Environment

The Plant – Indescribable… Indestructible! Nothing Can Stop It!

• Stephen Coan
• Apr 8, 2013

The Plant – Indescribable… Indestructible! Nothing Can Stop It! or: Invasive Plants – the ruin of America’s natural history and identity. or: What not to plant.

Now Is the Time to Start Your New Gardens

• Stephen Coan
• Mar 29, 2013

Now is the time to start your new gardens or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Garden.

Hobbies

Solar Outdoor Landscape Lighting

• Stephen Coan
• Dec 25, 2012

The shortest days and longest nights of the year are here. How are you going to see in the dark?

Environment

Spring Bulb Planting Time

• Stephen Coan
• Dec 11, 2012

With soil temperatures below 45º, it's time to plant spring flowering bulbs.

Environment

Late Bloomer, the Toad Lily

• Stephen Coan
• Dec 6, 2012

Tricyrtis, or the "toad lily," is a long-blooming, small, orchid-like, flowering, perennial plant thatis great for landscape design.

Environment

Before You Rake—Leaf Mulch as Natural Fertilizer

• Stephen Coan
• Nov 26, 2012

Leaves are nature's best fertilizer. Before you rake them to the curb for pick-up, here's how you can use them to cover your planting beds and turf grass.

Who Wants to See a Chipmunk Feeding Frenzy at Ferret Hollow Garden?

• Stephen Coan
• May 24, 2012

A large turnout to the Ferret Hollow Garden Tour - part of the Collingswood Proud Neighbors Porch Brunch, House, and Garden Tour with a couple of photos of Emma-Queen Chipmunk of Ferret Hollow.

Tour Ferret Hollow Gardens During the Collingswood Porch Brunch, House and Garden Tour Sunday May 20

• Stephen Coan
• May 13, 2012

Ferret Hollow Garden Tour on Sunday May 20th as part of the Proud Neighbors of Collingswood Annual Porch Brunch, House and Garden Tour. Its a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Miniature and Dwarf Conifer Garden

• Stephen Coan
• Apr 18, 2012

A miniature and dwarf conifer garden photo.

Fuji Matsuri or the Wisteria Festival

• Stephen Coan
• Apr 19, 2012

We've got your new desktop wallpaper right here, along with an update on the emergence of the spring season at Longwood Gardens.