ts nearly mid-February and we are getting excited about kicking off 246 Days of Gardening. For  nine months, we will be doing lots of stuff to help people, towns and businesses get outdoors and find the pure joy of getting your hands dirty. In todays world with all of the troubles, it’s important to get active and go into nature.

Paeonia are famous for their enchanting vibrance in spring. Yet, one of the hidden secrets for this gem is that they are an incredible Winter Plant that well after they have bloomed, they give depth and uniqueness when the snows come.

Interested in bring more nature into your yard? Ever thought about transforming your lawn into a wonderland of flowers? Then this webinar is for you.

Rain parks are a new way to design & install green infrastructure. They use as many best practices as possible to create habitat and manage stormwater within a single site. This way the benefits multiple and enhance each other. Rain parks transform green infrastructure from a purely functional apparatus into a community amenity.

Renovation of rain garden in Summit, NJ

Restoration of the Rain Park in South Orange, NJ

Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, PA

Darmera peltata

Ligularia Othella

Echinacea purpurea

Conoclinium coelestinum

Penstemon digitalis 'Huskers Red'

Physostegia virginiana is a great plant for adding late summer color to your garden

Silphium terebinthinaceum is the best kept secret in gardening and everybody needs to know about it.

Mugwort is an incredibly invasive species and it can’t be ignored.

New Pennsylvania project is about to start construction. Design and build is a great way to do a renovation.

Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), native to the eastern United States, is a stunning deciduous shrub that blooms in late fall to early winter with bright yellow, spidery flowers. This easy-to-grow plant is a perfect choice for eco-conscious gardeners who are seeking year-round interest.

The cost of materials and labor for construction projects is dramatically changing - and make 2025 look good to start a home improvement project.

the first project in the GIP-C program is in South Orange, NJ and it’s called the Rain Park.

Before asphalt, driveways were made of stone, oyster shells, or dirt. Yet, at some point, we replaced those natural, sustainable materials with blacktop, one of the most harmful substances, and placed it right next to our homes. Now it’s time to rethink this choice and replace blacktop with something more sustainable that will benefit both us and the environment.