Today was a nice sunny one with temperatures right around 32 degrees F.  Looks like they received quite a blanket of snow out East!  I heard it will be 36″ …

The winter months are a great time of year to appreciate some of the subtle (or not so subtle) contributions in the winter landscape.  Winter interest in our gardens is …

We had an impressive showing of volunteers this morning despite the snow showers.  We missed some accumulation yesterday but will probably end up with an inch or so throughout the …

It was nice to get back in the office today although I certainly enjoyed the previous two days at the 2015 Garden Center Symposium / Midwest Perennial Conference in Waukesha, WI.  …

Today was overcast with some light snow/drizzle although we still had a nice turnout of volunteers.  I’m presenting both tomorrow and Thursday at the 2015 Garden Center Symposium/Midwest Perennial Conference …

Today was sunny and more mild than in previous weeks!  We had a nice weekend too with highs near 40 degrees F. The temperature today ended up in the upper 30 …

Some of you loyal blog readers will remember Ed Lyon (well-represented in this blog) from his time as Executive Director at Rotary Botanical Gardens for four years.  I’ve known Ed since 1999 …

While the day was overcast and cold (not unusual for this time of year!), we had a productive day at the Horticulture Center.  Pat M. was in to process more …

  Today was another cold one but we do see the “warming trend” with temperatures now well above zero degrees F at least!  It was a beautiful day outside and …

Today was another cold one although it wasn’t bad enough to keep some from heading outside (I stayed inside of course).  It was sunny with blue skies and it looks like a …