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Have Your Water and Garden, Too (drought gardening)
Northern Drought-resistant Plants
New Perennial Display Gardens Brochure
Plant An Instant Flower Garden (bedding plants, annuals)
Planting
Fruit Trees and other May Gardening Tips
April 2002 releases
Hiring a
Landscape Professional
So You Want to Grow Perennials
Tilling the
Garden and other April Gardening Tips
Winter
Making Maple
Syrup and other March Gardening Tips
Permaculture: An Earth Friendly Alternative
Protecting Plants and other February Gardening Tips
Planning the Spring Garden and other January Gardening Tips
All America Flower Selections for 2002
All America Vegetable Selections for 2002
Winter Learning Opportunities for Gardeners
Holiday Safety and other December Gardening Tips
Fun Facts about Poinsettias (December holidays)
Send Your Christmas Tree Back to the Future (December holidays)
Saving the Environment and other March Gardening Tips
2001 All America Selections Winners
Fighting Cabin Fever and other February Garden Tips
Ordering Seeds and other January Gardening Tips
Capturing Winter with Potpourri
2000 Holiday Gift Ideas (December Holidays)
Trendy Holiday Gift Ideas (December Holidays, 2000)
Caring for Your Poinsettia Year Round (December Holidays)
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly (December Holidays)
Tending Houseplants and Other December Gardening Tips
Winter Gardening Activities for Kids
Inventorying Supplies and other March Gardening Tips
Living Ecologically and other January Gardening Tips
Mid-winter chores and other February Gardening Tips
For Now and Ever After (everlastings)
The 2000 All-America Flower Selections
Make Your Own Holiday Decorations
Decorating and Other December Gardening Tips
Cineraria, Calceolaria and Cyclamen
Herbs with a Holiday History (December holidays)
A Live Tree Keeps Christmas Alive (December holidays)
Poinsettias for the Holidays (December holidays)
Window Sill Herb Gardening (Early Winter)
Plant Hardiness, What does it Mean?
Protecting Landscape Plants from Snow and Ice Injury
Greening Indoor Space and other February Gardening Tips
Indoor Bulbs and other February Gardening Tips
February Flowers and other Gardening Tips
Gardening on Paper and other January Gardening Tips
New Life for Old Plants (airlayering propagation of houseplants)
Shrubs with Red Berries (December holidays)
Choosing a Christmas Tree (December holidays)
Hazardous Holiday Plants (December holidays)
A Kiss Under the Mistletoe (December holidays)
All-America Flower Selections for 1999--part 1
All-America Flower Selections for 1999--part 2
Armchair Gardening (garden catalogs)
Flowers: the Universal Language of Love (Valentine's)
Care of Holiday Plants (December holidays)
Recycling your Kitchen Garbage (children gardening indoors)
Have Your Water and Garden, Too (drought gardening)
Northern Drought-resistant Plants
New Perennial Display Gardens Brochure
Plant An Instant Flower Garden (bedding plants, annuals)
Planting Fruit Trees and other May Gardening Tips
Tilling the Garden and other April Gardening Tips
The Midas Touch (flowers with gold foliage, flowers)
Tool Time (some favorite garden tools)
Contain Yourself(container gardening)
Accessible Gardening for the Physically Challenged
Spring Cleaning the Water Garden
Nasturtium: A Favorite Old-fashioned Flower
Honoring Mom and other May Gardening Tips
Hang It Up! (hanging plants, baskets)
Ten Ways to Get from March until May
Celebrating Earth Day and other April Garden Tips
Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses
Singing the Blues (blue flowers and beds)
Reseeding the Lawn and other May Gardening Tips
Landscaping with Ground Covers
Geraniums, A Flower with Flair
Keeping Cats out of the Garden
Tips for Buying Bedding Plants
Applying Dormant Oils and other April Gardening Tips
Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day
Resolve to Avoid These Invaders (Invasive plants)
Native Perennials Add Color to the Flower Garden
Native Trees for the Landscape
Try Native Shrubs in Your Landscape
Planting the Garden and other May Garden Tips
Wild and Cultivated Flowers You Can Eat
Preseason Preparation and Other April Tips
A Basket of Easter Flowers (flowers, care and origins including Easter Lily)
Starting Seeds and other March Gardening Tips
Origins of the Dutch Bulb Industry
Attracting Birds to the Yard or Garden
Using Perennials in the Home Landscape
Petunias for the Patio, Porch and Garden Plot
Seed or Sod?(starting lawns)
Visiting Perennial Gardens and other August Gardening Tips
The Midas Touch (flowers with gold foliage, flowers)
What Gardener's Want to Know (FAQs)
Tool Time (some favorite garden tools)
Watering, Weeding and other July Gardening Tips
Contain Yourself(container gardening)
Exhibiting Flowers at the Fair
Controlling Animal Pests in the Flower Garden
Remembering Dad and other June Garden Tips
Furnishing Your Outdoor Living Space
Nasturtium: A Favorite Old-fashioned Flower
Accessible Gardening for the Physically Challenged
Hang It Up! (hanging plants, baskets)
Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses
Singing the Blues(blue flowers and beds)
Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue (bedding plants for July 4)
Relaxing in the Garden and Other July Tips
Moonlight in Vermont (moonlight, night gardens)
Re-engineering Your Garden (renovating overgrown gardens, redesigning the landscape)
Keeping Kids Safe in the Flower Garden (safe structures, poisonous plants to avoid)
Avoiding and Controlling Rose Diseases
Mulching and other June Gardening Tips
Landscaping with Ground Covers
Geraniums, A Flower with Flair
Keeping Cats out of the Garden
Assessing the Garden and other August Gardening Tips
Resolve to Avoid These Invaders (invasive plants)
Native Perennials Add Color to the Flower Garden
Native Trees for the Landscape
Try Native Shrubs in Your Landscape
Maintaining the Garden and other June Tips
Vacation-Proofing the Garden and other July Tips
Harvesting the Garden and other August Tips
Wild and Cultivated Flowers You Can Eat
Grazing Your Garden Perennials (edible flowers)
Attracting Birds to the Yard or Garden
Mid-Summer Care of Ornamental Plantings
Growing Perennials Without Pesticides
Purple Loosestrife is Not for Gardens
Think Before You Pitch (Invasive Plants)
Using Perennials in the Home Landscape
Seed or Sod?(starting lawns)
Pest-proofing the Garden and other November Gardening Tips
Harvesting Pumpkins and other October Gardening Tips
Ornamental Brassica: More than just Cabbages
Bringing Houseplants Indoors for the Winter
Spring Blooming Miniatures (minor bulbs)
Extending the Season and Other September Gardening Tips
Garden Cleanup and other October Gardening Tips
Pruning Raspberries and other November Gardening Tips
Holiday Preparations and other October Gardening Tips
Gardening 101 (houseplants for dorm rooms)
Origins of Fall Flowers (gladiolus, everlastings, mums, asters)
Fall Planting of Trees (early fall)
Winter Protection and other November Gardening Tips
Sowing Wildflowers and other September Gardening Tips
Soil Testing and other September Gardening Tips
Origins of the Dutch Bulb Industry
Gardening 365 Days a Year (North Country Garden Calendar)
Fall Asters: The Culture (early fall)
How Plants Prepare for Winter (early fall)
Fall Planting for Spring Flowers (Bulbs) (early fall)
Tulips (early fall)
Sowing Wildflowers (early fall)
Combating the Elements (winter weather damage, prevention)
Begin Bulbs for Winter Bloom (Forcing)
Asters and Goldenrod, Mythology
Compost, Don't Burn Fall Leaves
Introducing Children to Fall Gardening Fun
Recycling your Kitchen Garbage (children gardening indoors)
Overwintering Garden Mums (late fall)
Winterize Your Garden (late fall)
For suggestions of articles, comments or corrections contact leonard.perry@uvm.edu. Appreciation is expressed to Lisa Halvorsen for editorial assistance. Distribution of these releases is made possible by New England Grows-- a conference providing education for industry professionals and support for Extension's outreach efforts in ornamental horticulture.
