Last month I was so distressed by winter weather that I invited myself to visit the famous greenhouse of Chevy Chase author Ruth Kassinger – famous thanks to her popular book about it, Paradise Under Glass. Ruth is a storyteller,…
Since their inception in 2006, the Green Matters Symposia held by Brookside Gardens have earned a reputation for targeting the most important topics (like water-wise gardening and growing food) and choosing the very best speakers for each of them. And…
If you missed last night’s meeting of the Silver Spring Garden Club, here are the highlights of a fun talk by Dave Marciniak on the “10 Landscape & Garden Myths – Busted.” Club president Kathy Jentz had heard Dave (a…
Behnkes is providing tool sharpening on weekends through February 21, 2016! (Limit 2 per customer, please. This is popular and we want to avoid lines.) It’s first come, first served and doesn’t include lawn-mower blades or saws. COST: Suggested donation of…
Here’s what my Takoma Park garden looked like post-snow – a winter wonderland, so frozen there’s nothing I could do out there but go sledding, right? Wrong! It was the perfect time to design new borders and paths. That’s because the existing lines…
This past Tuesday I took a chance that weather predictions of impending snow would come true and stayed home from work. I had a “to do” list for inside the house work, already prepared, for when we get a significant snow.
Now’s the time for us get our garden recordkeeping in order from the prior season, and maybe get our system set up for the next. That’s because we’re bored and going nuts with cabin fever; plus, we could be way…
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…
Last year’s mild winter is but a memory, and this week’s Arctic weather has taught us to get serious about snow and ice, especially how to get rid of it. Turns out, we’re applying a whole lot of the…
Winter brings holidays, cold weather, and sore backs. One of the most common causes of low back strains in the winter is poor mechanics while shoveling snow. Snow shoveling is particularly stressful for the lower back for several reasons. The…
This winter I’ll be sharing photos of gardens I saw in 2013, especially ones within day-trip distance from Behnkes customers. Hope you’ll be inspired to visit some of them in 2014! First up, the under-visited but fabulous National Arboretum in…
Seasons greetings from the White House! Yeah, that’s me standing beneath the presidential seal (major photo-op) and I know you all recognize the grand north entrance. If I’d planned ahead and contacted my congressman I could have taken the White…