Gardeners get a taste of spring

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Spring is almost here, and many folks around the Cape Fear are ready to get in the garden. This weekend marked the 19th annual Wilmington Garden Show. It’s an event about all things gardening, from how to's for the beginner to seminars for the expert. People shopped for new plants, new ideas and decorations for their gardens. All proceeds from the show go toward programs ...

In winter, plant gardening ideas in your head

While the ground is frozen, take the opportunity to plant some seeds in your fertile imagination instead. The coming months are packed with speakers visiting and mailboxes overflowing with this season's seed catalogues. Need more? Grab a hint of color from bright horticultural magazines and nurture your gardening passion with a bit of regional travel.

Gardening Q&A: Try these ideas for a small entry bed

Q: I'm looking for a landscape plan to make over a small entryway bed that's now covered with lawn.

Innovative gardening ideas that work

In addition to annuals, many gardeners concentrate on containers of perennials and trees for more permanent plantings. A Burnaby gardener working with a very small, flat space has put dwarf trees in tall planters to add a vertical accent to the rear and centre of his three tiny garden beds.

Could Cyber-Gardening Be the New Urban Gardening?

Algae is increasingly seen as a source of tremendous potential , as scientists and entrepreneurs hurry  to turn the organism into biofuel on a scale that's commercially viable . But for most people, their only interaction with the slimy stuff happens when scraping it from a fish tank—the plant is foreign, misunderstood, and too often considered "gross." A new futuristic exhibition called HORTUS ...