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Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
Daan Roosegaarde’s latest artwork GROW is an homage to the beauty and importance of agriculture. In the world film premiere GROW appears as a luminous dreamscape. Red and blue …

Just what we need on a cold winter’s day — flowers in a window box.
These brighten a building in the Amana Colonies, Iowa.
(Photo ©2012 by Susan McKee)

The International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society (IWGS) hosts a live, virtual tour of Kampong, National Tropical Botanical Garden in Coconut Grove, Florida (near Miami), with Craig Morell, Director.
It begins at 3 p.m. EDT December …

Iris have been planted in profusion around the Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville, the former capital of Georgia.
According to Wikipedia: Iris is a genus of 260 to 300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. …

The sixth annual Holiday Lights festival opened today at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, Tennessee, and will run through January 10, 2021. Featuring more than a million lights throughout the gardens, …

“Wind Sculptures by Lyman Whitaker” are on display throughout the grounds of Dawes Arboretum, 7770 Jacksontown Road SE, Licking Township, Newark, Ohio, through December 15, 2020.
Many of the metal sculptures are inspired by nature, …

For Road Trips Gardeners able to get to the United Kingdom this month, “Super Nature” will be open for just one weekend — October 9 through 11, 2020, at the Garden Museum, 5 Lambeth Palace …

Bonsai is the ancient study of transforming trees into living artworks. This fall, visitors can appreciate their intricate beauty up close with the botanical exhibit, Bonsai, in the Hilbert Conservatory at White River Gardens in …

Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a $7.5 million gift to North Carolina State University, will open two weekends in September at 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina, for public viewing and plant purchases. These are the …

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By Soil Science Society of America
Soil microbes like bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes are important for many reasons. The Soil Science Society of America’s (SSSA) Soils Matter Blog for August …