SG543: Day Two Highlights from the 2016 Garden Bloggers Fling

Day 2 of the 2016 Garden Bloggers Fling Minneapolis 300

Today, I’m sharing my insights and commentary on the beautiful gardens featured on Day Two of the 2016 Garden Bloggers Fling in Minneapolis. Day Two brought the garden bloggers to the western suburbs of Minneapolis where we visited gardens featured on the 2016 Carver-Scott Extension Master Gardener Garden Tour as well as other special venues that were even new to me. These gardens showcased great design principals as well as a few special tricks and tips that I found especially inventive and adaptable. Day Two was jampacked with gardens and the itinerary of each of the locations and all of the blog posts about Day Two can be found in the links below.

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SG540: Double Feature with Laura Eubanks of Design for Serenity and Benedict Vanheems of Big Bug Hunt

SG540- Double Feature with Laura Eubanks of Design for Serenity and Benedict Vanheems of Big Bug Hunt

Welcome to Still Growing’s first double feature! Our first guest is Laura Eubanks from Design for Serenity. Laura’s work on succulent plants has been featured all over the country and she is an absolute master on creating beautiful and creative succulent designs. I was blown away by Laura’s succulent pumpkins when I first saw her work in the 2014 August edition of Country Gardens.

Our second guest on this week’s podcast is Benedict Vaheems of The Big Bug Hunt. He is also my first guest who is based out of the UK! The Big Bug Hunt is a citizen science project that reports pests in the area. It is also a fantastic app for gardeners who want to deter these bad bugs from reaching their garden in an organic way; as many organic control methods need to be place on the plant before the pests arrive.

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