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Best Shrubs for Three or Four Season Interest

The panorama of the natural world is sublime, but becomes so much more meaningful for us when we interact with it. In the garden, we interact more readily with plants when they show interesting characteristics that attract our attention. Green … Continue reading

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Some Helpful Tips For Growing Cannabis

As  Master Gardeners,  we are often asked about how to care for cannabis plants. We felt that it was important for us to be educated not only about cultivation and care, but also the current laws related to cultivating cannabis … Continue reading

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What’s the Nature of the Natural Environment in Health Care

The speaker at our January meeting was Peggy Chi. Peggy Chi is a landscape architect, dementia care mapper, and a PhD candidate in health services research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation based at the University of … Continue reading

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Growing Something New in Your Social Media Feed

Screen time spent scrolling through social media is perhaps the antithesis of gardening.  Sitting quietly inside, head down toward the blue-lit phone, digesting comments, advertising and lists of random information in rapid succession is all a stark contrast to an … Continue reading

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Garden Trends for 2020

Garden Trends for 2020 By Tanya Crowell, M.G. Garden season is mostly over now and there is little work to keep a gardener busy in these short cold days of November. Thus my mind naturally turns to planning next year’s … Continue reading

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Rock Garden: Rejuvenation of a Horticultural Landmark by Dr David Galbraith

At the October meeting, a very interesting and informative presentation was given to Northumberland Master Gardeners by Dr. David Galbraith, Head of Science for the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington.  His talk entitled The RBG Rock Garden: Rejuvenation of a … Continue reading

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