A huge estate garden and garden of hybrid tea roses are among highlights of Dade City Garden Club's Fourth Annual Fall Garden Tour and Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. ...more

November 7, 2009

Repurposing household throwaways to serve a higher calling as yard art may be its own reward, but the payoff just got bigger. ...more

October 25, 2009

Thousands of Tampa Bay area gardeners will dump the dirt from their wagons and wheel barrows this weekend and use them to gather up unusual plants, yard art, new gadgets and more at GreenFest at Plant Park on the campus of the University of Tampa. ...more

March 28, 2009

Some people rescue greyhounds, some old buildings. Carole Shepherd rescues plants. "I've saved so many, many from trash piles," she says. "If it's pretty sad-looking, needing work or help, I will get 'em." ...more

January 25, 2009

Plant City woman rescues abandoned plants and brings them back to health. ...more

January 20, 2009

The Plant City Garden Club beautification award for November goes to Sarah and Harold Mott of Walden Oaks Place. ...more

January 14, 2009

I'm a big lover of garden art — the funky old rusted kind you find on trash heaps. There's something about vines snaking through chipped filigree and cherub-faced pansies popping up (surprise!) from toilet bowls that I find appealing. ...more

November 21, 2008

Events HOLIDAY MARKET: Find custom wreaths, yard art, lawn furniture, plants, holiday decorations and gifts at the Tampa Garden Club's annual Open House and Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the club headquarters, 2629 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa. Admission is free. ...more

November 9, 2008

GARDEN NOTES Events PLANT SALE & WOW DEMO: The annual Plant Sale and Flea Market from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday includes a 10 a.m. workshop on sensational special effects. The event is sponsored by the Sunset Park Garden Club, 4624 W. Browning Ave., Tampa. Horticulturist Val Van Orden, who has worked for Busch Gardens and Cypress Gardens will provide the "wow!" demonstration. ...more

October 19, 2008

Before we published photographs last week of gardeners' favorite salvaged yard art, we posted an online gallery of all the pictures we received. ...more

August 7, 2008