A big, fluffy, extravagent bow is the perfect topper to your Christmas tree or a beautiful package. A well-placed bow can be all you need to transform your front-door wreath from season to season. And, with just a little practice, you can tie bows like these for all your decorating needs. On our Resources page you will find a link to this pictorial handout with step-by-step instructions that you can print; or, stop by for a demo by one of our designers.
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We've been busy this winter, here on the website and in the store! If you haven't stopped by Knollwood Garden Center lately, you are in for a treat...we've been painting, re-arranging and re-decorating to make your experience even more fun, easy, and idea-packed. Stop in to get the full-blown spring feeling....

From time to time, we would like to share helpful resources with you, such as this one:
The County Extension Offices are not just for farmers and 4-H! They have always been an excellent resource for any horticulturally related questions, and one we use frequently when we are stumped! Greene County Extension agent Gerry Mahan wrote in a recent Dayton Daily News column about the launch of a new website bringing together the best of the national network of Extension Offices' websites.
www.eXtension.org looks like an excellent resource for Lawn, Garden, and Houseplant information. You can register with the site to get more localized information as well.
This looks like one worth exploring, and bookmarking for future reference as well.

Simple, yet meaningful: Ikebana, one of the traditional arts of Japan, has been practiced for more than 600 years. It developed from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead. 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. The structure of a Japanese flower arrangement is based on a scalene triangle delineated by three main points, usually twigs, considered in some schools to symbolize heaven, earth, and man.


Info via Wikipedia.

One of our favorite magazines is Fine Gardening (Taunton Press publication). We love their garden design ideas, helpful tips, and plant suggestions by region of the country. At one of our recent seminars, we briefly discussed dividing perennials, and this article gives a very simple-to-follow instruction of the process. Questions or comments about the article or dividing something in your garden? Leave a comment below to see what your fellow gardeners have to say!