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Shade Doesn’t Have to Be Boring

LizWFF
August 28, 2024
Garden Design

Shady areas of any yard provide welcome refuge during steamy hot summers (like the one we just had). They also bring unexpected beauty and interest to low-lit areas. As the gardening season begins to wind down, stroll around your garden and look for areas that could benefit from more color and variety. We offer a broad array of perennials and shrubs that grow splendidly in shady to partly shady sites. Plant multiples of one type of plant to create a swath of color or repeat trios of different plant groupings to enjoy a mosaic effect with pleasing variations of color,…

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Night Life: Lighting & Plant Ideas for Evenings in Your Garden

White Flower Farm
August 30, 2019
Garden Design, Garden Lighting, Lanterns, Moon Garden

Most of us think about our gardens and outdoor spaces with a keen eye toward how they look during the day. This year, we’ve been thinking of more ways to make our gardens shine in the evening hours. The first…

Honey Bees in America

by Eliot Wadsworth Having spent four plus decades in the world of plants, I am familiar with honey bees as companions in my garden, orchard, meadow, and, briefly, in a pair of poorly managed hives near our house. Their background…

Top 5 Sneeboer Gardening Tools

White Flower Farm
June 20, 2019
Tools

These tools were selected from the Sneeboer line of durable, heirloom quality tools, which we discovered on a visit to England’s Great Dixter gardens. Made by the renowned Dutch company since 1913, each is hand forged from top-grade stainless steel…

Our Top 5 Heirloom Tomatoes

Let’s start with the basics. What does the phrase “heirloom Tomato” mean? Generally speaking, heirloom Tomatoes are varieties that have had their seeds saved and passed down by gardeners for generations. The number of years various heirlooms have been in…

Introducing Our Friends at Whichford Pottery

We are delighted to be offering a charming selection of handmade pots from our new friends at Whichford Pottery in England. During a visit to their pottery last year, we became enamored with the beauty and function displayed in their…

Our Tuberous Begonias – Chapter 1: Waking Up the Tubers

White Flower Farm
February 14, 2019
Begonias

By Cheryl Whalen, Head Gardener Each year I look forward to Valentine’s Day with eagerness and anticipation. It’s not the chocolate and candy hearts I crave but something much more satisfying. That mid-February love-filled holiday marks the start of the…

It’s Cleanup Time!

Here in northwestern Connecticut, the fall foliage show is nearing its peak, and in some places, the leaves have begun to fall. They rustle at our feet as we go about our rounds. This is Nature’s way of telling us…

Harvest Fresh Fruits & Vegetables From Pots on Your Patio

White Flower Farm
June 1, 2018
Container Gardening, Edible Gardening, Tomatoes

By Barb Pierson, Nursery Manager For gardeners with limited outdoor space or the desire to harvest fresh fruits and vegetables a few steps from the door, container pot gardening is a great way to go. While the options for container…

How to Create an Enchanting Garden Pathway

Paths serve many functions in a landscape, both practical and esthetic. A paved one can lead guests, mud-free, to the front door, or allow you to fetch the mail every day. A gravel path might provide access to a storage…

Cleaning & Sharpening Your Pruners

With Matt Scace, Grower for the White Flower Farm Store The gardening season is about to get underway in the Northeast, so it’s a great time to clean the garden tools. Up at the farm, we asked Matt Scace, grower…