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Creating Arrangements with Fresh Cut Garden Flowers

Creating Arrangements with Fresh Cut Garden Flowers

Flowers are inherently beautiful. The joy gained from walking past fresh flowers is valuable in and of itself. They don’t feed your belly, like a tomato plant, but they do feed your soul. Fresh cut flowers offer a special beauty that is only available for a few months out of the year. Harvesting flowers and arranging them into beautiful bouquets are all part of the enjoyment for a gardener, knowing that they were planted for no other reason than to admire their beauty. I love growing and arr...

How To Get The Most Joy Out Of The Flowers In Your Garden

Summer provides joy in different ways for all of us. For me, the longer days provide time in the garden and the fruits of my labor are abundant right now. Each year I plant a cutting garden that allows me to take flowers indoors. I get great joy by h...

How to Select and Plant a Tree

Planting a tree may seem like a simple task, but there are many very important steps to follow. Overlooking important elements can lead to disappointing growth and an unhealthy tree. Whether it’s adding shade, increasing privacy, or creating a proper...

Planting herbs & vegetables in an elevated garden

Planting herbs & vegetables in an elevated garden

If you’re looking for an easier way to garden, elevated raised bed gardening may just be your new best friend. With this technique, you can harvest fruits and veggies, flowers and endless bunches of herbs with minimal effort. It’s easy to garden in e...

Decker's Nursery Planting Container Annuals

Lushly planted containers bring the joy of gardening to the smallest of urban spaces. In larger landscapes, they help carry the garden through high summer, when the general show is dulled by the heat. They also have an important design role, in annou...

Bird Lover's Garden: Attract & Feed Birds Year Round

Bird lovers are always looking for more ways to layer in plants that will attract, feed, and shelter our avian friends. The first thing you want to do is survey your yard to assess its bird-friendliness. Keep in mind that grasses that grow along a fe...

Perennial Gardening & Layering

Matt Gregory gives us a brief tour around the early season perennial gardens at Decker's Nursery and shares some helpful information on layering your perennials using both sun and shade options and incorporating plants with different blooming schedul...