Category: Container Gardens

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Many summer container gardens are looking a bit worn and tired. The beginning of October is the time to change from heat-loving summer flowers to the autumn beauties that take us into winter. I…

Mums are ubiquitous in fall gardens. However for mums to be truly hardy, they are best planted in the spring. The mums for sale in fall nurseries have been coddled to set buds for September blooms and are putting an awful…

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Picking the perfect pot: Container gardens can add a punch of color, elegance, creativity, and/or drama to your landscape. As with statuary and garden art, container gardens are the accent pieces in our gardens.…

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by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener March and April seem to have had nicer weather than May, so it looks like our official planting date this year is closer to Memorial Day rather than the usual Mother’s Day.  I’ve been…

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener There’s any number of reasons gardeners prefer to grow things up instead of out. At the expense of sounding as if I like to do everything the easy way . . . I always…

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Tips for Choosing and Growing local Roses By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener There is no better way to enjoy the romance of a garden than by growing roses. In recent years rose gardening has been given a bad rap,…

Lisa Lain has been creating container designs for decades. This 3 step program puts the floral style back into your garden. The class is free to onlookers, but the first 12 students to sign up create their own design with…