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Deck the Hall and Fa La La

by Wendy Hilty | Dec 2, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

And why do we deck the hall with boughs of holly? Why are Poinsettias special to South Carolina?...

Rosemary is For Remembrance: Wonderful Herbs for Your Garden

by Wendy Hilty | Nov 4, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Herbs have all sorts of symbolic significance in past cultures. And I thought that they just...

Garden Quirks – Good and Bad

by Wendy Hilty | Oct 21, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

I do not believe there is a person alive who does not have some sort of quirk or odd behavior. I...

Garden Gaffes

by Wendy Hilty | Oct 7, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

You know that we must all learn from our mistakes. Well, I have made some doozies during my years...

Fabulous Fall Flowers

by Wendy Hilty | Sep 23, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Up north, as fall approaches, melancholy comes with it as flowers begin to fade away and the cold...

Salvias – The Perfect Plant for Lowcountry Gardens

by Wendy Hilty | Aug 26, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

A plant that stands up to heat, humidity, and drought, has flowers that are long lasting, and is...

Friday Fun at a Farm

by Wendy Hilty | Aug 12, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Who in the world Is Jenks Farmer? When I moved here and took the Master Gardener class, I heard...

Underused Plants That Deserve a Place in Our Gardens

by Wendy Hilty | Jul 29, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

A tip of my trowel to Carol Hyde at the Port Royal Farmer’s Market for suggesting this topic.The...

Gardening for Well-being

by Wendy Hilty | Jul 15, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Gardening has always been regarded as a hobby that provides health benefits. The physical act of...

Made in the Shade

by Wendy Hilty | Jul 1, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

What was the most popular plant in both the United States and Europe in the mid nineteenth...

Tomatoes: A Fruit with an Identity Crisis

by Wendy Hilty | Jun 17, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

I have trouble with tomatoes! According to novelist John Updike, “Of plants tomatoes seemed the...

Soaking Up The Sun With Succulents

by Wendy Hilty | Jun 3, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

We are beginning our hot and humid weather and some of my plants are feeling the heat.Warm nights...

Beaufort Garden Club Hosts 30th Annual Garden a Day

by Margaret Evans | May 20, 2025 | Culture, Local Color | 0

This year’s Garden a Day event, celebrating National Gardening week, is June 2 to June 6, and...

Oh Deer!

by Wendy Hilty | May 20, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

That beautiful face, those big eyes, those long eye lashes, those ears – so beguiling, so...

Awesome Annuals

by Wendy Hilty | May 6, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Annuals seem to get a very bad rap from some gardeners. Currently they are coming in by the pallet...

Let ‘s Keep It Simple

by Wendy Hilty | Apr 21, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

I recently gave a mini workshop for new Butterfly Garden volunteers and invited newcomers to...

Weeds, Weeds, and More Weeds!

by Wendy Hilty | Mar 12, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

In most parts of the country, winter is a time to relax and stay inside with a good book. The...

The Snow and Ice Have Melted – Now What?

by Wendy Hilty | Feb 25, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

The great freeze of 2025 has ended and you are surveying the damage. Your first temptation is to...

So You Moved Down South…

by Wendy Hilty | Jan 28, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

With so many new residents in our area, I decided to give a few pointers on what to expect...

How to Survive a Polar Vortex

by Wendy Hilty | Jan 14, 2025 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Polar Vortex—that is an awfully sophisticated name for what I have always called a “cold snap.”I...

Hopefully Heralding a Happy Horticultural Year!

by Wendy Hilty | Dec 17, 2024 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

I have been fortunate to get several gardening books for Christmas and two of my favorite books...

Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly!

by Wendy Hilty | Dec 3, 2024 | How Does Your Garden Grow?, Lifestyle | 0

Fa La La La La! And all that. I love to sing Christmas carols. But then I love to sing...

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