Bring elegance to your shade garden with Lenten roses

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 28, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Looking for a way to elevate your shade garden? Consider the elegant flowers of hellebores. Because of their bloom time, they are also known as Lenten roses, Christmas roses, or winter roses, since they bloom in late winter and early...

Welcome spring with colorful primroses

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 21, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It GrowBy Tammy Thornton We can all breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, we made it! The long-awaited day has finally arrived, and we can welcome spring with open arms. For the gardener, it’s time to start anew. Of course, when it comes to flower selection, you must...

Mark your calendar to plant peas on St. Patrick’s Day

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 14, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton While some of you may celebrate the holiday by dyeing everything green, gardeners know that St. Patrick’s Day is the ideal time to plant peas. But that’s just a rule of thumb. Technically, you can plant peas as soon as the soil can be...

Drawing inspiration from the 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show – “United by Flowers”

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 7, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton With spring just around the corner, South Jersey gardeners are eagerly plotting out new color schemes using flowers that they have been dreaming about all winter long. Garden clubs have reconvened, and nurseries have reopened, overflowing...

Early blooms and garden prep: Welcoming spring in South Jersey

by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 29, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Winter is tough. Short, gray, cold days leave us longing for vitamin D. Just a glimpse of the sun gives us hope, and then it’s gone again. For the gardener, the wait has been especially tough, and we yearn to dig our hands into the thawed...

Let’s talk about color in the garden

by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 22, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Color is a critical aspect of the garden. We may get carried away at the garden nursery and become enchanted with soft-pink roses, then turn the corner as bright orange dinnerplate dahlias catch our eye. We fill our shopping cart with...