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Recent damage from Hurricane Idalia – which hit Florida’s Big Bend region and parts of Georgia on Aug. 30 – reminds us that we are only now at the high point of hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30.
September is not the moment to think about the winter – there is time enough for that – but for laying spring’s groundwork.
Adding to all the wet weather woes this summer is the presence of fungi, which can take several forms.
This season, some hydrangea bushes are fat and sassy with blooms; others, not so much. By the way, the acid content of the soil determines the color. More acidic soil yields blue hydrangeas; more alkaline, pink.
Pretty and pretty deadly: The spotted lanternfly is a seductive plague on plants like grapevines and the U.S. agricultural economy.
Ah-choo! This is a particularly bad allergy season. But it doesn’t mean you have to give up being in – and working in – the garden.
The arrival of the New York Botanical Garden’s exhibit “Gardens & Works by Ebony G. Patterson” is a reminder that art and the garden have been having a conversation for centuries
When it comes to gardening, there “May” be no busier month than the fifth one on the calendar, even though there is still a chance of frost in our area.
Our recent taste of summer in April had people not only donning tank tops, shorts and flip-flops but heading to the garden with even greater alacrity to tackle those spring chores.
As we gear up for the season of reseeding and planting, now is also the time to ensure that all the equipment we need is in order.
Winter 2023 exited the same way it came in – brilliant and cold. And while the hard season was not without its challenges.
It’s the heart of winter, yet gardening enthusiasts are already noticing something unusual: Green shoots sprouting from the ground. But what is normally an exciting moment in late March has raised alarm bells in February and even back in January.
The Morano Group is pleased to announce that Bedford Quarry House, one of our landscaping and hardscaping clients, has won a prestigious Residential Design Award from the American Institute of Architects, New York.
Now is the perfect time to become an indoor-plant parent, if you haven’t already joined those who took to the beauties as a distracting hobby during the pandemic, contributing to a multibillion-dollar global industry that will only grow.
The new year brings not only New Year’s resolutions but also plans, including plans for the garden. Though in some ways January – and winter in general – seems to stretch before us like a vast, icy plain, for gardening enthusiasts it remains one of the busiest of months. Now is the time to get out on good days, walk your garden and see what needs attention.
The latest Hatfield and McCoy-style standoff involves homeowners who are enthralled to the so-called “splendor in the grass” and those who have let their lawns go au naturel in an effort to aid the environment (…)
It’s no accident that the Morano Group’s logo is a tree. Trees anchor any garden, just as the author of the Book of Genesis made the fateful Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil central to the Garden of Eden.
For many of us in the Northeast, November may be if not the cruelest month, then certainly the most challenging.
With temperatures blazing, swimming pools are increasingly inviting – particularly to those thinking of installing one on their property. But building a pool is not without its challenges – financially and environmentally.
As with real estate, outdoor plant survival depends on location, location, location. Some plants like hydrangeas and New Guinea impatiens do well in shade with just a little vitamin D from Mr. Sun in the morning. Watch them in afternoon sun, however, as they may start to droop and need water to perk up. (Ferns and hostas also do nicely in shade.)
“Water, water everywhere”: Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s observation in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” might as well on e have applied to our area. Everywhere sprinkler systems have irrigated the lawns that thread Westchester and Fairfield counties’ fabled verdure. But that has become a less frequent occurrence.
As any landscape designer will tell you, a garden is not just about grass, mulch, flowers, bushes and trees. Landscaping is also about hardscapes (walkways, patios and terraces). These not only offset your garden; they give you the secure space and footing with which to enjoy it. Pavers can be set close together with concrete joints or spaced apart, with grass peeking through for a checkerboard effect. They can be stone (bluestone, limestone, granite), brick and concrete (precast and poured-in-place).
Even if you don’t have a green thumb or a house and garden, you can still enjoy a “garden” of your own with potted plants in a window box or on a patio, terrace, balcony or deck. As with plants you might place in the ground, the key here is, as they say in real estate, location, location, location.