Backyard Gardens

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Annual Gardening School & Plant Fair at Callaway Gardens

by David Nichols • March 15, 2011 • 0 Comments

Garden With Confidence: Learn From Erica Glasner At The 13th Annual Callaway Gardening School Launch your Spring gardening endeavors with advice from experts at the 13th annual Callaway Gardening School March 25, 2011. Join us for a fantastic gardening experience…

by David Nichols • February 10, 2011 • 0 Comments

It seems like the last frost creeps up on us every year. Suddenly we’re scrambling to plan our crops, build extra raised beds, stock up on quality top-soil, pull out weeds, and buy the onions and potatoes before they’re sold…

by David Nichols • December 1, 2010 • 2 Comments

It’s depressing to see the dead, desolate vines after the first frost, isn’t it? Your garden that you poured so much love, toil, fertilizer, and water into all summer long has finally closed up shop and you fear having to…

by David Nichols • October 22, 2010 • 0 Comments

If you haven’t started thinking about your spring garden, now is the time to do it. Bulb planting season is just around the corner, and the horticulturists at Riverbanks have picked their favorites to offer at the annual Bulb Sale.

by David Nichols • October 15, 2010 • 2 Comments

OLMSTED’S LAST LANDSCAPE In the shadow of Biltmore House, America’s largest private home, are some of America’s finest formal and informal gardens. Here, too, is the birthplace of the first scientific school of forestry in the United States. And it…

by David Nichols • September 28, 2010 • 1 Comment

I admit it. This is my favorite time of year. While friends and family are unabashed lovers of the summer, with its long sunny days, barbecues, and vacations, I wait impatiently each summer for autumn to arrive. This is decorating…

by David Nichols • August 9, 2010 • 0 Comments

Fall is a time when the garden is winding down, but the garden work isn’t! There are things that need to be done that you really shouldn’t put off until spring. If you want your garden to produce healthy plants…

by David Nichols • July 13, 2010 • 1 Comment

By Peter D Young You are probably reading this article because you highly doubt that you can grow tomatoes in the winter and that only the large companies can afford to do this. I am here to tell you that…

by David Nichols • May 28, 2010 • 0 Comments

What we really need to fear about bees isn’t the sting. Gardeners know that most bees are gentle creatures, and if not bothered, don’t tend to sting. The real fear is the loss of our bees … our essential pollinators.…

by David Nichols • April 28, 2010 • 0 Comments

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden will take a load off this Saturday, when it launches the sale of Riverbanks comPOOst; an all natural, composted Zoo poo, effortlessly produced by some of our most famous animals: elephants, giraffe and zebras. “By taking…