Virginia Gardener Magazine

29/01/2019

Due to unforeseen circumstances the magazines are running far behind schedule. We are doing everything we can to get them out as soon as possible. In the meantime, here are our most current entries for the calendar of events so you can stay on top of what’s going on near you.

Gardening Books, How-To Information and Magazines for Your State and Region

18/10/2018

By building high or low tunnels, you can extend the gardening season throughout the fall and begin spring planting earlier. Here’s how.

My vegetable garden is a place of exercise and relaxation, but my ultimate goal is to grow food. Unfortunately, inclement weather, spring and fall frosts, insects, bird pests and deer reduce my garden’s productivity. Through the use of inexpensive and easily-built high and low tunnels, I can addre...

12/10/2018

There isn’t a single gardener on this green Earth who doesn’t harbor plant prejudices. Some of us moan that zinnia are too common, while others judge agapanthus as old-fashioned and boring. Overused or seemingly lackluster plants don’t deserve banishment. Instead, figure out how to reconnect these plants to our landscapes.

There isn’t a single gardener on this green Earth who doesn’t harbor plant prejudices. Some of us moan that Zinnia are too common, while others judge Agapanthus as old-fashioned and boring. Surely, I’m not the only one who’s tired of seeing yellow swaths of Chinese hibiscus (

22/05/2018

Everyone deals with pests in the garden to some degree. Here are some tips for closing the pest buffet.

Gardening is harder than it looks … just when we think we know what we’re doing, our beds are attacked by outside forces. How to prevent ultimate defeat? Rather, how to be at war with nature, when you’re trying to be in harmony? Be your garden’s ally – provide adequate reinforcements by in...

08/05/2018

On a spring morning while visiting Magnolia Plantation and Gardens near Charleston, SC, I left the main pathways and walked onto a narrow trail that led among Spanish-moss draped magnolias and bald cypresses. The trail went past an open glade, wild in its tangle of wisteria vines and solitary azalea...

30/04/2018

Now that is it time to plant tomatoes, peppers, squash and other warm-season vegetables, you should think about adding a new raised bed. Start a new bed now and have all season to create healthy garden soil at little or no cost.

19/10/2017

It’s been a while since we’ve posted to Facebook. We’ve been super busy wrapping up 2017. We just finished with the November/December issues (if you’re not a subscriber, look for it on newsstands) and believe it or not, we’re already working on the February 2018 issues. One of our favorite writers (Peggy Hill) gave us the idea to post all this past year’s covers together and ask you … which is your favorite?

12/06/2017

Try these plants to help with the war on mosquitoes this summer.

It’s summer, and that means war … on mosquitos! In 2014 Bill Gates called the mosquito “The Deadliest Animal in the World.” They carry a host of debilitating and often fatal diseases. Yes, we can douse ourselves with chemicals, light some incense, or plug in the bug zapper … but rumor has it that pl...

09/08/2016

Botanists across the US are trying to figure out why so many titan arums – better known as co**se flowers – are blooming simultaneously around the country this year.

21/06/2016

Dr. Peter Gallagher tells us about fatsia. This is a great plant if you want to give your shade garden a bit of a tropical look.

Dr. Peter Gallagher talks about the fatsia – a shade-loving plant that can add a tropical feel to your landscape.

18/06/2016

Dr. Peter Gallagher talks about the bald cypress. From well-drained to wet sites, this is a great tree for the home landscape.

Dr. Peter Gallagher tells us all about the bald cypress – a unique tree that can survive in both wet and well-drained landscapes.