Growing guides

Steal the botanic garden's October playbook

Published on: 07/09/2026

October at a botanic garden is not a shutdown, it is a checklist. The beds get planned for next year, the bulbs go in, and every dropping leaf is doing...

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Plant Heroes: the free K-5 garden lessons from the public gardens association

Published on: 07/09/2026

Quick disclosure before anything else: Plant Heroes is not us.

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The fall transplant window: what to get in the ground this month

Published on: 04/09/2026

September asks you to do three things at once: pull what is done, plant what is next, and not get the order backwards.

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Your fall garden to-do list, by zone

Published on: 04/09/2026

A national "plant your fall garden now" article is not much use to you if your first frost is six weeks behind your neighbor's. Skip the generic list.

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