Outstanding country gardens on annual symphony tour

There are some remarkable gardens on the 22nd annual Illinois Symphony Garden Tour in Springfield. “A Symphony of Country Gardens” will be held from 11-4 Saturday, June 18.Shelly and Ken H

The capital city is bloomin’ beautiful

The sixth annual Springfield in Bloom winners

Spring rains, sweltering summer heat and those dang Japanese beetles made this yet another challenging year to be a flower gardener in central Illinois. And yet nearly 80 individuals and organizations

Beautification is contagious

It’s time to get Springfield in Bloom

This is the sixth year for Springfield in Bloom, the community-wide beautification program that challenges homeowners, businesses, neighborhood associations and nonprofit organizations across central

Conserve water with rain barrels

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, lawn and garden watering makes up nearly 40 percent of total household water use during the summer. One way to reduce outdoor water usag

Symphony presents Ensemble of Outdoor Living Spaces

Annual garden tour is June 20

Lets plant the town red

(and yellow, purple and white)

Springfield in Bloom — the community-wide beautification program that challenges homeowners, businesses and nonprofit groups to bring beautiful new color and life to their street-si

Plant bulbs now for a colorful spring

Bulbs provide a good investment for the money spent and they supply years of spring color in your yard. Fall is the prime time for planting hardy spring-flowering bulbs. Most bulb

Think spring by planting the town red this fall

Springfield beautification efforts to be in the national spotlight

Regular IT readers are familiar with Springfield in Bloom (SIB), the friendly contest encouraging streetside beautification projects which will be in its fifth year in 2009. Hundreds of neig

Take your geraniums with you into winter

Are you sad at the thought that your cheery geraniums will soon fall victim to winter frost? Why not take them inside for the winter? Gardeners have several alternatives, includin

Browning evergreen foliage

In most cases, there isnt anything to be concerned about

Untitled Document Every fall, people get upset when their evergreens undergo dramatic changes in color. “People are convinced that their plants must have some type o