Garden
Chrysanthemum Festival Starts at Longwood Gardens
During the Chrysanthemum Festival, October 19 through November 22, more than 20,000 colorful, blooming chrysanthemums flourish in the palatial Conservatory. Longwood’s experts have trained these fall favorites into unique forms including towering single-stemmed beauties and thousand-bloomers. The show reaches its peak bloom during the first three weeks on November. This year, a cloud of topiary... »
Penn State Takes Top Honors in 2009 Collegiate Weed Science Contest
(PRWEB) — Can you name that leafy weed overrunning your perennial bed or crowding out the fall crops in your vegetable garden? If not, you can rest assured that the next generation of weed scientists will be poised to help. Eighty-five students from 11 universities gathered on an Indiana research farm recently to test their... »
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