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  • Gardening Gifts That Children Will Never Forget

    Dec 08, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Beneficial Bugs, Container Plants, Garden Tools, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    Zinnia, Royal Purple MAKES A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT - BUY NOW! Of all the gifts that you can give to a child, the gift of your time – time spent with a child – is unquestionably the greatest gift of all Time spent with a child gardening, of all the child-worthy activities, tops the list. Gardening brings children outside, gives them healthy physical activity, teaches them about the wonders of nature and why they need to learn to read and to count and how they, tiny beings that they are, are a part of this wondrous organism we call the earth. There are many, many plants that are child-friendly: easy to grow, beautiful, interesting. If you have favorites, your favorites make the best choices because your genuine enthusiasm

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  • The North American Natives

    Sep 24, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Growing Instructions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

      There are very few North American Native spring flowering bulbs. I know of only 5: Erythronium tuolumnense, Camassia cusicki, Camassia quamash, Allium cernuum and Allium amplectens. These five bulbs are rarely found in the gardens of Americans even though they represent our bulb heritage. Erythronium tuolumnense BUY NOW FOR FALL PLANTING Erythronium tuolumnense, AKA The Dogtooth Violet, is native to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Central California where it grows in the pine and evergreen oak woods at an elevation of 1650 feet. Its name comes from the place where it was first found – Tuolumne County, California. The plant is hardy from Hardiness Zones 3-9. Each plant has green leaves that are slightly crinkled at the edges and a flower stem that produces as many as

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  • Plant America with a Garden of Heirlooms

    Sep 04, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Garlic, onions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Vegetables

    A Garden of Heirlooms for Your Organization’s Volunteer Projects For more than a decade now, members of the Harvesting History management team have traveled this country visiting libraries, museums, arboretums, parks, 'pop-up' urban gardens and participating in hundreds of flower shows, harvest festivals, plant sales, state fairs, county fairs and community festivals. We have marveled at the thousands of magnificent container gardens, children’s gardens, native plant gardens, shade gardens, serenity gardens, gardens of hope, gardens of peace, gardens of healing, vegetable gardens, herb gardens, flower gardens, etc. that are daily, weekly  and seasonally nourished and maintained by the tireless volunteers associated with America’s horticultural organizations. We believe that the volunteers from America’s horticultural organizations like the National Garden Clubs, Federated Garden Clubs of America, Men’s Garden Clubs, the

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  • 6 Pollinator Super Plants-Rarely Suggested, Easy to Grow Pollinator Plants

    Mar 10, 2018 Categories: Pollinators, Seeding the Future
    Pollinator Plants Harvesting History

    This article is the third and last in a 3-part newsletter series about pollinator gardening. The series is dedicated to the work of a New Jersey Garden Club member, Jeannie Geremia. For years I have watched her tireless efforts to educate us all about protecting and nourishing pollinators. There are a number of dedicated, inspired pollinator crusaders in this country whose work is deeply appreciated. Jeannie is one of the best. Whether your garden occupies a fire escape, a backyard or acres on a farm or arboretum, it can be a flourishing, stunning home for the pollinators of this planet – our bees, butterflies and birds. As the creator and sustainer of this garden, though, there are three factors which you should always keep in mind

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  • 4 Super Pollinator Plants

    Mar 02, 2018 Categories: Pollinators, Seeding the Future
    Harvesting History Super Pollinators

    This article is the second in a 3-part newsletter series about pollinator gardening. The series is dedicated to the work of a New Jersey Garden Club member, Jeannie Geremia. For years I have watched her tireless efforts to educate us all about protecting and nourishing pollinators. There are a number of dedicated, inspired pollinator crusaders in this country whose work is deeply appreciated. Jeannie is one of the best. Whether your garden occupies a fire escape, a backyard or acres on a farm or arboretum, it can be a flourishing, stunning home for the pollinators of this planet – our bees, butterflies and birds.  As the creator and sustainer of this garden, though, there are three factors which you should always keep in mind when building

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  • Pollinator Super Plants-Critical Components for Healthy Pollinators

    Feb 28, 2018 Categories: Pollinators, Seeding the Future

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