Take a tour of High Amana home that will be on the Amana Arts Guild’s Holiday Haus Walk Dec. 2 and 3
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Take a tour of High Amana home that will be on the Amana Arts Guild’s Holiday Haus Walk Dec. 2 and 3
Some tropical native plants such as dahlias, gladioli, elephant’s ear, cannas, caladiums, and tuberous begonias, won’t survive Iowa’s winters. But their bulbs can be dug up, stored in the dark indoors, and planted outside again in spring.
The Noelridge Park gardens were recently honored with a landscape design award for its winning entry in a nationwide contest.
Now that frost has nipped most of the Cedar Rapids area, it’s time to get out there and do some fall cleanup and other tasks before the snow flies. It’s not unheard of to get snow as early as Halloween.
Iowa City is asking residents to consider mulching fallen leaves into the grass or putting them on garden beds as a shortcut to enriching soil that has less of an environmental impact from transportation emissions and staff time needed to compost leaves at the landfill.
Saving seeds is fun, easy, and lets you keep growing your favorite plants from year to year. It also can save you a bundle since seed costs have skyrocketed in recent years.
With 72 barns and a record number of restored round and octagonal barns, see a unique slice of Iowa’s history coming to the forefront Sept. 16 and 17.
The City of Marion is providing residents with free trees to plant in the right of way area between their properties and the street as part of the city’s fall tree-planting program.
Weeds not only detract from the aesthetics of your garden but also compete with your cherished plants for essential nutrients, water and sunlight. To maintain a healthy and flourishing garden, you will need to implement some thoughtful weed control strategies.
The Marion-based not-for-profit announced it will kickoff the sixth season of its native tree sale, on Aug. 7, with multiple sizes now available. The program enables landowners with more than three woodland acres to purchase anywhere from five to 150 native trees, in an effort to restore Linn County’s native tree canopy.
How to save time, money, water during a dry spell.
It may be mid-summer, but there’s still plenty of planting to be done.
The annual Taste of Heritage Garden event in Iowa City will celebrate Iowa’s history, agriculture and food on July 12. The event will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the historic Plum Grove home at 1030 Carroll St. in Iowa City.
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