Learn to Garden - Growing Roses and Perennials Made Easy
Advice on growing perennials, hybrid tea roses, old garden roses and other types of flowers. Anyone can be successful at gardening.
What's new you ask? For those of you that frequently visit LearnToGarden.net I've added below several direct links to those pages that are frequently updated. I suggest bookmarking or adding them to your favorites list. And as always you can navigate to any gardening page on this site by using the menu items at the top of any page.
- Video and Audio Gardening Podcasts (can also subscribe to podcasts via iTunes)
- Gardening Forum - Be the first to participate! (create a username and contribute)
- Garden Questions and Answers
- Garden Photo Journal and Plant Descriptions
- Garden Problems Photo Journal
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Why LearnToGarden? As you are probably aware any type of gardening is a passion for some people, but for some of us there's a special, more specialized bond between us and the earth. Not all "fruits" of the earth need to be eaten for some are to be viewed for their beauty alone. Perennial gardening which certainly includes roses has been a passion
for millions for many years. My passion for perennial gardening is supported by the unpolished look that the perennial garden often adopts. I like to call it the savage garden given the fact that one perennial plant may devour the other. It's like survival of the fittest--the last plant standing is the keeper in my garden. This site is dedicated to helping those wishing to begin their own gardens and for those that have established gardens. Think of this place as a type of guide--a flower guide displaying and discussing all types of flowers, perennials and roses. It's a place to gain knowledge and share your opinions and learnings with others. I think gardening even helps with not only our physical health, but helps us mentally as well. I even call it one of the many anxiety cures or antidepressants.
I hope you find the many articles, information and photos of my personal landscape helpful in your start to a perennial or rose garden or both! You'll find the sections on bed preparation, watering requirements, fertilization and chemical control of disease and insects helpful I think. If you have any questions or would like to send me a photo of your rose growing or perennial plant issues, I'll be glad to offer my advice and opinions. I'll even post your photo on the site in hopes that it can help others.
Have a question? Visit our Gardening Q&A section to see if your specific question is answered there. To ask me a question, click here or on the "Contact Me" menu item at the top of any page. You can also e-mail me direct at growit@perennialandrosegardening.net. If you have photos to send, this would be the best method to communicate. Otherwise, the contact me form will suffice. This is a new site, so your participation will help grow the site and help other gardeners.
Enjoy!
Speaking Engagements: (Click link for more information & to watch or listen)
August 23, 2007 - 4Seasons Radio Show - "Heat & Humidity Plants"
August 30, 2007 (Listen) - 4Seasons Radio Show - "Perennial Plants"
(Note: Be patient as radio shows may take several minutes to download)
September 2007 - University of Louisiana at Monroe (not open to public)
October 20, 2007 (Watch)- Roses and Companions (ARS Fall Festival)
October 21, 2007 - NELA Rose Society (Monroe, LA)
January 8, 2008 - NELA Master Gardeners Association (Monroe, LA)
March 3, 2008 - Good Morning Ark-La-Miss (KNOE TV8, Monroe, LA)
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New content and articles to be added monthly.
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About the author (Photo: My son and me):
Photographer: Faith Roper
Born and raised in Northeastern Louisiana, gardening, especially ornamental gardening has always been an out for me, an escape of sorts. In addition, gardening has been much less expensive than the best psychotherapy could offer and certainly much more efficient. I began the art of rose growing in my high school days with the aid of an elderly couple and mentors, Jack and Dovie Kinkaid. Their love and respect of not only the rose garden but any garden transcended generations as now evidenced in my two year old, who probably knows more now about gardening than most know as adults. Although collegiate degrees possessed are not in Botany and Plant Physiology and the like, I am currently certified as a Master Gardener and conduct my own research and experiments with gardening. My hobby resides in researching plant pests and diseases and the ever popular cure. Photographing nature and writting is fast becoming a favorite pastime for me as well. I currently write a monthly column for DeltaStyle, a local social paper for the Monroe, Louisiana area.
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