According to the calendar, we have a few more weeks of winter but ready or not, it’s the perfect time to start prepping your garden and looking toward the warmer months ahead. A few of the tasks that should be on your late winter gardening to-do list include: Purchase and start seeds indoors for…
George Lasch, executive director of PlantAmnesty and horticulture educator at Edmonds Community College, will be the guest speaker at the Monday, Oct. 21 Edmonds Floretum Garden Club meeting. Join Lasch for an opinionated and fun discussion of how he looks at plants for the garden. He’ll discuss what makes a good plant good and some…
This year has been a challenging one for gardeners. We had early warm weather, then our February snow, and then lots of rain. As the weather has warmed up, long-dormant plants have started to bloom and grow. One day the plants are blooming and the next they are exploding. The weeds are waist high and…
Edmonds Floretum Garden Club will presents its final speaker for the season on Monday, April 15. Horticulturist Marina Bambans from Swanson’s Nursery will talk about water-wise plants that can tolerate our Mediterranean climate of dry summers and wet winters. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. with coffee and socializing, and the program starts at 11…
