May 24, 2019 Container Planting: Freedom to Grow Anything! Planting above ground containers affords gardening aficionados tremendous flexibility in what can be grown verses in the ground garden beds…
March 21, 2018 How To Avoid Common Seed Starting Problems Growing plants from seed is fun and easy but even experienced gardeners can sometimes run into problems. Here are some…
May 30, 2017 Grow a Pizza (Garden)! Getting kids involved in gardening has so many benefits — spending time outdoors improves their health, they become more curious and excited to learn about plants, insects, and animals, and are much more…
April 18, 2017 How to Grow Strawberries One of the best things about the start of summer is fresh, sweet strawberries in June. Many other fruits take a bit…
January 25, 2015 Mason Jar Fruit Cake When winter is upon us, it’s hard to remember the green days of summer with veggies waiting to be picked,…
October 30, 2014 POP up some Halloween fun! When it comes to fall plants, everyone immediately thinks of pumpkins and we’re no exception. But today we wanted to…
October 6, 2014 Fun Fall Day with the Kids Grow Club! We had a fantastic Saturday with our Van Putte Gardens Kids Grow Club this past weekend! The mini-Green Thumbs didn’t…
June 20, 2014 Happy #PollinatorWeek! “Seven years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked…
May 18, 2014 Kitchen Gardens – Useful beauty for busy folks! Today’s busy families and working professionals may not have time to till and tend a half-acre vegetable garden, but that…