idea how we were going to address the small grassy area on the street side of the driveway which is backed by a hedge of spring blooming forsythia. Both dry and shady because it was beneath a thick…
I’ve always had gardens. My spring and fall, and sometimes even summer, weekends have always been filled with garden chores. Perennials, biennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, trees and potted plants all have had a place in my yard. But when I realized I needed to make some changes, I didn’t know where to begin. My situation…
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