Tom Ingram Ask a Master Gardener Garden gnomes have always been a curiosity to me. I like them and don’t mind seeing or having a gnome in the garden, but how in the world did this tradition start? Apparently, the practice of placing statues in gardens began in Rome. These statues were not of gnomes … Read more
SCOTT SHENK The Free Lance-Star After a 2023 with “strong travel demand”, the auto club AAA predicts that the holiday season at the end of the year will be the second busiest since the end of the century. AAA estimates that 3.2 million Virginians will travel at least 50 miles during the 10-day holiday period … Read more
WESTERLY — With winter approaching, some final cleaning, mowing and cleaning was done this week around the new formal esplanade garden at the Broad Street entrance to Wilcox Park next to the Westerly Library. Park and library staff and volunteers celebrated the completion of the redesigned esplanade last month in a formal ceremony. Now, Park … Read more
Rollercoaster temperatures can actually be a blessing. They mean that your garden has finished production for the year, but it also means that the weather is good enough to finish those final ones. Autumn is the ideal time to clean the garden and its tools to prepare for next year. Elizabeth Exstrom There are a … Read more
Before the calendar turned to November, members of the Garden Club of Elizabethtown were busy with their creativity designing items to sell in the annual Holiday Bazaar. Using items donated to the club, members paired new and like-new craft items, repurposing some to make new trees, wreaths, centerpieces, ornaments, swags and other gifts for shoppers … Read more
Surrounded by the beauty of the fall garden, members of the Garden Club of Richmond set up in the covered pavilion of the Enchanted Forest Center and Plant Nursery for their October meeting. Hostess Carol Edwards and her co-hostesses Cindy Bass, Diana Kelley, Judy Adamson and Barbara Wade served the club a buffet of taco … Read more
Surrounded by the beauty of the fall garden, members of the Garden Club of Richmond set up in the covered pavilion of the Enchanted Forest Center and Plant Nursery for their October meeting. Hostess Carol Edwards and her co-hostesses Cindy Bass, Diana Kelley, Judy Adamson and Barbara Wade served the club a buffet of taco … Read more
