2017 DC Area Fling
Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling June 22-25, 2017 Organizer: Tammy Schmitt of Casa Mariposa Photo credit: Wendy Niemi Kremer Here's...
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- Jul 10, 2017
2017 Capital Region Fling Overview
The Fling, recently described as summer camp for gardeners, is over but we all get to relive the fun through our blog posts. Much has...
- Jun 19, 2017
Hortus TV: All the Gardening You Can Stream!
My family likes to joke that if I could figure out a way to garden in the dark, I’d do it. I think they may be right. But short of...
- May 31, 2017
Southern Living: The Source for Landscape Solutions
Every time I have a problem area in my garden that I try to solve with wrong plant after wrong plant, I feel like I’m lost on a dating...
- May 25, 2017
Encore Azaleas: Superior Plants for Sunny Gardens
Have you ever looked at a plant and thought, “Why can’t you just grow in the _____________? Now fill in the blank with whatever light and...
- May 11, 2017
Garden Trends: Expertise and Experience
I love discovering a new company, especially when they turn out to be as awesome as they advertise. Garden Trends, a division of Harris...
- May 7, 2017
Oakes Daylilies: Extra Large Plants Guaranteed to Grow
There’s something to be said for a plant that only blooms for one day. If it’s a reminder to live in the moment and enjoy each day, then...
- Apr 24, 2017
Maine Garden Greenhouses: American Made Beauties
I love greenhouses like a baby loves it’s mama. I love the idea of walking into a warm, cozy spot that fools Mother Nature into coaxing...
- Apr 17, 2017
PlantsMap: Connecting People With Plants
Have you ever wandered your garden and looked at a plant and thought, “I know we’ve met but I can’t remember your name or how you got...
- Apr 14, 2017
Sustane: Organic Soil Builders for a Healthier Garden
One of the things I love about the Fling is meeting the cool sponsors and hearing about their products. Instead of just standing in the...
- Apr 7, 2017
Saunders Brothers: A Local Gem
I love a big pot of happy and that’s exactly what I find when I buy plants from Saunders Brothers at my local garden center. Bigger and...
- Apr 2, 2017
John and Bob’s Soil Solutions: My Magic Wand
Have you ever stood in your garden wishing you had a magic wand? With a quick flip of your wrist you’d be able to solve every soil...
- Mar 28, 2017
Paw Paw Everlast Labels: A Reputation for Excellence
I wish my plants could talk. Instead of calling them ‘the purple plant by the pink rose’, they would speak up to remind me of their name...
- Mar 21, 2017
High Country Gardens: From Agastache to Zauschneria
I’m a sucker for an amazing agastache. Maybe it’s all the hummingbirds fighting over the nectar or the butterflies that hang from the...
- Mar 15, 2017
The Franciscan Monastery Gardens: Sanctuary and Serenity
There is something about a garden that transcends the muck of daily life to remind us that our choices are bigger than we are. Gardens...
- Mar 13, 2017
American Meadows: Wildflower Warriors
It’s a beautiful thing to love a wildflower but even more so to dedicate your life to their preservation. American Meadows started as a...
- Mar 9, 2017
Garden Design: The Ultimate Gardening Resource
I stand staring at the stack of magazines in my living room, dividing them into piles of Keep and Toss. Many will be thrown into the Free...
- Feb 20, 2017
American Beauties: The Local Source for Native Plants
Occasionally patience is overrated and I grow tired of waiting. Sometimes I just want what I want and I want it now. When what I want is...
- Feb 14, 2017
Prairie Moon: My True Love
As much as I enjoy ornamentals, my true love is native plants and I stuff them into every empty spot in the garden. Tough and...
- Feb 10, 2017
Schreiner’s Iris: The Ultimate Iris Resource
I could say I have no idea what it’s like to love something so much you devote your life to it but I can’t. Combining a career with a...
- Feb 6, 2017
Plant Me Green: Gorgeous Plants, Guaranteed!
I don’t know about you, but I wish life came with more guarantees. Instead, we are only guaranteed the one true constant in life: change...
- Feb 2, 2017
Niche Gardens: Powerhouse Plants for the Southeast
Maybe it’s from having lived in deep south to the frozen north, but when I’m choosing perennials for my garden, I need them tough enough...
- Jan 30, 2017
Gossler Farms: The Woody Plant Experts
Have you ever gone to a nursery and discovered no one knows anything about plants or purchased plants online that were given misleading...
- Jan 28, 2017
Botanical Interests: Seeds of Happiness
There is something about functional beauty I find irresistible. Maybe it’s the idea of finding or creating beauty in that which doesn’t...
- Jan 26, 2017
Mountain Crest Gardens: Low Water Wonders
Maybe it’s because I’m a California native with memories of drought, hot, dry winds, and a deep understanding of how quickly a single...
- Jan 22, 2017
Grimm’s Gardens: The Mid-Western Experts
Maybe it’s because I’m the daughter of a Navy sailor who married an Air Force aviator, but I’ve spent my life surrounded by people who...
- Jan 19, 2017
Dancing Oaks: Your Destination for the Unique and Unusual
I love it when gardeners describe themselves as plant addicts, with no apologies or explanations. Leonard Foltz and Fred Weisensee of the...
- Jan 17, 2017
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange: Local From the Ground Up
I am convinced a container is as capable as my garden beds of holding any plant I love provided the container is large enough. Every year...
- Jan 12, 2017
Bluestone Perennials: My Garden Problem Solving Secret
What do you do when you just can’t find the right plant for your problem spot? I turn to family owned Bluestone Perennials and their...
- Jan 7, 2017
We’re All Coming to the Fling! Are You??
Now that we’ve hung our new calendars, it’s time to fill in a few blocks for some garden blogger fun! Listed below are the bloggers who...
- Jan 5, 2017
Lazy S’s Farm Nursery: I’d like three of everything, please.
Every spring and fall I wait eagerly for my shipment from Lazy S’s Farm Nursery in Barboursville, Virginia. Gaps in my design or empty...
- Jan 1, 2017
Kitazawa Seed Company: A Beacon of Preservation
** This is the first in a series of articles about the companies sponsoring the Fling. In an age where large corporations routinely...
- Sep 30, 2016
2017 Capital Region Fling Registration Info
I’m having a party! Are you coming? I hope so! Here’s everything you need to know about registering for the 2017 Capital Region Garden...
- Aug 24, 2016
Party in the Capital Region! Are You Coming?
We’re having a party and you’re invited! The 2017 Fling will be in the Capital Region and we want you to come! The 2017 Fling is open to...
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