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Vertical Gardening

by Toni Gattone

The quieter months of winter are the ideal time to dream, imagine, and plan for a garden that can contribute to your wellbeing, provide a space for creativity, and an experience that energizes you, while bringing you peace. On a recent rainy Sunday afternoon, I spent hours in front of our fireplace, doing one of …

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Categories Adaptive Gardening, Connection, Container and Small Space Gardening, Garden & Space Design, Resilience, The Sustainable Garden, Vertical Gardening
Resilient Gardener Toni Gattone Growing Your Own Food With My Online Series
by Toni Gattone

As grocery store shelves become more sparse due to unpredictable food supply being disrupted, gardening is going through a renaissance like we haven’t seen since World War II, when everyone was growing their own Victory Garden.  The National Gardening Bureau has dubbed this time Victory Garden 2.0. Now it makes all the sense in the …

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Categories Adaptive Gardening, Container and Small Space Gardening, Garden & Space Design, The Sustainable Garden, Vertical Gardening
by Toni Gattone

1. Fill each cavity halfway with the appropriate potting mix (or cactus mix, if you are planting succulents). 2. Add your plants and more soil, tamping the soil down as you plant. 3. Two or three times a week, tamp the soil down and water them thoroughly. This is where patience comes in handy—before you …

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Categories Adaptive Gardening, Toni’s Favorite Products, Toni’s Tool Tips, Vertical Gardening
by Toni Gattone

A few weeks ago, I attended the Garden Writers Association conference in my hometown of Chicago. I joined their organization in 2015 when I discovered it was open to all garden communicators, including speakers, writers, and photographers. Three years ago, I was a garden speaker and I was anxious to hone my craft. Since then, …

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Categories Adaptive Gardening, Garden & Space Design, The Sustainable Garden, Vertical Gardening
by Toni Gattone

No space? No problem. Grow your flowers and veggies up by finding inventive vertical gardening opportunities. It’s nice to know you can garden without having to bend down at all. Vertical gardening is a technique of growing plants in hanging baskets, window boxes and trellises so most of the maintenance is at waist-to-eye-level, enabling you …

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Categories Adaptive Gardening, Garden & Space Design, The Sustainable Garden, Vertical Gardening
by Toni Gattone

We’ve all made this gardening mistake, at least once … It broke my heart to see my beloved fig tree being carried out of my garden. I made the ultimate mistake many gardeners will not admit to — I did NOT pay attention to the concept of “Right Plant, Right Place” when I purchased my …

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Categories Garden & Space Design, Resilience, The Sustainable Garden, Vertical Gardening

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