This year our Beltsville Christmas Shop is something NEW but very traditional – an old-fashioned ’50’s style farmhouse done up for Christmas. Rooms have been created and decorated t0 give customers ideas about how they can decorate their own homes…
Join us this Saturday for a Gourd Art Workshop by Denise Sharp of Sharp’s at Waterford Farm. Denise will cover the basics of gourd design step by step – design transfers, inks, pigments, acrylics, conditioning and finishes. In the…
You could run into Constance anywhere in our Beltsville store because she works in all departments, as needed, which for her helps keep the job interesting. “Never a dull day,” and all that. Life before Behnkes Unlike her co-workers (Orion…
Find all the November To-Do Tips from experts at Behnkes and the University of Maryland. Your garden advice can’t get any more local than that.
A familiar face to Beltsville shoppers is Christopher Lewis, former manager of the Potomac garden shop. Chris is now in our Woody Plants department in Beltsville. Origins Farm boy here! Christopher grew up on a farm in Howard County, and…
Meet your expert in shrubs and trees. He’s Orion – like the constellation – Taylor. Orion could hardly be more of a local guy, having grown up in and around College Park, and he always knew he wanted to work…
Planting the Dry Shade Garden is the latest book by the world-acclaimed plantsman and award-winning garden writer Graham Rice, so I groveled a bit to get a review copy. I loved the book and am happy to pass it along…
Orchid-growers are flocking to the repotting workshops that horticulturist Carol Allen is giving at both our locations, so here’s a closer look at Carol. Her knowledge of plants goes waaay beyond just orchids. Looks like we could pick her brains…
You can hardly do better than a blueberry for a multi-season, multi-use shrub! Flowers in spring start out with pinkish buds and open to white bells, and then provide you and the birds with crops of beautiful, tasty blue treats…
Back around 1980, my wife and I took a driving trip from Dallas through the South, with a stop in New Orleans. While walking near our guesthouse, we were captivated by a fragrance in the air—very light, very floral, very…
Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) ‘White Cloud’ is one of those plants that I’d never noticed – either at the nursery or in anyone’s garden – until I grew it myself, an experience that’s turned me into a HUGE fan of…
October’s THE best month for feeding your lawn, planting your spring-blooming bulbs. It’s also ONE of the best months for planting shrubs, trees, perennials – well, the list goes on coz it’s a busy month for gardeners in our region. …