Your National Gardening Association weekly news for September 30, 2016

"The Hum of Bees is the Voice of the Garden" -- Elizabeth Lawrence

Photo by @luvsgrtdanes

Gardening Ideas from other NGA Members:

Use Your Garden To Decorate for Fall

By Paul2032
September 30, 2016
Use Your Garden To Decorate for Fall

These simple and inexpensive ideas will look great from harvest to October and will add color and beauty to your porch.

PVC Pipe Strawberry Tower

By Englishgardener
September 24, 2016
PVC Pipe Strawberry Tower

How to create a tower of fresh strawberries when you have no space. (130 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Torch Lily (Kniphofia rooperi)
By kniphofia:

Photo of Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris 'Adelaide Addison')
By robertduval14:

Photo of Tickseed (Coreopsis 'Red Chiffon')
By Patty:

Photo of White Bat Flower (Tacca 'Nivea')
By mellielong:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Hidden Kisses')
By tveguy3:

Photo of Angel Trumpet (Brugmansia suaveolens)
By purpleinopp:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'France Libre')
By sunnyvalley:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pink Aloha')
By Sscape:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Big Sur')
By daylilly99:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'High Energy')
By tveguy3:

The most popular Landscape Photos from last week:

Click an image to view the names of the plants in each photo.

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

4 people gave for post #1281647 in "Do you remember what first got you interested in gardening?" by conniepr27

3 people gave for post #1283974 in "Banner for September 28, 2016 by dirtdorphins" by dirtdorphins

2 people gave for post #1281546 in "Re-bloom Cultivars" by LarryR

2 people gave for post #1284883 in "The September 2016 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!" by robertduval14

2 people gave for post #1285520 in "September 2016 website redesign is complete!" by Mayo62

2 people gave for a photo of Torch Lily (Kniphofia rooperi) by kniphofia

2 people gave for post #1281715 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 5" by GrammaChar

2 people gave for post #1284432 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 5" by molanic

2 people gave for post #1284046 in "The September 2016 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!" by dave

2 people gave for post #1281744 in "Daylily of the Day: Darla Anita" by Seedsower

The most active threads this week:

Subject OP Area Replies
September 2016 website redesign is complete!daveSite Talk forum295
Tree mail. Gone?? Any way to retrieve it?lauriebaslerSite Talk forum38
NGA changed colors!Mayo62Daylilies forum35
And the winners of the September 2016 raffle are!!daveThe September 2016 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!31
New gardener ! I love my plants. . wintering is scary..PamelaLynn77Ask a Question forum23
Kevin Vaughn Hybridizing Clinic April 28 & 29, 2017valleylynnSempervivum and Jovibarba forum20
Starting Japanese iris seeds - Help!LestvIrises forum20
Bat plantsmkb136Tropicals forum17
Seedling ChatspringcolorSempervivum and Jovibarba forum16

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