Author: Jennifer Gibson
Drought Resistant Plants for Arkansas
Drought Resistant Plants Is your landscape prepared for low water situations or drought conditions? Rainfall can be unpredictable in Arkansas, especially in the summer months, but proper water is critical to maintaining a beautiful lawn and landscape. Read on for tips you can take now to prepare your yard for dry weather. Strategies to reduce… Read more »
Deter Deer from Your Landscape
Here in the Natural State, we enjoy wild beauty. In Good Earth’s home city of Little Rock, nature is never far from our doorstep—from native dogwoods to bubbling brooks to abundant wildlife, we’re surrounded by homegrown beauty. However, this closeness to nature also carries a threat to our gardens: deer! We get questions every week… Read more »
How to Care for Air Plants
Learn more about air plant care below! At the Good Earth, we love air plants! As the name implies, air plants absorb nutrients and water through specialized scales on their leaves called trichomes. The ability to survive without roots classifies air plants, or Tillandsia, as epiphytes. In nature, air plants can be found across a… Read more »
New Shade Perennials for 2017
Every year our perennial grower makes our plant selections based on field trials, landscaper suggestions and from trade nursery information. This is her second year at the Good Earth Garden Center and boy, did she LISTEN TO YOU! Throughout the year she took notes as to what you wanted, what we did not have and… Read more »
Increase Your Home Value!
Instantly increase your home value with these simple steps
Five Ways Hiring the Wrong Contractor Could Cost You for Years
Avoid the costly pitfalls of choosing the wrong contractor by asking the right questions and collecting and checking paperwork.
How to Create a Gorgeous Fall Combo Pot!
How to Create a Gorgeous Fall Combo Pot from choosing the container to plant selection, find out how to create the most gorgeous fall combo pot!
Shade Loving Perennials for Arkansas Gardens
Imagine this…resting in a garden chair, sipping on something cold, in your retreat in the shade. What could possibly be missing? Lovely shade perennials to admire, of course! There are many choices to enhance your ice tea, cold beer, or nice chilled white wine experience. The two most important aspects are: 1. naturally, a bench… Read more »
