Join Peggy Riccio and Teri Speight as they discuss what is happening in their gardens. Teri talks about removing a tree and the increased sunlight in her garden and Peggy talks about updating her seed and garden files. Teri visited a private rooftop garden and Peggy visited the gardens at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester. Together they talk about public gardens, the merits of planting in the fall, and upcoming virtual and in-person gardening events. To learn more, visit Peggy at pegplant.com and Teri at cottageinthecourt.com. Contact them by e-mail at [email protected]. Below are links related to this episode. If you listen on Apple podcast, please write a review. Don’t forget to tell your friends about this weekly gardening podcast for the DC metro area.

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley 

Local Public Gardens

Plantsmap

Join Peggy Riccio and Teri Speight as they discuss what is happening in their gardens (and kitchen!). Teri talks about a product called a hillside planter and Peggy talks about garlic and roasting cherry tomatoes and peppers. This past weekend, Teri visited Spicknall’s Farm Market in Maryland and Peggy visited Nalls Produce in Virginia and together they describe the produce, mums, pumpkins, gourds, and squash they saw at these family-owned, local businesses! They also list upcoming events, including annual fall events that have pivoted to become virtual. To learn more, visit Peggy at pegplant.comand Teri at cottageinthecourt.com. Contact them by e-mail at [email protected]. Below are links related to this episode. If you listen on Apple podcast, please write a review, and don’t forget to tell your friends about this weekly gardening podcast for the DC metro area.

Article on Growing Garlic

Filaree Garlic Farm

Spicknall’s Farm Market

Nalls Produce

Hillside planter

Lady Farmer

Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello

Bartholdi Park in DC

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their gardens from growing pumpkins to hardy gardenias to reblooming azaleas to discovering a new blue cardinal flower. Teri visited Valley View Farms Garden Center and Nursery and the Romano Vineyard and Winery. Peggy suggested visiting the Northern Virginia Master Gardeners' demonstration gardens to learn what works in this area. Together they list upcoming gardening events, both virtual and in person. Visit Peggy Riccio at pegplant.com and Teri Speight at cottageinthecourt.com for more information. To contact them e-mail at [email protected].

Swan Princess Gardenia

Perfecto Mundo reblooming azalea

Blue Prince pumpkin

Valley View Farms

Romano Vineyard

Northern Virginia Master Gardeners Demonstration Gardens

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their gardens, from saving seed of variegated morning glories and peppers to making wildflower seed bombs. Peggy discusses an African American Foodways Cooking Demonstration given by Stratford Hall in Virginia. Teri discusses the Garden Conservancy and her recent visit to the Patuxent Nursery in Maryland. Together they talk about upcoming gardening events. For more, visit Peggy's website at pegplant.com and Teri's website at cottageinthecourt.com. To contact them, e-mail at [email protected].

DRAMM watering products

Garden Conservancy

Patuxent Nursery

Stratford Hall

GardenComm

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is blooming in their gardens and how the new Perennial Plant of the Year for 2021 would make a great addition. Teri describes her visit to Greenstreet Gardens and the Wellspring Manor and Spa in Maryland while Peggy relays her discovery that many local public gardens have online youth educational resources. Teri shares the many services of the state extension program in Maryland. Together they list upcoming gardening events. Check out their websites for more information at pegplant.com and cottageinthecourt.com. To contact them, e-mail [email protected].

Links to Organizations Mentioned in this Episode:

Perennial Plant Association

University of Maryland Extension

Greenstreet Gardens

Wellspring Manor and Spa

GardenComm

Public Gardens

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their gardens, from harvesting peppers and squash to controlling weeds. In this episode they talk about upcoming events and the public gardens that are opening up again. Teri talks about extension offices and inspecting houseplants for insects. Peggy talks about a change in venue and time for the Philadelphia Flower Show and the upcoming Friends of Brookside Gardens online fall plant sale. Check out their websites for more information at pegplant.com and cottageinthecourt.com. Photos of the plants that Peggy mentioned are on her Gardens 'n Plants tab on her website. Contact them at [email protected].

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their gardens from beautiful flowering phlox to creating new garden beds. They continue the conversation about saving seed and describe how to save seed from "wet" fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, melons and squashes. Peggy and Teri talk about their day trip to Pennsylvania where they visited Chanticleer and David Culp's private garden. They list upcoming events, resources, and deals. Check out their websites for more information at pegplant.com and cottageinthecourt.com. Feel free to contact them via [email protected]

Chanticleer

David Culp

Saving Seed Article

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their own gardens, from blooms to herbs to veggies. Together they talk about saving seed now and the difference between heirloom, open pollinated and hybrid. Peggy describes her visit to River Farm, home of the American Horticultural Society in Virginia, where she discovered beautiful as well as dangerous plants. She also talked about a new miniature rose with red blossoms from the Knock Out series called Petite. Teri describes her visits to several places in Maryland this past weekend. Teri learned about native bees and mead at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum and she visited Freetown Farm, part of the Community Ecology Institute. Teri recommended an online nursery called plantaddicts.com. Together they list upcoming virtual and in person events in the Washington DC metro area. Check out their websites for more information. Peggy's website is pegplant.com and Teri's website is cottageinthecourt.com. To contact them, e-mail at [email protected]

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their gardens from saving seeds to managing powdery mildew. Together they spent the day in Loudoun County, VA, visiting Oatlands Historic House and Gardens and Abernethy and Spencer Greenhouses. While at Abernethy, they each purchased scented geraniums and describe how they use them for fragrance and flavor. Peggy and Teri list upcoming gardening events in the Washington DC metro area as well as virtual opportunities from neighboring states. Check out their websites for more information at pegplant.com and cottageinthecourt.com. Listeners can contact them via [email protected].