Grimm's Garden Talk

  • Grimm’s Gardens Staff Returns from Green Industry Conference in Kentucky

    Last week, seven Grimm’s Gardens staff members (including myself) traveled to Louisville, Kentucky.  As we embarked on the nine hour drive to the Green Industry Conference (GIC) sponsored by PLANET Landcare Network, we relished the change in terrain and plant species.  In the back of the van, Nadine Champlin and Andrew Mitchell marveled at the [...]

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  • How to Cut Garden Flowers for Floral Arrangements: Fall Floral Design

    Ever wonder how to use your landscape to create beautiful floral designs?  Follow the step by step guide in this second edition of How to Cut Garden Flowers for Floral Arrangements. (See first edition here) Materials: Vase Scissors Permission to cut plants in the landscape Water 6 or 7 stems of Miscanthus (Maidenhair) Grass 1 [...]

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  • Using Native Grasses in the Landscape

    Native grasses have always fascinated me. Living in the Great Plains, and growing up in the Smoky Hills Region of Kansas, I got to find grasses from two separate ecoregions. The tall grasses of the east and short grasses of the west seemed to collide in my backyard. Now, I use native grasses and sedges [...]

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  • Aronia Berry Recipes-The Miracle Fruit

    What do I do with Aronia Berries? (Find Grimm’s Garden’s recipe for freezing peaches!) These berries have a plethora of uses. Consider eating them fresh or frozen.  They make a great summer snack frozen.  Pies, breads, and other baked goods, salad toppings, jams and jellies, salsa, and icecream are all great uses of this berry. [...]

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  • How to Cut Garden Flowers For Floral Arrangements: Country Floral Design

    I absolutely love cut flowers.  I look forward to bringing in a new bouquet into my house every chance I get.  If you want to bring some of your landscape flowers indoors but don’t know how to, you are in the right place. (Click to our second edition of Floral Design) Materials: 1 Quart Mason [...]

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  • Genista Broom Moth Caterpillar on Blue False Indigo

    Friend or Foe? Today we identified a caterpillar on our Baptisia or Blue False Indigo plants. This cute critter is known as a Genista Broom Month.  It gets its name from the Broom Plant, Genista, in which it feeds.  It is native to the United States and is prominent in the Southern U.S. In some [...]

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  • Six Perennials for Tough Conditions

    Summer is here and the heat is on! Over the course of the last two summers I have noticed the good and the bad of perennials in my gardens. I don’t have an irrigation system, and I rarely water after planting, even when it gets hot. My plants seem to perform in the heat, really [...]

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  • Hardscapes Help Homeowners Live Smart

    We recieve a lot of trade magazines and emails here at the office that give great insight into industry trends.  This week’s email from the Landscape Insider from Ball Publishing has some great suggestions on improving your living space with hardscapes.  Hardscapes increase beauty, functionality, and value of any property.  At Grimm’s Gardens we have  a trained [...]

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  • Introducing the New Grimm’s Gardens Web Site!

    Our regular website visitors will noticed something new when they came to our site today – a completely new look! We’ve been working hard to get things in place for an exciting new site up and running before the season starts and we made it! A lot of what you will see is similar to [...]

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