This is truly an exciting introduction: a virtually seedless tomato! We don't think we can describe it any better than this excerpt from Burpee themselves:
"We’ve come to appreciate seedless watermelons and virtually seedless cucumbers – now the world’s first seedless tomato!
Beyond the lack of seeds to digest, this tomato is first rate for taste. In fact, precisely because there are no seeds to store the sugars for later use, all the sweetness is immediately available for you to enjoy in every rich slice. This is a totally new tomato on every level...

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In the dappled shade, they glow like brilliant, juicy fruits, rich and lush. Fanciful flower forms and intriguing foliage offer a feeling of abundance, filling the shadows with vivacious blooms in a myriad of colors.
Begonias are easy and rewarding to grow. The cup-shaped tubers readily grow in containers or in the garden beds. For planting and growing instructions, please...

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Behind The Scenes: Tour Of Our Growing Facility

Here’s your chance! For one morning only, we will conduct walking tours of our growing facility in Beavercreek where we grow your annuals, mums, and poinsettias. Located just 15 minutes away, this facility is not open to the public, so this will be fun and educational. Please call to sign up for one of three time slots (10:00, 11:00, and 12:00: space is limited), and meet us there...BUT YOU MUST BE REGISTERED TO ATTEND! Just call 426-0861!

Most people are familiar with planting bulbs in the fall to have tulips, daffodils and the like in the spring. Often overlooked are the bulbs we can plant in the spring for summer blooms. Starting many of these varieties indoors in pots in early spring is a great idea: by the time warmer weather they love arrives, they have a great head start, and you get a longer season of blooms.

This week we'd like to highlight Hybrid Lilies......

Everyone’s talking about vegetables this year! Whether you want to save money, “go green”, or just enjoy fresh, tasty vegetables, there’s a way to make vegetables fit into any garden plan. We are going back to the basics here: What to grow, when to grow it, and how to do it to fit your space, time, and budget needs. So even if you’ve never done it before, now’s the time to make your plans and get the garden growing!

Join us at 10:00 am on Saturday, March 21, 2009 for this free seminar. Please call to register!
For the full schedule of seminars, click here.

Let the experts get you started on the right foot this spring.
On Saturday, March 14, 2009, we will be hosting four Mini-Seminars: each one will last approximately 25 minutes, and give you the advice you need to prepare your lawn, garden and landscape for a successful, beautiful season. If you can't make it to the seminar, or just have a question, the Experts will be around until 2:00 to chat one-on-one!
For the times and line-up, please......

Click Here To See All The Dogs!
We love seeing all of you...really, we do. Since the sun has come out this last week, we have seen lots of old friends, and met many new ones, too.
Everyone is excited to have plants to care for again, questions to answer, and plans to make, but one of the biggest perks of the approaching season is that the dogs are out visiting again!
We've been snapping photos of the dogs that come to visit, and recording them here...take a look, just for fun, and bring your four-legged friend along on your next visit to Knollwood. (On a leash, please!)

Simple, yet meaningful: Ikebana, one of the traditional arts of Japan, has been practiced for more than 600 years. In contrast to the massing of blooms typical of Western flower arrangements, Japanese flower arrangement is based on the line of twigs and/or leaves, filled in with a small number of blooms, considered in some schools to symbolize heaven, earth, and man. Want to try it?...