Longer Articles for Garden Center Websites
Garden Centers using Susan’s services for at least a year are entitled to the following longer articles for use on their websites, at no extra charge. Except as noted, the articles are suitable for most or all of North America.
About the content
These articles are all well researched, not just via the Internet but using actual books and sometimes interviews! Susan is in regular contact with many of the authors and researchers cited here, and they keep her up to date on the most reliable advice on these important gardening topics. Where experts disagree (and you know it happens!) Susan says so and guides the reader through the thicket of disagreement, but lets them make up their own minds. As a researcher and writer, Susan’s approach is reportorial and informative, not adversarial – because she knows she doesn’t have all the answers herself.
So where DO these articles come down on the hot controversies of our day? On the side of the environment, of course, but also on the side of the consumer. That means emphasizing what’s practical, what’s super-helpful and affordable. That means offering as many good options as possible – because readers are dealing with so many different situations, and gardening is far from a one-size-fits-all world. So what you won’t find here are professions of purity or guilt-inducing finger-pointing. Instead, just approachable, readable help and lots of enthusiasm for GARDENING from a passionate life-long gardener and supporter of independent garden centers.
Sustainable Gardening Practices
Sustainable Plants (written specifically for the Mid-Atlantic region, so edits are recommended for other regions).
Designing the Low-Maintenance Garden
Low- and High-Maintenance Plants
Low-Maintenance Gardening Practices
Organic Gardening 101 – the Basics
Articles summarizing horticulturist Jeff Gillman’s book The Truth about Organic Gardening:
Pest and Pesticide articles:
- Introduction to “Pests” and their Prevention
- Physical and Biological Control of Pests
- Organic Control of Pests
Articles about Dead Leaves:
Articles about Wildlife Gardening:
- Turn your Garden into a Wildlife Habitat
- Butterfly Gardening (written with Mid-Atlantic references, which can be replaced with references to other regions)
- How to Attract Hummingbirds
Nature’s Composters – Worms! (Vermicomposting)
Soils and Fertilizers – the Basics
Articles about Lawn:
