The September 3rd edition of the Wayside Gardens Gazette included a "Getting to Know You" survey. The very first question was a simple one, but it unleashed a lovely flood of fond memories and great gardening stories. The question: How did you first get interested in gardening? Many of the responses focused on family–mothers, fathers, [...]
Use Mulch and Ground Covers Planting ground-covers and using mulch to fill in your fall beds will make it more difficult for unwanted weeds to establish themselves, helping you to naturally maintain your garden. The ground-cover both smothers potential weeds, blocking out the light, and helps your current plants by holding in moisture and maintaining [...]
I was browsing through our catalog, as I sometimes do when I can't think of anything else to write about. I just find a pretty plant and then talk about how pretty it is. I know it's boring, and I apologize, but they really are very pretty. This time was different. It wasn't the picture [...]
Yar, me hearties. ‘Tis Talk Like A Pirate Day yet again. I’m Cap’n Labuffarosa, and I’ve got me trusty parrot tulips on me shoulder (just not, you know, really. That would be silly, and they’re not even in season), and I’m ready to give ye a fine tour of me Pirate Garden. Of course, nothing [...]
Here at Wayside Gardens, we see a lot of our plants. Around the grounds, in the greenhouses, even in some of our offices, we’ve got our plants. Most of us here have a lot of Wayside products in our own gardens, of course, as do our friends and families (what, you think we give CDs [...]
Today is an exciting day for us here at Wayside Gardens. We're shifting our main website over to the fall season offerings, which means a great deal of work, but it also means that we get to start talking about all of the great new plants we've got available this year. I have my copy [...]
Each year, Wayside Gardens and Park Seed open up our amazing trial gardens to the public. For one day we have our professional horticulturists give guided tours of these beautiful 9 acres of garden. This year we will have over 2,000 varieties of plants at their peak, and anticipate that thousands of visitors from hundreds [...]
It's not too late to order those Wayside Gardens gift certificates. If you order one of our gift certificates, it will be gift-wrapped and delivered with one of our brand new spring 2008 catalogs for you friends and family to browse and make their decisions. These gift certificates can be used over the phone, through [...]
It's almost that time again–the cold of winter is setting in, and gardeners are twiddling their thumbs. What do we do to pass the time? Well, browse gardening catalogs of course. And, I've got a brand-spankin' new copy of Wayside Gardens Spring Gardening 2008 catalog lying on my desk, fresh of the presses. You can [...]
Some books focus on specific plants and growing techniques associated with particular climate conditions. One great example is the line of Month-by-Month gardening books from Cool Springs Press. You can give your garden-loving friends all over the country a gardening book that targets what to do in the garden each month in their specific state. [...]