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Naperville Gardener – Weeds!
We all have them and we need to work together to get rid of them! If you work diligently to control the weeds at...
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Naperville Gardener – The truth about perennials
I love perennials, and when I was new to gardening I believed they would live forever, healthy and gorgeous, without much effort. Was I...
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Naperville Gardener – No fooling! It’s time to start gardening!
Daylight saving time makes the days last longer, so stroll around your home in the early evening hours. Take a notepad with you and...
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Naperville Gardener – House plants, our friends
My March 28 garden club meeting will include a program by horticulturist and landscape architect Ken Benson about houseplants titled “House Plants: Our Friends.”
In...
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Naperville Gardener – The best gardens begin in winter
I have come to realize that I do my best gardening in the winter.
With every catalog arriving in the mail, my ambition grows by...
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Naperville Gardener – Record garden growth
January is a time for resolutions and one of mine is to do a better job of recording the activity in my gardens. I...
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Naperville Gardener – Holiday traditions
Growing up, my family lived states away from all of our relatives. So our traditions were all “first-generation.” Christmas Eve we would go to...
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Naperville Gardener – How does your garden club grow?
Here’s how the Naperville Garden Club gives to our community!
At each meeting, we bring donations for our community pantry, Loaves and Fishes.
Our mission statement...
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Naperville Gardener – Find peace and harmony
October is a good time to gently evaluate your successes and efforts that didn’t work out as well as you had hoped.
“Perfection is paralysis”...
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Naperville Gardener – Put your stamp on your mailbox
September is a good time to…fix up your mailbox!
Maybe yours looks fabulous already—the mailbox is on a sturdy post or enrobed with bricks or...
