By New England Botanic Garden staff October 2024 During the gardening season, amidst watering, weeding, deadheading, and the plethora of other chores you took on to keep your spaces lush and beautiful, chances are gardening tool maintenance may have taken a back seat. That's ok. With the season now winding down, there’s no better time [...]
By Ally Chua, New England Botanic Garden staff September 2024 Dark purple basil (Ocimum basilicum ‘Wild Magic,’) with its purple rims and flowers, adds an interesting and fragrant addition to a goth garden. Gardens are often synonymous with the color green and lush foliage. However, it doesn’t mean that plant lovers cannot also [...]
Compiled and edited for length by Megan Stouffer, New England Botanic Garden September 2024 Everyone’s favorite magical creatures have made their way back to the Garden for another season of whimsy and enchantment. The intricately designed one-of-a-kind fairy houses of Enchanted Forest pull you into a magical miniature world where fantasy meets nature. Sally [...]
By Leslie Duthie, New England Botanic Garden Volunteer August 2024 When someone says ‘seeds’ a picture of brightly colored seed packets comes into most people’s mind. Vegetables, annual flowers, and seed mixes with blue, pink, and purple watercolor images representing meadow plants are what we often imagine. But ‘seeds’ can evoke other thoughts. What about [...]
