Growing Things Outdoors: AAS announces 2021 winners I ve chosen to feature four of the six winners but the exciting news is, for the first time since 2004, there s a Gold Medal National Award Winner
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Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 3 minute read • Echalion shallots, also known as banana shallots. Photo by All-America Selections
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It’s that time of the year to have a look at the All-America Selections winners for 2021. For those new to gardening or who may not know, All-America Selections (AAS) is an independent, non-profit organization that tests new varieties then introduces only the best garden performers as AAS winners after independent judges have scored them.
U of I Extension to host McHenry County Gardenfest April 10 Lisa Maier of the McHenry County Audubon Society will offer tips to attract birds to your garden. Daily Herald file photo Liz Cardella, owner of Collie Flower Farm, a 4-acre cut flower farm in Woodstock, will talk about Growing Your Own Bouquets. Daily Herald Archives Learn how you can use hydroponics to grow a wide variety of vegetables and flowers with McHenry County College s Rich Tobiasz. Daily Herald file photo
Updated 3/12/2021 11:56 AM
Earn your green thumb while in pajamas at the virtual 2021 McHenry County Gardenfest, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 10, via Zoom. You will learn about new garden trends, plants and techniques at this half-day-long series of garden seminars.
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Make way for new award-winning garden plants of 2021
Source: Bruce J. Black, Horticulture Educator, Illinois Extension
Illinois Extension
GALESBURG After a long winter thumbing through seed and plant catalogs for inspiration, March is the time when Illinois gardeners can finally start seeds for the spring garden.
But gardening starts long before the first seed is planted and planning is essential for both first-time and experienced gardeners.
“Finding space for new plants that are suited for your USDA hardiness and having blossoms all year long can be a challenge,” says University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Bruce J. Black. “After mapping out your existing perennials, think about what new plants could be added to your landscape.”
Sara Jordan-Heintz
Contributing writer
MADRID After the derecho that hit the Midwest in August destroyed approximately 40% of the Iowa Arboretum & Gardens’ collection of trees, Tyler Johnson, curator of collections and grounds, is launching a “ReLeaf” campaign fundraiser in the form of a webinar series.
Of the Arboretum’s more than 700 trees on its 40-acre main campus, over 275 were destroyed. The goal for this year is to plant 75-85 trees at the cost of $35,000. The cost could go up to $75,000, he said. All the new trees would be planted over a three-year period.
“Across the street, we’ve got probably at least over $100,000 worth of damage and repair to go,” he said.