Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you get one, you’ll get many. Like a breath of fresh air, these beautiful ...

Garden catalogs originated many years ago and in their infancy were somewhat crude, but contained gardening information that was regarded as very helpful. Over time, improvements have been significant ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Garden catalogs provide a wealth of information about plants, seeds, and gardening tools. Gardeners should carefully review catalog descriptions, including planting instructions and days to maturity, ...

It started about a month ago, by mail. Then a week later another one arrived and then another. By last week, garden catalogs were arriving in full force from many of the large and small nurseries ...

Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...

Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants ...

More than 50 years after she started writing them, Katharine White's essays in 'Onward and Upward in The Garden' still charm and provoke. Among the consolations of a New England winter are the seed ...

One of the first skills you'll learn is gardening, and Blanc is a great mentor. He'll give you the initial plots and the ...

Each winter, gardening catalogs fill mailboxes across the country. Below are some of our favorites. Antique Rose Emporium Antique Rose Emporium: Old garden roses; free catalog. 9300 Lueckemyer, ...