Down To Earth Garden Club

Halloween comes from an ancient Celtic (Gaelic or Irish) festival, Samhain. The harvest was over, the cold dreary days of winter were near and death was hovering with cold breath […]

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens

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Jeanne brought to our attention another garden in Washington, DC that rivals the National Arboretum. Dumbarton Oaks was originally the estate of the Robert Woods Bliss family. Purchased in 1910 […]

Garden Club Helps Bring a Brighter Spring

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On October 30, the first step was taken in an ongoing project for the DuBois Area Catholic School that is the brainchild of Paul S. Paul has worked in adding […]

How Hardy are Cannas?

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The number of canna species has been reduced to 19, more or less, depending on which classification system that is being consulted. The original species are all from tropical or […]

The Colors of Fall

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We received an interesting bulletin from Penn State that sets forth some of the conditions that are necessary for a brilliant show of fall leaf color. Leaf change is instigated […]