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Pam’s progress with her companion planting


July 4, 2008
by Shobha Vanchiswar

Here is my second monthly installment on how Pam Wright’s experiment with companion planting is coming along.
(To read the first installment, click here: Let’s check in on Pam Wright and her companion planting, click here :Let’s check in on Pam Wright and her companion planting NewcastleNOW.org, June 6, 2008)

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


July 4, 2008

Things to do in July

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


June 27, 2008

Agapanthus, my pride and joy

Of all the plants I grow in the ground and in pots, the agapanthus in bloom is my pride and joy. I have spoken to experts, done my research and yet, my agapanthus will not bloom consistently. 

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Chappaqua Garden Club Flower Show celebrates 80 Bloomin’ Years!


See Photo Gallery for more pictures
June 20, 2008
by Pam Wright

Has is really been 80 years? The Chappaqua Garden Club has been beautifying Chappaqua and Millwood since 1928. 

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


June 20, 2008

By now, most gardeners ought to have selected their flowering plants and gotten them in place. It’s almost too late to plant perennials or annuals to have a real show during this summer

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


June 13, 2008

Annuals bring new opportunities each year

Annuals remind me of those people who have been blessed with that innate talent to put oomph into any party that is underway. A garden could be nicely chugging along, coasting into summer when suddenly, with the planting of annuals, a conga-line is in progress. The celebration continues all the way till fall. 

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


See inside for photos of Shobha’s gardens as they look right now.
June 6, 2008

Things—23 things—to do in June

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Let’s check in on Pam Wright and her companion planting


June 6, 2008
by Shobha Vanchiswar

I had mentioned in an earlier article that I’d be reporting on Pam Wright’s endeavors in her garden. I visited it this week and will be doing so each month so we can all follow its progress.

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


May 30, 2008

Creating a family garden

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Gardeners, beware the innocent-looking garlic mustard!


May 30, 3008
by Paul W. Lande

The garlic mustard is almost finished blooming and perhaps you’ve noticed those two or three foot high plants with white flowers massed along the Saw Mill Parkway or the train station parking lot, in your neighbor’s yard or just about everywhere.

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


Allium
May 23, 2008

Advice on everything: weeding, deadheading, bulbs, fragrances . . .

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar


May 16, 2008

Growing fresh, seasonal, organic produce in your backyard
With all the wonderful farmers markets available, many of you might ask why you should bother growing vegetables at home.

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May 9, 2008

Shobha’s garden on view; Gardening on a balcony

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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar

Shobha visits Henriette Suhr at Rocky Hills.  See “Read more” or Photo Gallery.
May 2, 2008

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My rain barrel
April 25, 2008
“I hardly ever water my flower beds. I fully expect the plants to be hardy where they are. If they demand too much then I have the wrong plants.”

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Rare rare open days for stunning private gardens

May 2, 2008

This Sunday, May 4, The Garden Conservancy’s “Open Days Program” allows visitors into three fabulous gardens, intimate to vast, two of them in New Castle. 

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“The Lure of the Small Garden” with Marco Polo Stufano

By Stephanie Werskey
November 9, 2007

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Live Art Auction, Customized

By Christine Yeres
November 2, 2007

When Monica Lombardo reported to her friends at First Congregational Church that the art auction fund raiser at her children’s daycare had been a great success and fun besides, they began to think of hosting one themselves. 

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Visit the Garden of Judy & Michael Steinhardt, November 3rd

On Saturday, November 3, 2007, visit the garden of Judy & Michael Steinhardt, 433 Croton Lake Road, Mount Kisco, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., open as part of The Garden Conservancy’s National Open Days Program. Enjoy the fall color at this fifty-five-acre estate, featuring more than 2,000 species of trees, shrubs, and perennials. Special features include Japanese maple and antique apple tree collections, as well as exotic waterfowl and unusual animals. Admission to the garden is $5, no reservations are required, rain or shine. For more information, call The Garden Conservancy toll-free weekdays, 1-888-842-2442, or visit http://www.opendaysprogram.org.

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Your Transplants Are Parched….. Water Them Now

By Bill Davies
September has been extremely dry.  Trees and shrubs you’ve planted within the last two years are very susceptible to drought stress.

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