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Therapeutic Gardening | Horticulture Therapy

Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. If you’ve been thinking about starting a garden or if you are feeling guilty about spending too much time with your hands in the dirt, now you have more reasons than ever to get out your gardening...

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5 Tips For Healthy Houseplants In Winter

After the holiday season, winter can start to feel a little dreary and that gardener in you might need a diversion until you can get back outdoors. Why not focus on your houseplants?

2 images: a closeup of a light pink camellia japonica in the garden and a bright hot pink camellia bush with many flowers in bloom

How to Grow Camellias in the Valley

Learn about Camellias: selecting the right varieties for your garden, and how to grow and care for them so they flourish in the Valley of the Sun.

How Important Is A Strong Root Structure?

It's everything. Simply put, healthy plants have healthy roots. In fact, half of the secret to growing beautiful plants is healthy roots. Healthy, fleshy, abundant roots: Support the growth of those fantastic flowers and lush, glossy foliage. Knit soil that might otherwise be [...]

2 images: a bumble bee on a coneflower; and a honey bee on some lavender

Wild Native Bees!

Did you know, there are 20,000 species of bees—in addition to the honey bee? An article by Kristin Ohlson in the Modern Farmer, titled "The Other Bees," shares some great observations about bees and recommendations to attract wild native bees.