Thanks, Potomac, for Sixteen Terrific Years!
Behnke Nursery Garden Center and Florist at Potomac will be moving back home to our flagship garden center in Beltsville as the key to our long-term plan to “grow” the company.
Author’s Plant Tips
Behnke Blog readers competed for a copy of Evelyn Hadden’s new book Hellstrip Gardening and our winner was Pat McNees, who wrote that she came to the store to pick it up immediately and loved it. Congrats to Pat! Evelyn…
Honoring All Those Who Served
Memorial Day is a day when we remember and honor those who are serving and have served in the United States armed forces. For me, I think of my three uncles and cousins. How proud we all are of them.
It’s Philly Flower Show Time!
It’s just mid-January and already gardeners are fighting off the winter blues. BUT just a few weeks off we can immerse ourselves in gardens at the world-famous and highly recommended Philadelphia Flower Show! Once again this year Behnkes is partnering…
Fun Times at the Christmas Open House
We were blessed with great weather Saturday for our Christmas Open House and it was lots of fun, as you can tell from these first photos. Above, customer Amanda Cook took this great shot and shared it with me. Here’s…
Great Bunch of Crafters
Behnkes once again loved hosting local crafters at our Craft Fair last Saturday in Beltsville. Here are a few of them, and click here to see more crafts and crafters on our Facebook page. Nancy Clifford wrote Except for a…
Beginner’s Guide to Choosing and Growing Orchids
I think I can speak for everyone at Behnkes – we loved hosting the National Capital Orchid Society’s big show last weekend, and many of us took the opportunity to attend the talks. Because I know nothing about orchids, I…
Orchid Show Coming To Behnkes in a Shutdown DC Region
Here in Shutdown Central, ground zero for political craziness, we all know government workers who are affected and even more so, government contractors and people dependent on government workers showing up for work (e.g., nearby restaurants) who will never be…
A Tour of Britain for Gardeners and Nongardeners, Too
My financial adviser is telling me to travel now, while my health is good. (As a young-old person I have to be reminded that it won’t be long before I’m plain old old and maybe not up to traveling the…
Thoughts on Herbs and Alcohol
If you’d rather read about herbs and alcohol than taste them, Amy Stewart has a “hot off the press” book on the subject called, appropriately, The Drunken Botanist. When not writing books, Stewart blogs on the popular blog Garden Rant…
Learn to Avoid these Crimes Against Horticulture!
The concept of “crimes against horticulture” is the creation of writer/landscape architect/humorist/rock drummer Billy Goodnick, who loves to find examples, attach funny captions, and post them to his Crimes against Horticulture Facebook page. That page collects photos of what Billy…
A Year of Teaching Gardening
Out of curiosity, I counted up all the educational opportunities that Behnkes provided for its customers in 2012, each one designed to turn their customers into better (and happier) gardeners and to turn more people into gardeners. I was surprised…