Story and Photos by Susan Jasan Tucked away on the east side of Fayetteville is a quaint, delightful garden abounding with color and creatures, both wild and whimsical. Open to the public, visitors are welcome and encouraged to explore and to enjoy. Jennifer Morris, garden owner, entrusted the design of the garden to Cari DeLaughter …
You may not be playing golf on your lawn but that’s no reason it can’t look great Story by Garry V. McDonald I’ve never been overly lawn proud; I focus on the flowers. But I do want my turfgrass to be presentable and not a disgrace to the neighborhood. Maybe my turfgrass colleagues have slowly …
Story by David Longron Most bulbs send up shoots of green leaves in the spring, followed shortly by a flower or flower spikes. Apparently, resurrection lily didn’t get that memo. They do send up a cluster of leaves in the spring that die off in early summer like most others, but the flower spikes do …
Telling the story of life in the yard Story and Photo by Dwain Hebda The walls on Master Gardener Margaret Rose Nalley’s Little Rock home hold an amazing collection of photos and historic knick-knacks curated from generations of her family’s life. “I’d love to give you a tour, but I don’t think you have that …
To thine own self be true Story and Photos by Dwain Hebda Carol Mendel of Little Rock didn’t grow up a gardening enthusiast, but when she and her husband Allan moved into a sprawling home with a stunning view of the Arkansas River, she thought the grounds needed some help to keep up with the …
What to grow under those trees in your landscape Story and Photos by Garry V. McDonald I have few frustrations when it comes to gardening because I figure there is always an opportunity to improve a site if a particular planting scheme doesn’t work out. “A gap is an opportunity” is a personal mantra. But …
Story and Photos by David Longron Perhaps nothing frames a home quite as well as pyramidal evergreen hollies gracing the corners or entranceway. The problem is that many popular varieties will eat the entire house if not pruned often and severely. Oakland holly, with its compact and naturally pyramidal growth habit, reduces pruning to a …
A profile of Arkansas gardener Talya Tate Boerner Story and Photo by Joyce Mendenhall Talya Tate Boerner was born in Arkansas and raised on a cotton farm near the Mississippi riverport town of Osceola, a Main Street Arkansas Community. As the author of the book The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee, Talya relies on her …
Growing your own transplants Story by Lisa D. Martin Gardeners are constantly looking for new and different techniques to try. One that is not necessarily new in general, but might be a new concept to novice gardeners, is growing vegetable transplants. Growing your own transplants gives you a good head start on the vegetable garden, …
Only in Arkansas Story and Photo by Mary Russell-Evans Container gardening has been popular since the beginning of time. Containers have changed somewhat along the way, but have remained popular and necessary. For our purposes, a container is “anything that holds soil.” Many years ago, while traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North …
