Teaching Thursdays

Teaching Thursdays provide weekly video gardening tips and “how-tos” in our weekly e-newsletter: Life Lived Outside.

Browse the posts below for information to support your gardening efforts and answer your pressing questions.

Porterweed provides advantages for pollinators and other beneficial insects. Don’t wait to add one to your garden!

Groundcovers over grass will save you time, money, and make Mother Earth a bit happier — read and watch to learn how.

The Giant Milkweed is also known as the Crown Flower and has a history with Hawaiian royalty.

Let your garden capture all 5 senses, including smell!

In our Zone 9B, there are so many great options for sun-loving tropical plants!

What grows in the shade in zone 9B? We have options galore!

We answer a social media question about native plants that are deer-resistant.

Too hot to garden outdoors? Take it inside with all sorts of lovely houseplants!

Mother Nature sure loves showing off! The magical and unusual Lobster Claw Heliconia is a great tropical plant option.

When you want elegance, you’ll be hard put to find a more worthy shrub. Intoxicating fragrance, crisp white blooms, deep green foliage…we’re in love.

A Sweet Potato Vine that is both ornamental AND edible? Yes, please!

There are lots of flowers that hummingbirds love, so making your garden their hangout spot doesn’t have to be hard…and it can be beautiful, too!

Anybody can sell you plants, we make sure you succeed.

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