We don’t tend to ‘toot our own horns’ at GGW, BUT I’ve just gotta do it this time because I am so thrilled about the awards being given to some of our GGW Contributors. Two Regular Contributors and two Guest Contributors are 2010 GWA Garden Media Recipients. They have each earned a Silver Award of Achievement [...]
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GGW Plant Pick of The Month- Plants with Variegated Foliage
October 25, 2009 – Posted in: Garden PlantsTraditionally, GGW Plant Pick of The Month highlights a specific genus or cultivar. I’m going to try something different for October and feature plants with variegated foliage. They function as important accents in my seasonal displays. Note, photos will include companion plant names as well. The term “variegated” calls to mind childhood memories of our [...]
Grand Prize for Picture This Photo Contest
September 13, 2009 – Posted in: Garden PhotographyFor those of you who have not posted a photo of an ornamental grass for this month’s Picture This Photo Contest, perhaps a photo of the grand prize from High Country Gardens, along with a list of the grasses hand-picked by David Salman, will motivate you to enter. The prize includes the following grasses: Schizachyrium ‘Prairie [...]
September Happenings and Tidbits
September 1, 2009 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThis summer’s weather has had everyone scurrying all over the place. For those of you on the East coast, who would have ever thought that you would end up with such torrential rains and a cool summer? And for all of us who are living in drought riddern territories, we yearn for even a light, [...]