Horticulture Intern Interns will work with all levels of the horticulture staff in the daily care of the gardens and plant collections. They will learn both hardy and subtropical plants, refined gardening skills and new and traditional design methods. Work will primarily be based on garden care but may also include greenhouse/nursery management and database management. In addition to regular… read more >
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2020 MFBG Beer Fest tasting selections
Taste of Germany • Aventinus • Tucher Weizen • Valentin’s Grapefruit Radler • Veltin’s New Belgium Brewing • VooDoo 1985 IPA • VooDoo Imperial IPA • Sparkling Lime Lager • Atomic Pumpkin Wicked Weed • Pernicious • Fresh Pressed • Coastal Love IPA Holy City • Pluff Mud • Washout Wheat • Overly Friendly IPA SweetWater • IPA • Trainwreck… read more >
Garden Visions Photography Contest returns!
Photographers are encouraged to enter their best shots of their own home gardens or yards or public green spaces into MFBG’s second annual Garden Visions Photography Contest. Entrants may submit one photograph in each of the contest’s five categories: Garden & Landscape; Macro (extreme close-up); Garden Accents & Oddities; and Critters and Creatures; and Youth Photographer’s Choice and for those… read more >
Raking leaves? Stop now.
Raking up and disposing of leaves is a common garden task in the fall, but we recommend you leave the leaves alone. Leaf litter can actually be good for your yard for several reasons; it provides food and shelter to good beneficial insects which then provide sustenance to toads, lizards and birds. A yard without thrushes and towhees mining for… read more >
Nine “spooky” plants for Halloween
Even plants can get into the spirit of Halloween, so here are our top nine “spooky” plants (either by name, behavior or appearance) that may send a little chill down your spine! 9. Solanum quitoense, aka Naranjilla or Bed of Nails Solanum quitoense is best admired from afar because its broad, fuzzy leaves are covered with inch-long spines. A member… read more >