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Gardening Archives
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Welcome to features we've been asked to keep online or simply couldn't let go, like saving good old flowerpots we think we may need someday.
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Enlarge photo | | Bluegrass & Blossoms
It
happened in midsummer 2008 in a shady grove by Lake Drummond in Springfield, Missouri's,
Close Memorial Park. All kinds of people came, the young, the old, and
in-between. Designed
to raise awareness of the mission to build a Botanical Center in
Springfield's Close Memorial Park, the event was a winner on all
counts. We have pictures, and a bit of story.
Bluegrass & Blossoms 2008
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Enlarge photo | | A Big, Bigger, Biggest Butterfly Festival
from July, 2010
Springfield, Missouri's Butterfly Festival happens this weekend, Saturday & Sunday, July 24 & 25, in the city's Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic Avenue. The main attraction, of course, is the Bill Roston Butterfly House filled with free-flying butterflies and the creatures in all four stages of their life cycle, but this year's fest is bigger than ever, with as many as 25 vendors. Vendors include the Southwest Missouri Camera Club, Global Fayre, Inspirations by Claudia, Earthworks Design & Creations, Design Specialties, Naturally Photography, Springfield Hot Glass Studio, Gladewinds, the Discovery Center, Smiling Sun, the Missouri Prairie Foundation, Wickman's Garden Village, Peggy's Flowers, My Two Hands, and others. Master Gardeners, Conservation Nature Center people, and city recycling people will be there as well, and classes will be held on Saturday morning in butterfly photography, butterfly identification, and gardening for butterflies. It's all free and a wonderful chance to see, enjoy, and learn about Missouri's beautiful native butterflies. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 11-4 Sunday. It's huge fun, not to be missed, and if you go you'll see our friend at left, our state's Spicebush Swallowtail.
Note: During the Butterfly Festival, admission to the Japanese Stroll Garden in the park will also be free. In addition, the free tram noted below will be taking people from the parking lots to the Butterfly House and the Botanical Gardens.
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Enlarge photo | | A Bulb Bonanza
On a brisk November Saturday morning, Barbara St. Clair turned up rarin' to go at Springfield, Missouri's, Xeriscape Garden in Phelps Grove Park. The mission? To join her fellow Master Gardeners in making the best use possible of an extraordinary gift. Have a look....
A Bulb Bonanza
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Enlarge photo | | Wickman's Fall Festival
Each year Wickman's Garden Village, one of Springfield, Missouri's oldest nurseries, holds its own Fall Festival. It's a fun event with craftsfolk, a barnyard petting zoo, grilled hotdogs, cold drinks and garden clubbers, designers, and landscapers fielding questions. We think the 2004 festival especially caught the gentle, pleasant spirit of gardening in our region. Have a look....
The Fall Festival
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Enlarge photo | | Autumn Beauty
Amateur photographer Bob Deroy caught this remarkable photo of an iris in bloom in late autumn in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Missouri. The park contains 21 beautiful botanical gardens that, with19 gardens yet to be added, will be the setting for a new Botanical Center. Bob caught several striking garden photos and posted them online here. We thank Bob for sharing his work with us.
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Enlarge photo | | A Peek at the Lawn & Garden Show
The biggest gardening event in the Ozarks is The Lawn & Garden Show at the Ozarks Empire Fair Fairgrounds in Springfield, Missouri. It's everything from seed, plants, and garden decor to tools, equipment, and lots of free expertise. Here are some highlights from the 2005 show...
The Lawn & Garden Show
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Enlarge photo | | One Nursery's Christmas
Lisa Bruckman, who works with the indoor plants at Wickman's Garden Village, is on the move in the greenhouse with a prettily packaged gift poinsettia. Wickman's, one of Springfield, Missouri's oldest nurseries, does nice things at Christmastime, especially with poinsettias. Come and see.
One Nursery's Christmas
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Enlarge photo | | Deja Vu?
George Deatz caught the more aesthetic side of the 2008 ice storm on a visit to Springfield, Missouri's beautiful Close Memorial Park. George, the president of Friends of the Garden, the nonprofit group that helped fund the new Botanical Center, took the pictures February 12-13, 2008. He caught this usually much warmer boy and his dog, and much more.
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Enlarge photo | | 2007 All-America Selections
Five beautiful flowers and a very special pepper made up the All-America Selections for 2007--judged nationwide to be the best performers in the garden with average care. Each won in 2-year public-garden trials for vigor, bloom, color, and other superb qualities. All should thrive in Ozarks gardens--and here they are. (Thanks to AARS for the photos and info.)
2007 All-America Selections
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Enlarge photo | | 2006 All-America Selections
Six beautiful garden flowers, an ornamental pepper, two edible peppers, an herb, and a very special carrot were the All-America Selections winners in 2006. All were rated the best in nationwide garden tests.
2006 All-America Selections
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Enlarge photo | | 2005 All-America Selections
A new cherry tomato, remarkable for its looks and its sweetness, was one of six winning All-America Selections for 2005. Have a look.
2005 All-America Selections
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Enlarge photo | | The 2007 All-America Roses
Three stunning new roses are the All-America Rose Selections for 2007--judged
nationwide to be the best performers in the garden with average care.
Each won in 2-year public-garden trials for vigor, bloom, color, and
other superb qualities. All should thrive in Ozarks gardens--and here they are. (Thanks to AARS for the photos and info.)
The 2007 All-America Roses
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Enlarge photo | | Colorful New Flowers and Vegetables for 2007
The National Garden Bureau each year announces special new flowers and vegetablea coming on the market in spring. The 2007 choices are definitely worth knowing. Have a look, and thanks to the NGB for the photos and info.
New Varieties for 2007
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Enlarge photo | | New Flowers & Vegetables for 2006
The National Garden Bureau each year announces special new flowera and vegetablea coming on the market in spring, and 2006 saw a literally amazing array of 35 beautiful plants. See for yourself. (Thanks to the NGB for the outstanding photos and information.)
New Varieties in 2006
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Enlarge photo | | New Flowers & Vegetables for 2005
If you think this 'Brilliant' Phlox is pretty, just have a peek at the other National Garden Bureau selections for 2005.
New Varieties for 2005
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Enlarge photo | | The Iris Show
Among many stunning varieties exhibited in the Iris Society of the Ozarks 2008 Iris Show was this almost other-worldly variety, 'Genetic Artist'. We'll be posting others soon.
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Enlarge photo | | All-America Selections Classics
The All-America Selections organization, founded in 1932, is celebrating its 75th Anniversary by honoring five plants as classics--plants proven over the years to be especially superb. To see them, just click on All-America Classics.
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Enlarge photo | | Master Gardeners Take a Garden Tour
From Master Gardener Dieter Beam comes this beautiful photo of the Singufield Reserve Gardens in Jefferson City, MO. Stone, Taney, and Christian County master gardeners toured the gardens during the recent Master Gardener State Conference in 2009. Note: See next entry.
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Enlarge photo | | Master Gardener Conventioneers
Master gardeners who attended the state conference in Jefferson City include top row, from left, J. W. Pace, R. J. Jacob, Julie Jacob, Anne Wigg, and Kathryn Kufahl; and bottom row, from left, Joe Kleiber, Rosanne McEvoy, Marilyn Burkhardt, and Marsha Beam. We thank Dieter Beam for use of the photos.
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Enlarge photo | | Can You Find the Kidnapped 'English Girl'?
The photo is of a statue called "English Girl" stolen recently from the beautiful English Garden in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Missouri, it's white concrete, 30 inches tall, and depicts a young girl with 3 kittens. If you provide info resulting in the arrest and conviction of the person who took it, a $500 reward is yours. Note: Click here to see KY3 TV reporter Linda Russell's excellent story on Springfield garden thefts and vandalism.
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Enlarge photo | | A Winter Wonder
Springfield's Close Memorial Park is one of the Ozarks' loveliest
outdoor places to visit, even in winter. Click below for proof--snowy
photos from Friends of the Garden President George Deatz.
Close Park in Winter
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Enlarge photo | | More Good Reading:
How a Beautiful English Garden Came to Be
Among the loveliest of the botanical gardens in Springfield is the English Garden, which you can see on this website here. We're very fortunate to be able to share with you a most valuable article on this garden written by its creator, Peter Longley. Peter, novelist, theologian, lecturer, and horticulturist, lives in Springfield. His article The English Garden at Close Memorial Park is in two parts. Just click on The English Garden Part One and The English Garden Part Two.
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Enlarge photo | | A Sea of Daffodils
Bob Deroy
of Springfield, Missouri, modesty about his photos notwithstanding,
takes some remarkable pictures and now and again sends us one. This sea
of daffodils with a Bradford pear in the background he caught on Easter
Sunday in Springfield's Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park. We thank
him for the chance to share it here.
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| Gardening Archive Odds & Ends
 The link below will take you to smaller  odds 'n ends that have appeared on the website that people started urging us to keep for future reference. If you're curious, click away.
Gardening Archive Odds 'n Ends
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