Behnkes has come to know garden writer and perennials expert David Culp through his work for Sunny Border Nurseries, one of our suppliers, and we’ve long admired his expertise. Then our perennials specialist Larry Hurley visited David’s garden near Philadelphia…
The National Capital Cactus and Succulent Society participated in our recent Garden Party, and gave us a chance to reconsider these plants that seem to be better suited to a hotter, dryer climate than ours. But now the Mid-Atlantic is…
The surprise hit gardening book of 2011 is this intriguing one by Jake Hobson, who explores the creative side of pruning and shows readers some awesome sculptural landscapes – boxwoods trimmed into Russian nesting dolls, hedges inscribed with words, and…
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…
To win these two very cool books, just leave a comment to this blog story and we’ll choose a winner at random. Entries close midnight Sunday, August 21 (2011). The winner can pick up the books at either Behnkes location…
The winner of our give-away of this terrific new book 50 Beautiful Deer Resistant Plants, is Beltsville customer Kathy Kircher – congratulations! But we can’t withhold such great information about gardening with deer from the rest of our readers. So…
Here’s my rave of the new book about one of the world’s best public gardens – which happens to be near Philadelphia, so just a day-trip away. “Neither a museum nor a great plodding institution, Chanticleer is a gardener’s garden,”…
Gardening in deer-infested territory may be old hat for you, or deer may be a recent challenge for you, thanks to recent increases in herd size in the D.C. area. And by “challenge” I mean the untold frustrations and horrors…
Here’s a worthy cause we’re supporting – it’s called Agricultural Literacy and it means teaching kids about where food comes from and how it grows. They’re urging Marylanders to donate to school media centers the wonderful (and favorably reviewed) new…
Here’s a few more of my favorite books for Woody Plant References. The “holy trinity” of Dirr’s woody plant references, these three books include just about everything you need or want to know about trees, shrubs and vines for your…
A wonderful young writer has written a guide to growing food in small spaces, and it’s getting rave reviews – probably because it covers all the basics in a fun, conversational tone, and is packed with terrific photos. Sugar Snaps…
Ever wonder what the Horticulturists at Behnke’s are reading? We asked Miri Talabac (Behnkes woody plant manager and buyer) what were a few of her favorite books and she sent me over a dozen titles. So, over the next few…