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Power Perennials: Plants That Thrive No Matter What

Add some flower power to your garden this year with any of these tough-as-nails perennial bloomers. No green thumb required!

5 Problematic Invasive Plants You Need To Rip Out Of Your Garden

Certain invasive plants are beautiful but can wreck wetlands, destroy forests, and even negatively affect your water supply.

Be on the lookout for this invasive plant species

A local nature organization has found a new invasive plant in Knox County. The Knox County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area took to social media today to warn of the plant called Lesser Celandine. They say this

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

The 10 Worst Invasive Plants to Watch Out for in Your Region

Eco-Friendly Cooling Tips For High Tunnels and Greenhouses

A garden designer explains how she keeps her under-cover growing spaces cool all summer.

She spent two years taking care of the ‘perfect plant.’ Then, she realized it’s plastic

"I feel like these last two years have been a lie."

How to Create a Mini Garden Greenhouse

Do you have a hard time starting seeds or cuttings? Try soda bottle greenhouses. Cut the bottom off 2-liter soda bottles

7 DIY Greenhouse Ideas That Are True Gardening Gold

Extend your growing season with any of these 7 DIY greenhouse ideas, all of which are affordable and vary in skill levels.

Tips for Building a Greenhouse

Greenhouse kits start around $500 for a simple design.

GROWW. The Minimal Greenhouse

If you like growing plants, but don’t have a garden or enough space at home, this will be a product for you. It’s a one plant greenhouse, but you can print as many as you like or reuse the one you already printed. When the plant has grown take it out with the inner flowerpot, print new one and use the rest of already printed parts.

Masterflex in the Greenhouse (and Other Environmental Applications)

You may not envision a Masterflex® pump in the middle of a greenhouse, but that is just one of many environmental settings that the Masterflex environmental sampling pump is found in. Consider these applications: Greenhouse...

Groovin’ Greenhouse: where the dance is

Groovin’ Greenhouse, hosted by Polaris Dance Theater as part of the larger…

How to Build a GeoDome Greenhouse

How to build a GeoDome greenhouse, What materials to use. What plan to go by and tools needed. How to do the cutting. How to assemble and cover the GeoDome.

Greenhouse growers could benefit from UNH research

Greenhouse growers could benefit from University of New Hampshire research into soil-less alternatives for ornamental plants.

Chill Out! Cooling & Ventilation in Your Greenhouse

It’s the first day of summer and it’s HOT in the greater part of the country! Maintaining good ventilation in your greenhouse is perhaps the most important elements in keeping your plants happy and…

How to Keep Your Greenhouse Crop Free of Disease

A good sanitation program is the most important tool you have to keep viruses out of the greenhouse. Photos credit: Pleasant View Gardens One of the most dangerous disease problems we deal with at Pleasant View Gardens is viruses. Viruses can easily spread throughout a greenhouse by insects, pollen, seed, plant contact, and by mechanical transmission, which includes cutting and/or pinching. New viruses are found every…