The Buffalo News: Home & Garden

Home & Garden

Garden Notes / News of area clubs and events: Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM; In conjunction with the Holland Tulip Festival, Federated Holland Garden Club will present a standard flower show today and Saturday at the Brink Memorial Community Center, Legion Drive, Holland. Show hours are 7 to 9 p. m. Friday and 10 a. m. to 5 p. m Saturday.

It’s time to hoe, hoe, hoe: By Sally Cunningham
Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM; Hoeing is a lost art. Over the years I have seen many public gardening projects and home gardeners at work, and rarely do I see a hoe. Perhaps the tool became less popular as flower gardening surpassed vegetable gardening activity, or the practice of mulching grew.

Home office a little tight? Take a look at this book: By Annie Groer - WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM; For those of us whose home office consists of a laptop on a tabletop, architecture writer Deborah K. Dietsch’s book “Live/Work: Working at Home, Living at Work” (Abrams, $35) offers a splendid yet angst-inducing case of “read it and weep.”

Shift into neutral: Khakis and canvas feature in safari look for spring: By Susan Martin HOME & STYLE EDITOR
Updated: 05/09/08 8:33 AM; A little safari may be just what your wardrobe needs this spring. It’s practical, versatile and very much in style.

Design Notes: Safari decor, window boxes, Parkside tour: Updated: 05/09/08 12:24 PM; Safari chic at home The safari look and other globally inspired designs go far beyond fashion this spring. You’ll see it in home decor as well.

What to do after a shrub dies: By Sally Cunningham
Updated: 05/02/08 6:39 AM; When you have bought a shrub or tree and it dies, you are probably frustrated, disappointed, annoyed or confused.

Garden Notes / News of area clubs and events: Updated: 05/02/08 6:39 AM; The African Violet & Gesneriad Society of Western New York will present “Violets & Gesneriads: A Circus of Color” on Saturday and Sunday at Walden Galleria. The show and sale is open to the public from 11:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. Saturday and 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Sunday. Located near Lord & Taylor, lower level. Free admission.

Sturdy ornamental grasses add personality to gardens: By Paula Voell NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/02/08 8:38 AM; Nowhere in nature is there a plant for all seasons and all reasons. But ornamental grasses offer solutions and sights not found elsewhere in the plant kingdom. It’s no wonder that gardeners dig them: There’s the wonderful waviness and rustling sound. Their subtle and ever-changing coloring. The fact that deer disdain them, and they aren’t bothered by pests or diseases. Their ability to go through a drought and come out alive.

Susan Martin: A good reason for the kids to get dirty: Susan Martin
Updated: 05/02/08 8:16 AM; Kids and gardening go together. Any parent who has seen the face of a child whose seed has sprouted knows this.

Know your grasses: Updated: 05/02/08 6:39 AM; They come with two attitudes: polite and misbehaving.

Water as if it’s August: By Sally Cunningham
Updated: 04/25/08 6:38 AM; It looks and feels like a summer morning, except that I see daffodils, tulips and forsythias blooming. It must be April. The soil is warm and dry — very, very dry. None of this is normal. It gives us a head start on the season, but it could also get us and our plants into trouble.

With a little planning, dog and garden can peacefully coexist: By Linda Lombardi - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 04/25/08 6:38 AM; It’s spring! You’ve been looking forward all winter to being outdoors with both your dog and your garden. But now you remember that to dogs, seedlings are for trampling and dirt is for digging.

Garden Notes / News of area clubs and events: Updated: 04/25/08 6:38 AM; The Western New York Iris Society will meet at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Clarence Public Library, 3 Town Place, off Old Goodrich Road, Clarence. Following the meeting, Judy Tucholski will present “World of Iris.” For meeting and membership information, call 836-2573.