Sharon Hull, This Week in the Garden: Lavender just loves it here - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Lavender farming can be an important business in Mediterranean climates like ours. Many products are made from the aromatic oils produced by the plants, including culinary and medicinal items. Most of us know about Bonny Doon Farms and their soaps ...

Save Up to 40% of Landscape Water and Still Have a Beautiful Lawn - Forbes

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers offers consumers with lawns these water-saving tips in the face of widespread drought cutbacks affecting many California cities ...

Designing a Garden Bed - KYW News radio

If you’re determined to plant your first flower garden this spring but are overwhelmed with how to begin the process, here are some tips. First, decide where you’re going to plant the garden. Take into consideration how much sun your garden will ...

Garden Reports - KYW News radio

If you’d like to find a flowering plant for a shady spot in the garden this season, a spectacular one is tuberous begonia. For anyone who is interested in building an inexpensive greenhouse that will cost practically nothing to heat, here's a book ...

Marshall to speak at garden club meeting - Jamestown Press

This month's meeting of the Quononoquott Garden Club will be on Monday, Sept. 8, at St. Matthew's Parish Hall. The business meeting will begin at 11 a.m. and will be followed by a presentation by island gardener Roger Marshall on "Putting the Garden ...