Garden History
Brookside Gardens’ year-long 40th Anniversary Party continues with the Gardens of Lights. It wouldn’t be a party without candles, or in this case 940,000 twinkling colorful lights shaped in imaginative displays throughout the gardens. Enjoy the four seasons illuminated as giant summer sunflowers, autumn leaves, winter snowflakes, spring flowers, rain showers, and more. Walk along […]
Bonsai Essentials Moss by Pam Woythal Moss is a good insulator from heat, cold, heavy rain and sudden frost. The lush green cover makes a stunning effect in scale with bonsai. What are the disadvantages of using moss? It can be a trap for the novice because most people think that when the moss is […]
Spanish Moss Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is one of the most misunderstood plants found throughout the Deep South. To native South Carolinians, these gray strands draping from the branches of live oaks and other trees are a natural part of the scenery, while many newcomers fear that it may be killing their trees. Spanish moss […]
Regrowth starts in the first two years after the fragments have been spread. Although there is little sign of Sphagnum regrowth, at this stage the field turns green with live plants. Sustainable Peatland Management In Canada there are 113 million hectares (279 million acres) of peatland producing on average 70 million tonnes of peat per year. The Canadian […]
The Humboldt Field Research Institute developed from the reorganization of Eagle Hill Field Research Station during 1996. The Station was founded in 1981 as a tax exempt [501(c)(3), 509(a)(2)] nonprofit organization in order to provide advanced and professional-level field seminars in natural history. These widely acclaimed seminars, taught since 1987 by recognized regional, national, and […]
Mad About Moss—The Simple Art of Moss Gardening Plants & Gardens News Volume 19, Number 1 | Spring 2004 by Joni Blackburn This article originally appeared in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Plants & Gardens News (bbg.org). When my husband and I bought our home in the western Catskills more than a decade ago, the lawn surrounding the […]
