Gardening
Tips and tricks to make your landscape beautiful and eco-friendly all year round.
John Messerschmidt, owner of Hudson Valley Native Landscaping based in High Falls, shares tips and tricks to make your landscape beautiful all year round.
By Melissa Dempsey
Sep 1, 2019
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Gardening
A celebration of the horticultural legacy of pioneering master gardener Beatrix Farrand.
By Melissa Dempsey
Jun 1, 2019
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Gardening
Making Mosaics (Underplanting)
An excerpt from Margaret Roach's recently updated hands-on primer A Way to Garden.
By Marie Doyon
May 1, 2019
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Gardening
Tim Steinhoff of Germantown Blooms offers tips for growing and storing Mexico’s exquisite national flower— the dahlia.
By Michelle Sutton
Oct 1, 2018
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Gardening
Garden Buffs, Get Your Greenery Fix on September 22 & 23
Calling all green-thumbed, nature-lovers of the Mid-Hudson Valley. September is a great time to get outside and visit the region’s beautiful gardens as you scheme and dream up next year’s garden plans. The Garden Conservancy will hold Open Days and Digging Deeper events in Dutchess and Ulster Counties on September 22 and 23, respectively.
By Briana Bonfiglio
Sep 13, 2018
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Gardening
Michelle Sutton explores techniques for incorporating plants into rock walls. (Her favorite ingredient: mud!)
By Michelle Sutton
Sep 1, 2018
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Gardening
Commemorate the Garden with a Lawn Party and Panel Discussion on 9/22
Blithewood Garden on the Bard College is a quintessential walled Italianate Garden. Over the past two years Bard and Garden Conservancy have collaborated to restore the garden. Celebrate Blithewood's 115th birthday with a lawn party and panel discussion on September 22.
By Marie Doyon
Aug 22, 2018
Tags: garden conservancy bard college blithewood garden Blithewood Manor and Historic Gardens
Gardening
A Wildflower Wonderland in Catskill
On August 4, the Garden Conservancy will host a Green County Open Day at the Abeel House Prairie in Catskill. This 4-acre property is a wildflower wonderland with dozens of varieties. Stroll through the gardens on your own or join at for the Digging Deeper program, as the property owner discusses his journey with prairie planting and invasives.
By Marie Doyon
Jul 16, 2018
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Gardening
The nonprofit organization offers programs that educate about the importance of gardening and how to help gardens grow.
By Timothy Malcolm
Jun 1, 2018
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