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  Ruby-throated hummingbird sipping nectar from a red tubular flower in soft bokeh light
Read article: More than feeders: Attracting hummingbirds to your landscape
More than feeders: Attracting hummingbirds to your landscape
As temperatures warm and spring progresses, our landscapes come alive. Plants resume growth and begin flowering, insects emerge, and hummingbirds...
Nasturtium flowers
Read article: Spice up the garden with edible flowers
Spice up the garden with edible flowers
May is finally here, when Spring has sprung and homeowners are rushing to get the garden ready. As gardeners start their season, consider something...
A tray of orange pepper plants that was grown indoors sits outside in the sunlight for a few hours as part of the hardening off process.
Read article: Is it time to plant?
Is it time to plant?
It’s that time of year again. The time when spring weather is warming, we are all starting to get active in our gardens to plant things. ...
Paperwhite flowers.
Read article: Paperwhites: Delicate holiday blooms you can grow indoors
Paperwhites: Delicate holiday blooms you can grow indoors
With holiday plants abounding these days, it is hard to miss the delicate and airy blooms of paperwhites (Narcissus spp.).  These blooming bulbs...

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Gardens
Grow and give back through the Giving Garden program
Bloomington, IL – Healthy communities grow with community support. Let the harvest of your garden contribute to the health of your community this summer. Offering garden vegetables is a source of food that ensures a neighbor facing food insecurity has access to fresh produce. An arrangement of...

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