Local garden centers are seeing an influx in community members planting and gardening earlier than normal this year. Ed Clayton from Clayton Garden Center, North Webster, stated he’s been seeing lots of new people which means plenty of new gardens this year.

The National Weather Service of Northern Indiana has declared a freeze warning for Kosciusko County and surrounding areas.

MISHAWAKA — The city parks department is once again looking for vandals. More than 250 annual flowers at the rock garden at Battell Park, which had been planted last week by a class from Beiger Elementary School, were pulled out of the ground and trampled sometime Tuesday or Wednesday, said parks Superintendent Phil Blasko.

CACHE COUNTY, UTAH — More than 800 girls in northern Utah got to feel special on the Thursday before Valentine’s Day because a classmate bought them all flowers.

By JOYCE ARLEEN CORSON Master Gardener A flower is born, lives out its life and dies. It makes seeds or dust for the next generation of flowers. Some flowers bear fruit or leaves that we may eat holding nutrients that feed or heal our bodies. The reason to remove the “deadhead:” it is the proper …read more.

By JOYCE ARLEEN CORSON Master Gardener The hot days of July and August can take a toll on perennials that need to survive not only cold spring weather but the warmer months without rain. This is the ultimate challenge for the seasoned gardener. It is important to have rotating crops of flowers to have your …read more.