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Welcome to a New Year!

What will your garden be like in 2017? The possibilities are endless but I hope you will consider making natives part of the mix!

In the Garden with Laura will try to provide you with inspiration, ideas and tips to help you along your gardening journey. There are new vodcasts, blogs, notices and calendar items. Please let us know what you would like to see.

Native Plants Star in Season II Vodcasts

What about those vodcasts? Well, we decided to focus on native plants in Season II. Rob Jensen of Herring Run Nu
rsery and Frank Vleck of Wakefield Valley Nursery discuss some great plants that work well in local gardens.

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Falling behind on Fall Chores

cropped-cropped-Laura-Lgo-Option-2.jpgHalf-written blogs have been piling up like the leaves under my magnolia tree.

While there are no good excuses, there are nola-gardensome wonderful reasons. In early October I spent four days in New Orleans. I roamed the streets, ate great food, listened to wonderful jazz and shopped. (I was a conference tag-along.) But my favorite day involved a visit to the New Orleans Botanical Gardens in  City Park.  Watch for a story in the near future.  Continue reading Falling behind on Fall Chores