Dining delights Herb gardening in containers
The recipe calls for oregano, or rosemary, or tarragon. You could use dried herbs that might have been sitting on the shelf for months. Or, you could go to your own kitchen garden and pinch off fresh, fragrant leaves grown without pesticides or some unknown chemical fertilizer that wasn’t meant to be eaten. That’s just...
Secret gardens tour
The annual Secret Gardens Tour benefiting the New Canaan Nature Center will take place on Friday, June 8. The 2012 tour will feature properties that represent the past, present and future of New Canaan garden design. Featured properties include a historic estate with extensive grounds, a former farm recently restored with the latest sustainable practices,...
Wake up your garden: listen to the experts
This year’s mild winter and early spring-like weather has gardeners confused — leaving many with a plethora of questions on what to do now. Who better to answer these concerns than Peter and Jennifer Cipriano, co-owners of Copia Home and Garden Center, on Route 123 in South Salem (Vista), N.Y. Both are graduates of Cornell...
Take a tour for the love of gardening
Some of Redding’s exceptional private gardens will go on view in June to benefit the Redding Garden Club and New Pond Farm Education Center. “For the Love of Gardening” allows up to 200 guests from Redding and surrounding towns. It’s on Saturday, June 9, from 10 to 4:30, rain or shine. “This joint venture takes...
The art of the stone wall
Don’t believe what Robert Frost said, when he wrote: “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” The poet loved a stone wall enough to write an entire poem about it and that “Mending Wall” happens to be one of his most famous poems. Frost poked fun in his poem at his old-fashioned neighbor for...
How to plant a tree (what to do and what not to do)
DIY (Do it Yourself) At some point, most gardeners think about planting a tree. Is it difficult? Can you do it yourself? The fact is, it’s not difficult but it has to be done right. Instructions usually come with the tree you purchase, and nurseries and the Internet will give you lots of advice. Hutchinson...
The Garden Education Center of Greenwich
The Garden Education Center of Greenwich is “Cos Cob’s hidden jewel” according to George Von tobel, the executive director. The center consists of the main building and the horticulture building, and is situated at the entrance of the Pomerance/Montgomery Pinetum Park. “People can come up and see the center, as well as use the park...
Spring-in-the-garden
You might call it a Winter-to-Spring Garden Summit. We’ve gathered some of the area’s most experienced garden and landscape experts to answer basic questions about preparing your garden for the new season: Annie Farrell of Millstone Farm; Tracy Castelli and Associates; Carrie Gilbertie of Gilbertie’s Herb Gardens; Dave Gindek of Young’s Nursery, and Emily Humiston...
Easy-to-grow herbs can be used in so many ways
During the final blustery, bleak and chilly days of winter, experienced gardeners console themselves by poring over glossy, brilliantly colored catalogs, featuring the latest and greatest of plant persuasions. These laborers of the land will endlessly peruse the Internet, swooning at the sight of the newest varieties of prize-winning rose bushes or the promise of...
Impressive entryways with Barbara Pierson
Barb Pierson, White Flower Farm’s first class horticulturist, will give a talk at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich on Wednesday, March 7, at 10 a.m.. A graduate of Cornell’s School of Horticulture, Ms.Pierson is known for her charm, good humor, and encyclopedic knowledge of ornamentals and edibles. Her talks are both instructive and entertaining....
Great soil, great veggies
Prepare yourself to look at cantaloupe rinds, potato peelings and used teabags in a totally new way. At a recent workshop on Composting and Wormy Culture at Millstone Farm, master composters Alexis Wilcox and Dana Rozanski gave an entire course in four fascinating hours, from how to make low-cost compost bins to the creation of...
Delectable Delights Await You
Summer farmers’ markets are a fantastic feast for virtually all the senses. The alluring aromas of freshly dug potatoes, beets and garlic mingle with the intoxicating perfume of plump, red strawberries and the arresting incense of fresh basil, dill and parsley.
