I was assigned a deck garden makeover recently for the Hallmark daytime show,   "Home & Family" with Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines. 

If you like home and garden shows, you'll love this unique daytime show where all the guests are experts from this genre!

When I design a…

Co-owner and Hellebore breeder Chris' amazing double flowering Hellebore in a stunning array of colors for your shade perennial garden.

This new Helleborus is a double flowering type that has triple the amount of petals of common Helleborus. 

The breeder claims the plant is deer proof and drought proof.

I love the color and looks of the 'Fluffy Ruffles'…

Hi Garden Center TV Friends!

Happy New Year!

Growing your own food at home is a huge trend among gardeners but it  seems to stop short of growing your own fruit.

There's a misconception among newer gardeners that a large yard is required in order to grow and  enjoy a crisp apple, juicy orange or luscious…

There's no doubt about it, "Fairy" and "Miniature" gardens are strong trends in gardening today.

You can't read a garden magazine or browse Pinterest and Facebook without coming across these charming and very personal fairy and miniature themed gardens.

I made a video for my…

I would like to introduce you to this product that just recently became available.

"My Lazy Gardener" is a unique product that warms plant root zones, aerates the soil and waters the plant all at the same time!

You haven't seen anything like this!

"My Lazy Gardener" is an ideal product for early and late season container gardening, seed starting and for tropical plant, especially tropical fruits like citrus, guava, and papaya.

The beauty of My Lazy…

Do you want to learn how to make a straw bale raised planter?

Hi Friends!

I invite you to watch my appearance on the "Home and Family" show this week as I re-purpose a straw bale into a raised planter for herbs and greens!

The show airs on the …

There are some new, sun-loving coleus plants and  "Gryphon Begonias"  on the market now.

Are you a huge "foliage" plant fan?

Select, "Press Here" in the paragraph below and watch the video and express your opinion about the plants.…

The Garden Center TV posse of opinionated garden experts and bloggers are back from the IGC Show, (Independent Garden Center Show)where we taped last week.

We scoured the exhibit hall, encompassing over 210K…

The Independent Garden Center Show will be the center of the garden industry universe next week, August 20-23, 2012 in Chicago!

I'm excited to be taping  new Garden Center TV videos with my posse of…

Here's an interesting way to extend the usefulness of a fire pit, by making it "moonlight" as a lighted, musical water fountain during the warm season.

Many patios have  fire pits, to use on cold weather nights.

On a hot night, however, the fire is rarely lit. 

Now, the same feature can double as a lighted, musical water fountain to add a unique entertainment feature for warm weather use!…

EDIBLE FLOWERS- Beyond Nasturtiums, Violas and Calendulas

Did you know Red Bud Tree flowers are edible... or Carnations... or the flowers on your Bean Vines?

Picture courtesy of…

Strawberry plants and controlling weeds are an ongoing concern in the strawberry patch.

In order to give your strawberry plants a fighting chance against water-sucking, nutrition-hogging weeds, you must prepare your garden soil months in advance of planting!…

Wouldn't it be great to have a neat terrarium that you can build yourself, use as a centerpiece for the holidays, and enjoy all winter long?

How about sending one to someone you love? 

How about giving one to that child who needs something to do during the Christmas break?

A terrarium is a unique, "living gift" that will add style to any room it is in!…

To many of us, fall means mums on the porch. I didn't want mine to be like everyone else's though so I tried something a bit different. Check it out:

All I needed was potting soil, a cute pot and a mum!  How're you decorating for fall?

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It won't be long before we have short and cold days and us gardeners need to be prepared for when this time approaches as there are a couple of things that are essential to plan ahead and to action before the December month.

I am based in the United Kingdom, where the winters are extremely cold as some of you cold climate gardeners in other parts of the world can relate to.

Although the winter can be a beautiful season, it may also damage our beautiful garden including the…

Check out this table.

You could sit at a meal and pluck an herb growing from your table legs as part of your dinner!

It's a Plantable table from JAILmake.

I'm guessing the inventors don't have kids or pets.

I can only imagine how much fun my dogs would have…

I've talked about edible pond plants and versatile pond plants that can be used in both the pond and landscape, but did you know that many common garden and water garden plants are…

Did you know that some of the most common water garden plants can be used in your garden bed  and some of your favorite garden plants can be used in your water garden?

Here are a few of my favorite versatile plants that I use in my water gardens, my gardens and our Backyard Getaway customer's water gardens:…