During Tree Week, the Missouri Botanical Garden is celebrating its large and diverse collection of trees. It may also inspire you to consider adding more trees to your home landscaping. If you have a smaller space, you might want to consider columnar trees. Columnar trees are characterized by being taller than they are wide at…
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Growing Up: Vertical Gardens are Perfect for Projects Big and Small
A vertical garden is simply a garden that grows upward on a support system rather than growing horizontally on the ground. The concept has been a part of gardening for hundreds of years, but recently vertical gardens have taken off as a top gardening trend. Perhaps one reason for its popularity is that vertical gardening…
Growing, Up
Some of the most interesting and innovative gardening techniques take place off of the ground. From towering trees to vertical horticulture, there are plenty of reasons to “look up” when visiting the Missouri Botanical Garden. Fall has fully arrived in the Japanese Garden when colorful “cascading” chrysanthemums appear along the rock wall on the Garden’s…