Why overwinter grasses? By overwintering cool-season grasses, you’ll be ready for early spring customers. You can get a head start on finishing warm-season grasses when they are overwintered in a cold frame or hot house. Annual grasses overwintered in a hot house allow you to have full plants with good color at the earliest possible time. In this blog post we cover five useful overwintering tips for growers.

One of our favorite seasons is just around the corner, and we’re so excited! No, we’re not talking about the holidays (although we do love the holiday season). It’s time to start thinking about cool-season crops. Coming this month, January, and February fresh liners of cool-season favorites will be ready to ship. And just like holiday shopping, you’ll want to get your orders in early!

It's pretty normal for your backyard to fall into disarray come the winter months. While we associate spring and summer as a time of bloom and color in the backyard, we often leave our yards to their own devices as the temperatures plummet, the light fades and the leaves fall to the ground. This lack of care and attention can mean they evolve into unwelcoming places, and by the time spring comes around, there is a lot to do to get your yard looking its best self again.

But winter yards have a certain charm of their own if they're well-managed and approached with a bit of strategy. Embracing the colder weather and understanding what flourishes in what conditions leads to an outdoor space that is still full of texture and life come winter, and can even look dramatic and beautiful in frost or snow. To make the most out of your backyard this winter, this article covers five things landscape designers say the perfect winter garden has.

Did you know that caterpillars and solitary bees both use dead plant stalks to overwinter? Many hide inside the stems, but others attach themselves to the outside. Some species of swallowtail butterflies spend the winter as a chrysalis that looks like a dead leaf. They attach themselves to twigs, dead plants, and tree trunks. Native bumblebees, mason bees, and leaf-cutter bees live in cavities of plant material.

Simply put there's a wide array of important pollinators and beneficial insects spending the winter in your garden. This article takes a look at how you can provide a winter refuge for these important species.

As we move ever closer towards the Holidays, things are pretty quiet in the garden. However, the twigs, berries, ornamental grasses, and evergreen foliage can be put to good use by making a festive wreath.

Getting creative can be a lovely way to spend an hour or two before the whirlwind of Christmas begins. And there’s little more welcoming than a beautifully crafted wreath hanging on your front door. This article covers how to make a wreath from garden bits.

Are you on the quest for ornamental grasses for gardens that offer the perfect combination of deer resistance and aesthetic allure? Now, picture a tall, graceful plume waving lightly in the breeze amidst your garden, with intricate seed heads reflecting the sun's glow. Meet Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass, an early bloomer that offers an aesthetic uplift without bending to the whims of four-legged garden marauders like deers.

From its graceful arches to its beautiful green that lasts throughout the colder months, Hameln fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln') is a popular nesting option for birds. Placing it in your flower beds or at the end of your driveway encourages lots of bird activity but also works as a nice deterrent for deer. If you're tired of deer munching on your beautiful perennials and still want something visually stunning in your landscape, this particular ornamental grass works well in many environments.

Going native when selecting grasses for your yard is great way to protect the environment and support wildlife. The best native grasses can help to transform a traditional lawn into a colorful eco-friendly feature, create a natural meadow, or decorate your flowerbeds with fountains of textural foliage. And because they are perfectly adapted to your local conditions, these grasses are easy to grow and, once established, will sail through the seasons with very little aftercare.

This article covers the key considerations that will help you to provide the best care for your native grasses and ensure your plants thrive.

Prospective homebuyers and architectural experts must pay attention to what’s going on outside. Do you see more buildings falling into disarray or being destroyed by natural disasters? The climate crisis is changing communities forever, and it’s an ideal time for humanity to embrace climate change-resistant architecture.

Constructing ecosystems as part of large-scale urban landscaping is an emerging segment of the bioeconomy. Unlike gardens, parks, living walls, or nature reserves, the objective here is an engineered habitat that serves similar functions to built infrastructure.

Carefully planned urban ecosystems can deliver public goods using soil, plants, animals, and their interactions instead of structures made from carbon-intensive steel, concrete, and glass. Lying at the intersection of design, social science, and ecology, the practice can generate new ideas about how cities can look and work.

Throughout its history, Danville, Virginia, has been a pass-through city-a place where people and products were often headed someplace else. Located on the North Carolina border, this small industrial city is bifurcated by the Dan River but remains largely cut off from it.

During the Civil War, Danville was a railroad hub moving soldiers and supplies for the Confederacy. A postwar industrial boom, fueled by textile mills and tobacco production, lasted well into the 20th century. In recent decades, those industries dried up or moved elsewhere, leaving Danville with economic losses, a stagnant population, and a moribund urban core. A new riverfront park, now under construction, is poised to change all that. This rural city is betting on water access and landscape amenities as the keys to its economic revitalization.