GARDEN NOTES Events AFRICAN VIOLET SHOW: The ABC's of Gesneriads, a judged show and sale, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Great Room by the Bay at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 Palm Ave., Sarasota. Admission is free to Selby members; Florida residents can buy-one-get-one-free for $17 during September. Hosts are Suncoast and Tampa Bay Gesneriad Societies. Call (813) 963-7424 or e-mail 4jam@tampabay.rr.com for details. ...more

September 18, 2008

GARDEN NOTES Events GESNERIAD CELEBRATION: Buy plants and see demonstrations on starting new plants from leafs, potting babies, fertilizing techniques and more from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the USF Botanical Gardens at Pine and Alumni drives on the Tampa campus. The Tampa African Violet Society and Tampa Bay Gesneriad Society are hosts. Admission is free. Call (813) 689-8700 for details. ...more

September 11, 2008

Caring for more than 2,500 pepper plants takes "every waking minute" that Don Swanson is not at work. ...more

July 12, 2008

Caring for more than 2,500 pepper plants takes "every waking minute" that Don Swanson is not at work. ...more

July 12, 2008

Caring for more than 2,500 pepper plants takes "every waking minute" that Don Swanson is not at work. ...more

July 9, 2008

Caring for more than 2,500 pepper plants takes "every waking minute" that Don Swanson is not at work. ...more

July 9, 2008

Caring for more than 2,500 pepper plants takes "every waking minute" that Don Swanson is not at work. ...more

July 9, 2008

I love to grow something from nothing (financially speaking) so a new book caught my attention. ...more

July 2, 2008