Held on the last Saturday in January each year, National Seed Swap Day is a chance for growers to exchange seeds for flowers, vegetables, herbs, and, well, anything that grows from seed.
There are multitudes of …

“Travel to the tropics” this holiday season wandering a colorful display of poinsettias in the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens, 3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, Maryland (in Druid Hill Park, near the intersection of …

This year’s Holiday Poinsettia Display in the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, 3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, will feature many a Road Trips Gardener’s favorite poinsettias from years past, as …

This year’s Holiday Display at the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, 3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, is “Through the Wardrobe: The Magical Gardens of Narnia”.
The show will feature favorite poinsettias from years past, …

Poinsettias are the signature holiday flower, but they’re not always red.
The Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, 3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, features poinsettias in orange, pink with splashes of white, variegated, and, yes, red during their …

It seems like a great place for a Road Trips Gardener to stay. As guests step into MGM National Harbor, 7100 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Maryland, later this year, they’ll step into a conservatory …

The annual poinsettia show at the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Baltimore, Maryland, runs through January 4, 2015.
This year, the show’s theme is Bedford Falls (yes, the town of “It’s …

A quick way to catch the holiday spirit is a wander through a holiday flower show.
‘Tis the season for holiday flower shows, and the flower of choice is the poinsettia. Purists know that the colorful …

Consider it obedience and agility training for flowers. That’s the premise for Chrysanthemum Craftsmanship in the Conservatories at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland.
The display includes miniature plants that resemble bonsai trees and vertical …

Coastal Garden Plants: Maine to Maryland by Roy L. Heizer with photography by Nancy Heizer (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.) explores the flowers, shrubs, and trees of America’s northern coastal region.
Stroll through Portland, Boston Common, New York …