Horticulture

The recent warm weather has certainly caused our gardens to spring into action. As you anticipate what changes and improvements you wish to make, consider coming to the annual Fulton Plant Sale on Saturday, May 13, 2023. It will be at Cattail Park, just north of Fulton, IL. Follow 8th

Join Whiteside County Master Gardeners and discover the joy of plants. The “Saturday with a Master Gardener” series will start with the February 11, 2023, program, “I Drank What?” Pick your poison, and get to know the more infamous plants and their toxins. Plants are a beautiful addition to your

Over several months in 2022, Rotary Club of Morrison, IL, prepared a patch unused ground and built a Pollinator Garden. Operation Pollination and the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund provided grant funding for the seeds. Their goal is to benefit pollinators and other wildlife. Although the ground had been prepared,

Morrison Garden Club President Sharon Moore submitted this press release. Many of us in Morrison, IL, have lost trees due to storms and disease. Morrison Garden Club would like to help encourage residents to replace some of those trees. The club is sponsoring a “tree planting reimbursement program” this fall.

Morrison Garden Club member Sharon Moore submitted the press release and photo. Just over a year ago, in 2021, Morrison Garden Club was able to provide funds for the plantings of the Island Garden, at the front entrance of Morrison Community Hospital, 303 N. Jackson Street, Morrison, IL. We could

Article and photos submitted by Sharon Moore. Morrison Garden Club’s Featured Garden is the “Garden Off Garden Plain.” Like the colors of a rainbow, the gardens’ inhabitants burst forth in color–for this is no plain garden. Morrison Garden Club is featuring the beautiful gardens of Bonnie and Don Reed of

Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted this report and photograph. The beauty within the yard of Don and Bonnie Reed earned July 2022 Featured Garden recognition from Morrison Garden Club. Their home is at 13012 Locust Court, Morrison, IL.

On pages 13-15 of the “Illinois Farm Bureau Partners” Summer 2022 issue, is an article that demonstrates how farming plays a vital role in promoting beneficial bees, butterflies, and more. Kim Hill contributed the article “The BUZZ about Pollinators.” Notable Pollinator Statistics In 2017, Illinois established milkweed as the Official

This series of glowing Maple trees was taken Saturday afternoon, October 30, 2021, along E. High Street, bordering Grove Hill Cemetery, in Morrison, IL.  Poets have often felt the same wonder with autumnal coloration. “Fall, Leaves, Fall” by Emily Bronte: Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten

Morrison Garden Club is pleased to have a Plant Sale this year!  The event will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021, , from 8:00 a.m. until noon, in the City of Morrison Community Room, at Odell Public Library.  The address is 307 S. Madison Street, in Morrison, IL. We ask

While Hosta plants come in varied colors, sizes, textures, and bloom times, there are many more shade-loving beauties from which to choose.  They often give the gardener a similar effect. Whiteside County Master Gardeners prepared a “Demonstration Shade Garden,” at University of Illinois Extension Office, 12923 Lawrence Road, in Sterling,

This poem by the late Shel Silverstein seemed apropos of Earth Day, Thursday morning, April, 21, 2021.