Grimm's Garden Talk

  • Designing Your Landscape for your House (and You!)

    “Look at those shrubs; they are way too big for that spot.” “They have no landscape at all!” These and other statements are often heard by my patient wife and kids on drives to the city. Being a landscape designer and lover of architecture encourage me to proclaim these ideas. This past weekend my family [...]

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  • Garden Photography

    How many of you really enjoy going out into the garden and snapping photos of your favorite combination, planter, or flower? I do, and I am sure there are many other like me. Now, while I do own a professional grade SLR camera, I rarely have it on me when in my home garden, I [...]

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  • Common Pine Diseases

    There are several common diseases that attack Pine trees in the Mid-West.  Perhaps the most well-known is Pine Wilt; however there are a few others that are more common but less severe.  In this article, we will cover the basic signs and symptoms of these problems and give some ideas on the best course of [...]

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  • Grimm’s Gardens Gift Certificates – Shop Local

    The gift of a plant is a gift that lasts and won’t clutter up the house! Call us or stop in to purchase a gift certificate today! We can mail gift certificates for no additional charge. 888-459-2586 Some suggested prices include: Fruit Trees: $75 Shade Trees: $150 for Medium Shade Trees: $300 for XL Tree [...]

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  • Plant Showcase: Deciduous Conifers for the Central Great Plains

    What is a conifer? A conifer is defined as a plant that produces naked seeds in cones or single naked seeds. We think of conifers with cones as pine, spruce, fir, juniper, yew, and arborvitae, but there are four deciduous conifers that we can grow in our region. An evergreen that loses its leaves, you [...]

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  • Landscape Lighting Techniques

    Up and down lighting are the two basic techniques for any lighting design. If you think about it, all lights are either mounted on the ground and face up or are mounted up high and shining down. Within each of these categories are many, many different fixtures. Up Lighting Up lighting occurs when a fixture [...]

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  • Lighting Types

    Types of Fixtures: Path Path lights are one of the most familiar types of lights. Many people have seen the LED or solar powered path lights sold at big box stores. While these will successfully light a walkway so visitors do not trip, they have a lot lacking in terms of beauty. I’ll not bore [...]

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  • Landscape Lighting

    Landscape lighting is one of my favorite parts of the landscape. This may seem like an odd comment coming from a horticulture graduate, but it is true. There is something about landscape lighting that finishes the look of a professional landscape if it is done right. This is especially important for anyone who works 8-5 [...]

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  • Mum’s the Word

    Fall is such a lovely time of year! I love watching the birds look for berries, the wind blowing red, yellow, and orange leaves across the drive. I even enjoy raking leaves. The rich earthy hues that the world takes on are so wonderful. I like watching the sway of grasses in the wind, the [...]

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