Sunday Greenhouse Road Trip Part 2

DSCF8144 From my 2009 archive Corso’s Nursery and Garden Center  Sandusky, Ohio Last stop on our Mothers Day Greenhouse Road trip was further down the scenic Ohio lake shore drive to Sandusky, Ohio. I have been down this road 1,000′s of times in my life because it is main route to Cedar Point Amusement Park. It’s [...]

Sunday Greenhouse Road Trip Part 1

linaria herb I have been wanting to check out local growers featured on the Maumee Valley Growers Website to help support local growers. I spent the morning copying the addresses into our GPS for an afternoon of Greenhouse Touring. What a perfect day to enjoy a scenic ride East out toward the Lake. First stop on my Mothers Day Greenhouse Road Trip was Barnes in Huron, Ohio. It was a great day for a drive and an even better day to see how local growers were doing on one of their most busiest retail days of the season. This large greenhouse ……

Make Spring Happy : Bloom Tuesday

First of the blooms along the back garden in greenhouse landscape area. Wishing everyone a very Happy Bloom Tuesday from my Ohio garden! Miniature variety of Daffodils that were forced indoors when I originally purchased them and now grow in my landscape. Be sure to plant them in the landscape after they are done blooming indoors to insure a bloom the following year. The white primrose finally [...]

Plant Party – Kid Friendly Way to Say Happy Earth Day!

Untitled Let’s teach our kids about Earth Day by having a Plant Party!  The month of April is a time to celebrate Earth Day as well as bring awareness to the many different houseplants that are kid friendly. My #LittleHelper Having Fun Decorating The Plant Party Container The ‘O2 four You’ program by Costa Farms is [...]

Spring Arrived In My Rose Garden

rose Easy Grow Yellow Rose Shrub in my 2012 New Rose Garden Last Summer I added a few new rose gardens to my front landscape.  It was exciting to add David Austins, Proven Winners roses mixed with  a few of my favorite hydrangea varieties in these gardens  All winter long  I watched as the cold took [...]

Wine Garden Design at Northwest Flower and Garden Show

DSC_3072-2 Who doesn’t love a glass of wine in the garden?  Now how about a create place in a garden show to enjoy local wines? One of my favorite gardens at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show was the shows wine garden.  The hard-scape mixed with the landscape design breath taking. The images don’t completely capture [...]

Maumee River Walleye Season

frontWalleye Each year thousands of fishing enthusiasts gather down along the Maumee River in Northwest Ohio to participate in the great Walleye Run. Yesterday I happen to be driving by the ‘Walleye Madness’ and couldn’t believe I found an open spot along the Maumee River to capture the Canadian Geese that were enjoying the day in [...]
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