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It's National Pollinator Week
Pollinators are crucial to our ecosystem! Plant any of these in abundance to attract pollinators year-round and show these hard-working visitors in your garden a lot of love and care. Learn more about each by clicking on the plant names below. Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) Coneflower (Echinacea) Husker Red Beard Tongue (Penstemon digitalis) Salvia (Salvia) Russian Sage (Perovskia) Lantana (Lantana) Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii) Gaura (Gaura
Rebekah
Jun 20, 20251 min read


15 Popular Herbs: Several Benefits & Uses
Herbs offer a wonderful flavor for food and hold many key nutrients. We are happy to offer a large variety of herbs each spring and summer at the garden center. Today, we'd like to share many key benefits of several popular herbs. Basil Use the flowers at the end of the plant for teas Basil is heart-healthy You can freeze the leaves for Winter: cut them off the plant, wash them, and let the sun dry the leaves. Then put it in an airtight zipped bag and freeze Plant Basil near
Rebekah
Mar 6, 20253 min read


When Amending Your Soil Would be Beneficial
Late winter is a great time to amend the soil in your garden. There are several reasons you might need to do this, and we will lay out those main scenarios below. New Builds: There are so many new homes being built all around our area! It is amazing to see the growth that is taking place throughout Nashville. This is exciting (unless we are talking about the traffic!), but once the new homes are built, homeowners are often left with soils that are compacted, poor, and in need
Rebekah
Feb 3, 20252 min read


Transform a Room into an Indoor Jungle
As the cooler temperatures set in this fall, bring the outdoors in by adding more houseplants to your life! Whether you're new to growing indoor plants or a seasoned professional, having plants inside your home has a host of benefits, including improvement of health and emotional well-being. "Indoor jungle" are rooms primarily filled with plants. These rooms are also called "growing rooms", as there tends to be ample sunlight and large windows for plants to thrive in. Some ho
Rebekah
Oct 1, 20212 min read


Why Grow Vegetables in Raised Garden Beds
It's too early to plant, but it is the perfect time to be planning for your spring vegetable garden (and you can definitely start your seeds indoors now!)! With a record number of homeowners deciding to plant vegetable gardens for the first time last year (which made perfect sense during the global pandemic), many homeowners are craving more knowledge on how to grow their own food, with many wanting to grow in raised gardening beds. Today, we will share many tips for gardenin
Rebekah
Feb 4, 20214 min read

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