Water Gardening Links

Free workshops focus on desert landscaping (The Arizona Republic)

Avondale's Water Resources Department is offering free workshops on desert landscaping and low-water-use gardening.

Gardening lessons from the past worth repeating today (The Gleaner)

My crew and I were in historic Williamsburg, Va., for the taping of three episodes of "GardenSMART." In one particular show, our purpose was to feature gardens and gardening practices from the 1700s. To the casual observer, the look of those historic gardens may have appeared very similar to what we see today. But gardening was quite different back then, and it didn't take long to learn just how ...

Green Gardening: How kids can build a bond with nature (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Garden expert Ann Lovejoy shares the power of actively connecting tomorrow's adults to today's natural world.

Garden Calendar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

A look at upcoming gardening events.

Urban farms grow as cities seek safe, cheap food (The Oklahoman)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Dan Schuster breezes down the road in his green and yellow John Deere tractor, passing fast-food restaurants and strip malls on his way to work. You might say Schuster is an urban farmer. He does custom plowing for landowners in the Albuquerque area and manages Rio Grande Community Farms, a tax-dollar supported urban farm and education center. Community gardening ...