Across the board, is organic gardening better for the environment? Not according to Jeff Gillman, author of The Truth About Organic Gardening; Benefits, Drawbacks and The Bottom Line. Are you […]
Compost Confidential
Compost Confidential is the blog of Host and Executive Producer Joe Lamp'l - Where he shares the backstory of each episode and gives you a behind-the-scenes view of Growing A Greener World.
The 10…Make that Nine Best New Gardening Products for 2009
And then there were nine. Each January, the joe gardener Company selects the 10 best new “must have” gardening products for the New Year. Yesterday was supposed to be the […]
Gardening needs a face lift
With Christmas behind us, I’m ready to move on. We can shelve the standard holiday topics for a while: forcing bulbs, turning poinsettias red again, taking care of live Christmas […]
NPR “Talking Plants”? Hardly, Now That One of Their Best is Laid Off
I could start this post off by asking the question “What is going on?!?” However, being in the business of making it my business to know about trends in gardening […]
Project Orange Thumb Shines Brightly in This Florida Extreme Garden Makeover
What do you get when you combine passionate company employees, with a neighborhood intensely interested in revitalizing their community, but with little money to do anything about it? Well in […]
Organic Kitchen Garden at the White House
My friend Charlie Nardozzi is today’s guest blogger. He’s a respected horticulturalist that shares his expertise through television, radio, books and articles. He presently is the senior horticulturist and spokesperson […]
Tree Topping; If you Love your Trees, Leave them Alone
When it comes to gardening and landscaping, I seem to be spending a lot more time telling people what not to do, rather than the other way around. Let’s face […]
Saving 1,007,000,000 Backyard Birds – Audubon’s Dr. Stephen Kress…
Yesterday I finished my forth show of my new podcast series, entitled Growing a Greener World. For this episode, I interviewed Dr. Stephen Kress of the Audubon Society. He has […]
One Tragic Case of Intentional Colony Collapse
I had just started reading Rowan Jacobsen’s book; Fruitless Fall; The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis. With book in one hand and a good glass […]
Keeping the “G” in HGTV – Why that’s not so E Z
Well it’s been an interesting few days with my post entitled; The Future of Gardening; Dead or Alive? It prompted some interesting replies and I found that this is a […]
The Future of Gardening; Dead or Alive?
Any reader of the great garden blog, Garden Rant, likely saw a recent post by the well loved and respected Allan Armitage. Entitled; Gardening is a four-letter word; the education […]
Bottleband???
This weekend I ran into some good friends at Greenfest in D.C. Anneliese Valdes and her brother Geoff were there showing off my favorite weeding tool (the CobraHead) to eco-conscience […]
Sustainability and Gardening; Talk is Cheap but Change is Coming
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to address the nursery industry and home gardeners on the subject of sustainability. Although a thousand miles or more separated these two events, […]
From Dallas to D.C, A Busy Weekend of Talking “Sustainability”
In a few minutes I leave for Dallas to address the nursery industry on Sustainability, specifically is this a consumer trend consumers that has staying power? Next, it’s a dash […]
What does Sustainability mean to You?
I'm really interested in your feedback on this one. This weekend I will present to the nursery and landscape industry at a conference in Texas. My topic is on sustainability, […]
Gardening Videos Taped in Atlanta
For the last three days, I was in Atlanta, Georgia taping short video segments on gardening for the Fiskars website. They will be posted bimonthly, starting in early 2009. Our […]
My Very Green, Chemical-free Lawn
My yard is in the midst of a long overdue landscape makeover. Since we moved into this house over two years ago, there’s been little time to plant. However, I’ve […]
Incredible Challenges Can’t Stop This San Francisco “Pop-up” Garden Installation
A few months back, I wrote about an amazing experience I had involving a “pop-up garden” in a public housing complex on the south side of Chicago. The term applies […]
Recycled Nursery Pots are a Hot Topic-Readers Respond
A recent post I shared regarding the terrible lack of resources available for recycling plastic nursery pots generated a great deal of interest. I ran a similar article in my […]
Gardening in Maine-Was this a Work Week?
I’ve just completed a “work week” that reminds me I have a pretty neat job. I’m writing this entry as I wait to board my plane back home after spending […]
Plastic Pot Recycling-One Silver Lining in an Otherwise Dismal Effort
The EPA has reported that, of the nearly 27 million tons of plastic generated in the United States during 2003, only 3.9% of it was recycled, and very little of […]
Growing Interest in Growing Your Own
With the skyrocketing interest in growing food at home these days, I think that – if Fresh from the Garden (the show I did for three years on the DIY […]
Grow Where You’re Planted
The other day I was returning from my morning run, and I happened to look up towards the chimney. Something bright caught my eye and what I saw was truly […]
What?!? No Tomatoes???
Last week I stepped back in time a few hundred years. Gardening was quite different back then, and the contrast became quite vivid during a recent trip to historic Williamsburg […]
The Most Beautiful Garden of All
In my role as television host of GardenSmart – a show that features beautiful gardens – I’ve seen some pretty spectacular places. Yet, none compare to the garden I just […]
GardenSmart TV in the Missouri Botanical Garden
As the host of GardenSmart, I have the privilege of traveling to some of the most beautiful gardens in the country. This past week, my crew and I spent the […]
30 Master Gardeners Drop by for a Surprise Visit
Last week, I was busily working away at my computer and fighting writer’s block while racing the clock on yet another deadline. My office phone line rang. I briefly debated […]
The Greenest Earth Day Yet?
Maybe it’s because I’m immersed in it on a daily basis, or maybe it’s just because we can’t escape it. Whatever the reason, I think this year will be the […]
Top 5 Tips for Creating an Eco-friendly Garden from My New Book
Writing, traveling and speaking; since my last blog entry, that seems to be about all I’ve been doing. In fact as I write this, I do so from my room […]
Science Project Disaster-Thanks to Me!
I’m sorry for the long delay since my last blog entry. Frankly, I was so bogged down in writing my book that I had little time for anything else. During […]
It’s a Wrap for the Year with GardenSmart
Last time I sat down to work on the book was a week ago. It seems like months. Now, it’s Saturday morning and too early to get up on a […]
Just so you know…I’m still here.
I’m writing this entry at about 4:30am. You’ll understand why in a minute. I’m certainly overdue to check in, but it’s not like I haven’t been doing anything. Running a […]
Challenges and Delayed Gratification Add to a Satisfying Landscape
I’ll tell you right up front, this is hard to admit. My family and I have now been in our new (to us) house for just over a year. The […]
Back in the Writing Saddle Again
Well, I knew there would be a next book. I just didn’t think it would be so soon! Still feeling the effects of my last book-writing binge, I got the […]
A Fond Farewell to Alaska
As I write this entry, I’m sitting in the Anchorage airport, with nothing but time on my hands. My flight doesn’t leave for another six hours, but my crew has […]
On Assignment in Alaska
As I write this, it’s 10:30pm and still light outside! I’m in Alaska – taping new shows for GardenSmart. Many people wonder if it’s even possible to garden in Alaska. […]
