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...
Growing guides
Pumpkin math: what the patch costs, what the porch pumpkin is worth after
Published on: 07/09/2026
A porch pumpkin has a whole life before it sits on your steps, and most of us only think about the five minutes we spend carving it.
Harvest and preserving
The public gardens quietly feeding their cities
Published on: 07/09/2026
We already told you about the campus gardens quietly feeding college pantries. Some of America's biggest botanic gardens run the same playbook, bigger:...
Food bank and surplus
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.
Growing guides