Are you looking back on your summer garden and wondering if there was anything more you could have done better or differently? Do you want to try something different next year, but don't know where to start—or maybe just need some inspiration? We've got you! Check out today's webinar with Dan Benarcik, 20+ tips from designers in different climates, what to plant for butterflies, plus get some great plant suggestions for West Coast gardens!
LAST CALL: Gardening in Overtime:
Making the Most of Your Late-Season Garden
with Dan Benarcik of Chanticleer
TODAY! 6PM EDT*
Join us today as we welcome back Dan Benarcik, one of Chanticleer's top horticulturists, to the 2023 webinar series.
Dan will be using examples from Chanticleer and showing us how to extend our gardening season. After all, more gardening time is always better—right? You'll get plant suggestions, design tips and techniques to make your late (& early) season garden excel. You don't want to miss it! Photos courtesy of Chanticleer.
In addition to attending our webinars, here's another way to get design insights and practical tips straight from a pro! Four designers from different climates share over 20 tips and lessons they learned while designing their own personal gardens. Pictured: A classic English-style perennial border designed by Jeremy & Beverly Allen. Photo: Richard Bloom.
Cultivate an Enchanting Spring Garden
You can create the garden of your dreams by planting spring-flowering bulbs now. Planting bulbs is simple. Add them to beds and borders, or scatter small bulbs in the lawn to create a natural-looking bulb lawn with abundant color! Order your bulbs now for the best selection. For more information and inspiration, please visit FlowerBulbs.com.
Butterfly Garden Plants & Flowers:
How You Can Help the Monarch Fall Migration
Millions of monarch butterflies migrate each fall. Those that spend summer west of the Rockies travel to the California coast or northern Mexico. Monarchs east of the Rockies migrate even farther—up to 3,000 miles—to forests in central Mexico. Providing fuel and safe habitats along the way is critical for their survival. By including some of these plants (especially those that bloom late summer to fall) in your garden, you can do your part to help them along their way.
Find more information on the monarch's migration at monarchwatch.org.
Have you tried making your own compost yet? If so, you probably know it can be a bit of a challenge to get the balance just right. If you've not tried it yet, is it because you're not sure what to put in it—and what not to? Learn more about how to create your own compost and how to use it in your garden.
Tip: A fresh layer of compost added to the garden in fall will break down over winter and make for revitalized soil in spring.
If you're looking for some tried and true plants that will thrive in your west coast garden, Janey from Dig, Plant, Water, Repeat has the answers. She's curated lists of her favorite Proven Winners plants to help us all out. (And by "us," I mean me too!) You can check out some of her favorites in her new video, as well as see her Best for the West Idea Boards on the Proven Winners website:
And, while you're there checking out the Idea Boards, it's a great time to create your own boards for fall and spring planting plans! See how here!
A couple weeks ago, I visited the Kauffman Memorial Garden in Kansas City, MO, a certified Monarch Waystation. There were milkweed plants scattered all throughout the garden and monarchs could be seen on nearly every one—such a joy to see!
Do you have monarchs making their way through your garden?
Happy gardening!
—Linda
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