Touring a botanical garden with children in tow can be a challenge. But this is not so with Beech Creek Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve. This delightful garden center seems tailor made for kids and is the perfect way to introduce them to flowers and nature! My husband and I enjoy touring Botanical Gardens. In…
Nothing makes me smile more than going out into my garden and seeing Swallowtail butterflies fluttering around. Did you know that planting certain plants will make sure that you have these pretty visitors to your yard? These swallowtail nectar plants will attract the butterflies to your garden. They just can’t resist them! Swallowtail butterflies are very…
The first Saturday in May is marked as the day to Start Seeing Monarchs. What an appropriate national day for this time of the year! Have you seen any monarch butterflies in your yard this year? I’ve been seeing them in my garden for a few weeks This day was chosen to raise people’s awareness…
Growing Sunflowers is one of the really fun parts of summer time gardening. These big annuals are very easy to grow, which makes them a very popular plant to introduce children to gardening. Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are a member of the Aster family. The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. It is native to…
Facebook has so many great pages devoted to gardening, but the way the site now shows the content of pages, it is sometimes hard for them to get seen on news feeds. I thought it would be fun for the Garden Charmers (a GREAT Facebook page) to each share their own favorite Gardening page on…
Gardening Cook Fan Tamara Martin’s Photos The fans of my Facebook page are always submitting photos of their gardens and projects for me to consider for this website and The Facebook page – The Gardening Cook. Normally, I include a photo or two in specific articles, such as vegetable harvests, or garden flowers. But every…
There is nothing like wandering around in my garden and seeing the wildlife in the form of insects buzzing around. We all know that gardens need bees for pollination but so many other garden insects will find their way into a garden too. Just provide them with flowers and leaves, and they will seem to…
Butterfly bushes attract butterflies like no one’s business! Here are some photos of butterflies in my garden beds. They are swarming around my Butterfly bush right now because it is full bloom. Spicebush Swallowtail Papillo troilus feeding on some nectar. He seems to be enjoying himself! My zinnias are so popular with swallowtails right now!…
