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 >
Blog
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 >
And the remaining breweries are …
South Carolina ConquestIsland Coast LagerGhost MonkeyRiverdogWestbrookSteel HandsSeminarBirds Fly SouthThomas CreekSwamp CabbageRevelryCooper RiverHoly CityLocal MotiveNew SouthTwo Blokes Georgia SweetWaterSouthboundTerrapin North Carolina CatawbaWicked WeedD9HighlandHi-WireGreen ManSycamoreCarolinaFoothills New York Original SinOmmegang California Stone Oregon Breakside Colorado New Belgium Pennsylvania Jack’s Hard Cider Massachusetts Boston Michigan FoundersJK’s Farmhouse Florida Hourglass Delaware Dogfish Head International Taste of GermanyTaste of Belgium
Dig It! Apprenticeship has another successful year
Moore Farms Botanical Garden’s Dig It! Garden Apprenticeship concludes its third successful year this week. Ten local middle school students have spent three days a week at MFBG for four weeks learning about a variety of agricultural and horticultural topics and completing hands-on activities like designing and caring for the vegetable garden. MFBG Youth and Outreach Coordinator Kelli Meeker saw… read more >