Check out Andrew Bunting’s interview with TotallyHer and get some tips on sustainable gardening. Also visit the sustainable section of the Scott Arboretum website to learn about different sustainable practices and techniques for your garden.
Thank you to Susan Harris at GardenRant for her review of Garden Seeds. Check out her post to see what other public gardens are blogging. Another local garden blog is Winterthur, http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/. Chris Strand has found the first or last snow drop of the season. You can find snowdrops at the Scott Arboretum beginning in January.
I personally enjoy articles written by Denise Cowie on at http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/column.asp?BlogID=81. It is great resource to learn about what is going on at all the public gardens in the area.
Public gardens are catching onto the blogging phenomenon and using them as a tool to education…
This past month the Scott Arboretum and staff have been recognized for their efforts in the horticulture community. The Scott Arboretum received the 2008 Community Greening Award presented by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful program. This award recognizes the Scott Arboretum for outstanding public plantings…improving the quality of life through horticulture.
Walt Fisher, PHS Community Greening Award Judge, noted “To call it an Arboretum’ suggests more limited design and plantings than is presented by the huge variety of plants, shrubs, trees, and landscaping features. An informative and highly-professional website describes the many features of the arboretum and…
