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Raising Monarch Butterflies

Butterfly Lessons

Raising Butterflies

Proven Winners Perennials

Lessons Learned from Raising Monarch Butterflies

2024 was our most successful year yet in raising monarch butterflies in our butterfly house! We are proud to have raised four cycles of monarchs and released over 3,500 butterflies from June through October this season. We’ve learned a lot along the way and are happy to share some insights with you.

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Full Shade Landscaping

Sideyard Ideas

Stone Garden Ideas

Side Of House Landscaping

Amazing Landscaping Ideas

Dream Garden Backyards

Formal Garden Design

Shade Landscaping

Easy Perennials

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a New Garden

Ready to start a new garden? We are here to help you achieve your goals! There is a lot that goes into cultivating a new garden, but before you begin, there are seven questions you should ask to set yourself up for success. At the end, we’ll direct you to the next steps in the process.

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5 Late Winter Garden Planning Tasks You Can Do from Indoors

⭐️Try something new every year. Some plants are like old friends—you can’t wait to see them spring back to life every spring. But for me, gardening would become monotonous if I grew the same varieties and used the same colors every year. Nature is ever-changing and so my garden is, too. Every year presents an opportunity to learn something new. As you are planning your garden, what new plants are you wanting to try this year?

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How To Attract Hummingbirds

Top 2025 New Plant Varieties

One of the most exciting things about owning a garden center is that we get to be among a select few to see all of the new plants coming out a year ahead of everyone. We trial many of them here in our zone 6 garden and visit other trial gardens to see how the plants grow so we can be sure we are picking the best of the bunch for you. Read on to see 13 new annuals, perennials and shrubs that we can’t wait for you to try this season.

Missouri Landscape

Weeping Norway Spruce

Back Fence Landscaping

8 Winter Gardening Tasks - Garden Crossings

HELP I NEED TO GARDEN!! So what if there is a foot of snow on the ground! Some of us just need to garden anyway. Now might not be the best time to be out pruning and planting in most climates, but there are still some important gardening activities we can be working on while we wait out Old Man Winter. Here are eight winter gardening tasks and ideas for scratching that gardening itch this winter. Click to read

Gardening Zones

Spring Plants

Garden Kits

Drought Tolerant Plants

Seasonal Garden

Growing Indoors

Gardening Landscaping

Why Should I order Early? - Garden Crossings

As many of our gardens are blanketed in snow right now, why should we place our plant orders for spring in January? It’s because the plants we really want to get this year will long be sold out if we wait much longer to order them. We have a great article with all the reasons why you should order early! click to read

If you are like many people, you are looking for plants that do it all—provide year-round beauty, color and interest in the landscape. Here are ten of our very best all season outdoor plants that will help you accomplish that goal in your garden design. Landscaping Around House, Conifers Garden, Arborvitae Tree, Thuja Occidentalis, Privacy Landscaping, Plans Architecture, Sloped Garden, Proven Winners, Garden Shrubs

Landscaping Around House

Top 10 All Season Plants Outdoor - Garden Crossings

If you are like many people, you are looking for plants that do it all—provide year-round beauty, color and interest in the landscape. Here are ten of our very best all season outdoor plants that will help you accomplish that goal in your garden design.

the colorful flowers are blooming all over the park and in the front garden area

Drought Tolerant Perennials

Year in Review: Top 10 Plants of 2024

As we look forward to planning our gardens in the new year, it helps to look back at where we’ve been and examine the garden “wins” that deserve repeating. In that vein, we present to you our top 10 garden performers of 2024.

Silver Plant

Potato Vines

Container Gardening Ideas

Rectangular Planters

Moon Garden

Gardening Advice

Container Gardening Ideas

Check out these 14 container gardening ideas for sun and shade!

Gardening For Beginners

Gardening for Beginners: Top tips from an expert

Beginning gardening can seem intimidating at first, but not to worry! We’ve got some great gardening advice from a seasoned gardener to get you started!

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Garden Ideas On A Budget

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Small Garden Ideas

You can still grow beautiful plants and enjoy a thriving garden even if you have limited space! Get inspired with these 12 small space garden ideas.

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10 Perennials & Shrubs for Container Gardening

Looking for perennials and shrubs for container gardening? We share our top 10 favorites in this blog!

Small Shrubs

Spring Flowering Bulbs

Gardening for beginners: How to Plan a New Garden

Gardening can feel overwhelming for beginners - we get it! Follow these 10 steps on how to start a new garden.

The Language Of Flowers

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Language Of Flowers

15 Flowers and What They Symbolize

For centuries, people have placed great meaning on flowers and used them as a subtle way of communicating. Long before you could pick up your phone and text someone your thoughts, flowers were used as a unique unspoken “language”.

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Sensory Gardens

Hosta Gardens

Benefits Of Gardening

Mama Tried - Tattoo Smith (@mamatried.tattoosmith) • Instagram profile

What is a sensory garden? Simply put, it is a garden that purposely engages any or all of the five senses: sight, touch, sound, taste and smell. At one time, sensory gardens were created specifically for those with some sort of disability like blindness or lack of mobility. It was understood early on that people with learning disabilities or who were autistic benefitted greatly from sensory gardens....