November 30, 2018 Tis the Season to Select Your Tree As our annual holiday open house approaches, our green thumb staff has been busy transforming our nursery into a magical…
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…
July 16, 2015 All About Rain Gardens Rain gardens are an easy-to-maintain, beautiful, and useful addition to the home landscape, but as a relatively new theme in…
June 9, 2015 Grow the BERRY Best Berries are some of the sweetest little bursts of summer flavor your garden can produce, and now is a great…
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…
January 20, 2014 DIY Bird Feeder When the winter blahs hit and your kids are bouncing off the walls, use this fun craft as a great…
October 11, 2013 Kids Grow Club Creates Fall-tastical Creatures! The October 2013 meeting of the Kids Grow Club was tons of fun as usual! We had over 35 kids ages 5-12 come…
May 17, 2013 Be a Square! (-foot gardener) People often confuse square-foot gardening with simple raised bed gardening, and there are some pretty cool differences. Basically, square-foot gardening…
April 19, 2013 Welcoming Spring with the Kids Grow Club – It’s Germination Time! It’s hard to believe that the Kids Grow Club is in its 18th year this year… the original members must…