My new garden in Old Greenbelt is far smaller than the one I left behind – that was the idea, after all. But though smaller, it’s still a brand new garden, and mostly empty. Calculating how much it would cost…
Behnkes was pleased to host the National Capital Area Daylily Club’s Annual Daylily Flower Show again this year – we naturally love hanging out with plant people. The various classes of competition included the sizes (miniature, small and large), doubles,…
Good Friend-of-Behnkes Jim Dronenberg did double duty at our recent Garden Party – representing Four Seasons Garden Club and giving a talk to customers, this time about how to grow plants that you’re not supposed to be able to. Yes,…
Wendy Bell, long-time gardener, garden-club activist, horticulturist and Master Gardener, is also a Watershed Steward. (Recently retired from her long career at the EPA, she’s obviously busier than ever.) Wendy brought her knowledge of watershed protection to Behnkes and shared…
Thanks to Brookside Gardens for organizing an awesome collection of gardens for the public to drool over! It was all part of their hopefully yearly garden tour to benefit everyone’s favorite local garden – Brookside itself. The gardens were a…
Thanks, garden clubs, Master Gardeners, vendors and customers, for a fabulous day! Above left, Leslie McDermott represented Brookside Gardens at the party, and was reeeeeealy happy to learn that our raffle resulted in a donation of $1,682 to Brookside to…
This season I’ll be visiting with Greenbelt’s community gardeners every week to report on what they’re doing in the garden and what their gardens are producing that week. As a newbie to growing edibles myself, I’m hoping to pass on…
Here’s a plant we think of as too formal, too boring, too (fill in the blank). But I suspect our criticisms of boxwoods are based primarily on the way they’re traditionally grown – pruned to soldierly uniformity. So I offer…
Have enough Azaleas? Roses? Bored with yews? I always yearn for the different when it comes to my garden, and these shrubs are some of my favorites. Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) I love this shrub! It’s native (they pop up from…
Behnkes buyer and well known native-lover Miri Talabac has lots of tips for people who want butterflies and hummingbirds in their gardens. In her recent talk about these popular critters she started with making a pitch for WHY to include…
I moved from Takoma Park to Old Greenbelt almost five months ago and though my house and back yard are still messy, dirty construction sites, I finally have something to show off – the front* garden. I could show you…
Jim Dronenburg is a long-time employee of Behnkes who also runs the Four Seasons Garden Club and is a certifiable plant nut and amateur rosarian, but claims no formal training in roses. To my mind, he’s grown enough different roses…