A few years ago, Behnke’s president, Alfred Millard, and the Emmanuel United Methodist Church came up with the idea of a community garden to help with their Food Bank. They do a monthly food distribution at EUMC church in Beltsville.
We are pleased to announce that 5 of the wonderful Potomac staff will also be coming back home to Beltsville. Bill Mann, Constance Cleaveland, Orion Taylor, Terri Poindexter and Christopher Lewis will all be working in Beltsville.
I am always amazed at all the wonderful places we are so blessed to be able to drive to in our area. This past Monday, my husband, some friends of ours and I loaded up and off we went on an overnight adventure. First up, Pottsville, PA?
Last Saturday it suddenly occurred to me that after weeks of moving plants around and the construction of a privacy screen, my garden was finally looking good. And it would stay that way through July 4, when a slew of old…
There are very few plants that you, the gardener, can actually choose the color that you want them to be in your garden. Hydrangeas happen to be one of them.
I’d heard about the Potomac store opening. I went to check it out. I hadn’t worked at Behnkes at Beltsville for four or five years then, because we had moved out to our current house for a life of commuting. Who should be there as manager, but Alex Dencker…. Within 30 seconds I was being fitted out for a Behnke’s employee T-shirt, whether I wanted it or not. The rest is, as they say, history.
I love this video by Beltsville wildlife gardener Marcia Van Horn. (Viewable on desk and laptops, but not on mobile devices.) I met Marcia through the video she created off Greenbelt’s Less Lawn Garden Tour. Next, she volunteered to help me…
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.
One of the most asked questions we get at the nursery is:” What plants are deer resistant?” It is well known that deer love to munch on Hosta.They love it so much apparently, one mother decided to give birth early this morning amongst the hosta in my greenhouse.
Behnke Nurseries is concerned about the health of bees and other pollinators. Working with the environmental group Friends of the Earth, it’s developed a company policy regarding the sale and use of neonicotinoid-containing insecticides. While the scientists continue to work…
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…
It is a well known fact in my family that I am never ever without my camera and like any other grandmother I love to share.