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Let Your Garden Sleep!: Why You Should Delay Clean-Up Until Spring

February 17, 2025

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Top 5 Fruit Trees to Grow in Kansas City (And How to Care for Them)

February 11, 2025

Kansas City’s climate is a gardener’s dream for growing fruit trees. With its distinct seasons and fertile soil, the region is perfect for a variety of fruit-bearing trees that can thrive in your backyard. Whether you’re dreaming of fresh apples, juicy peaches, or sweet cherries, we’ve rounded up the top 5 fruit trees for Kansas City—and how to...

Why Fruit Trees Are a Must-Have for Your Kansas City Garden

February 4, 2025

Ultimate Guide to Fall Bulb Planting: Tips for a Colorful Spring Garden

November 14, 2024

Written by "Botanical" Brian Pirtle

Rehabbing the Hell Strip

October 13, 2024

One of the most difficult areas to cultivate turf, let alone plants, is an area that is affectionately known as the Hell Strip. It is the area between the street and the sidewalk. Ranging in width from a foot to almost 5 feet, these areas are rarely irrigated, tend to struggle from car exhaust, ice melting products and plain old neglect. A...

Fall is for Planting: Why Autumn is the Secret Season for Gardeners

September 12, 2024

Fall is for Planting: Why Autumn is the Secret Season for Gardeners

Mums That Last

August 27, 2024

How do I get my fall mums to survive the winter?

Water Conservation

August 9, 2024

Water conservation is beneficial for our plants, our planet, and our wallets. Using water efficiently just makes sense.

Landscape Design

July 5, 2024

Your house is more than that, it's your home. The place where you go to relax, to escape the day to day, your sanctuary. Shouldn't your yard be an extension of that? Transforming your outdoor space from "just a lawn" to a truly beautiful garden oasis can be easy with a little help from the pros. Our expert designers are ready to help you boost...

Bagworms: How and When to Treat

June 21, 2024

Well, the weather is getting consistently warmer, the first of our warm weather crops are going in, and all is right in the gardening world. Except you look at your juniper and notice the slightest movement. Upon investigation, you see a tiny worm in a teardrop shaped bag nestled in the branches. That’s right, the bagworms have come again… ...