Posted in Gardening Tips on Nov 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education.
In the gardening world we all talk about “cultural care” and nod our heads knowingly: Growing requirements for vegetables include full sun, proper spacing, good drainage, and some kind of soil amendment, preferably organic material. We know the drill.
Being human, however, we often cut corners and hope for the [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Nov 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend through November 15 for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
With all of the crazy weather we’ve had this year, there has been a great deal of discussion of how weather and climate affects the plants we [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Nov 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
Garlic has been around since the beginning of time. As early as 2500 BC pharaohs were feeding garlic to their laborers to keep them strong and healthy while they built pyramids. [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Oct 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
With all the rain this past summer, some of my herbs thrived while others collapsed from exhaustion in mid- to late-summer. My garlic chives, sometimes named Chinese garlic (Allium tuberosum), were [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Oct 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
Over the past year the horticulture department staff has had some wonderful master classes on planting bulbs through the visits of Seasonal Walk co-designer Jacqueline van der Kloet and a slew [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
As long as you don’t over do it, gardening is good for your body and your mind. These are the famous last words of every gardener on staff at NYBG as [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Oct 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
In the world of garden design there is the concept of a borrowed landscape: If life offers you a beautiful vista of valleys, mountains, or the ocean, by all means use [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Sep 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
Throughout the long border of the Seasonal Walk different themes are repeated—some based on texture, color, form, and plant choice. In this long border created by renowned Dutch designers Piet Oudolf [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips on Sep 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. Join her each weekend for home gardening demonstrations on a variety of topics in the Home Gardening Center.
Traditionally, Seasonal Walk at The New York Botanical Garden has been a display of annuals, which kicked off with a massive colorful showing of tulips in spring and reached a crescendo [...]
Posted in Gardening Tips, Gardens and Collections on Sep 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Black Spot and Downy Mildew Look Similar but Are Different
Peter Kukielski is the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden Curator.
Few flowering plants match the beauty, versatility, or popularity of the rose. Numerous varieties offer a wide range of growth habits and floral colors. With the proper care, hundreds of rose varieties will bloom from early spring through [...]
