Editor's Note: Every year April is National Garden Month and this year gardening is seeing a huge increase in interest around the world. The number of visitors to Garden.org have nearly doubled from last year's numbers. The official National Garden Month website has a list of helpful articles and resources that you can share with your friends and family to help them get started gardening!
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 The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. Henry Van Dyke
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ARTICLES TO READ
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Let's (virtually) meet and lift our spirits by sharing some Gardening Good News.
What's blooming and growing in your garden this month?
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Download and print this one-page PDF coloring page of this Fireweed for the children to color this weekend. Drawing by NGA staff member Abigail Whitinger.
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Sporting huge, cup-shaped blooms in early summer, the Oriental poppy is the most striking of the perennial poppies, and the delicate, papery flowers belie the plant's hardiness and durability.
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Foxglove bears tall, dramatic spikes of tubular flowers with speckled throats. Foxglove blooms in midsummer and adds elegance to a perennial border, woodland area, or shade garden.
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"Lettuce" is synonymous with "salad" for people all over the world. It's by far the world's most popular salad plant and has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years.
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The jewels of the spring bulb garden, tulips are available in a huge range of flower shapes, sizes, and colors.
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After a long winter of less-than-fresh vegetables, the thought of homegrown spinach, lettuce, mustard, and arugula makes my mouth water.
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All the basic information you need to enjoy strawberries in your garden.
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I invite families during this challenging time to go outside with their children and take advantage of our upcoming Spring days. Reconnecting with your children and your child within will go a long way to relieving your stresses as well as theirs.
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LOVELY PHOTO BY LOVEMYHOUSE
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LOVELY PHOTO BY IVAN_N_TX
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LOVELY PHOTO BY CELESTIALROSE
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LOVELY PHOTO BY DIRTDORPHINS
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LOVELY PHOTO BY SHIVE1
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LOVELY PHOTO BY LEGALILY
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LOVELY PHOTO BY GWHIZZ
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LOVELY PHOTO BY IVAN_N_TX
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LOVELY PHOTO BY SL_GARDENER
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LOVELY PHOTO BY GRAMMACHAR
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 Spring is just around the corner and it's time to get busy!
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ACTIVE THREADS FROM OUR FORUMS
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THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK
2,697 members joined.
6,940 posts written in our forums.
1,130 photos posted to the plant database.
777 plants added to personal inventory lists.
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 Gardening is a medicine that does not need a prescription...and with no limit on dosage.-George Eliot
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