Patricia Lopez with ABC 13 stopped by to film a “Stretch Your Dollar” segment on drought tolerant plants. Watch the segment below!

Tom LeRoy and Bill Adams share their thoughts (and tips!) on growing tomatoes on the Gulf Coast. These two teach regularly at The Arbor Gate, so check out some of their classes!

Our rose house is named after Gaye Hammond. She stopped by recently to give us some tips on roses. Check our class schedule for opportunities to attend one of Gaye’s classes!

You can take my mule and sell my cow. You can have my goats and scrap my plow. You can shear my sheep and butcher my hog. But please dear Lord don’t take my dog. You can have my house and all my money. Rob my hives and take the honey. You can burn my [...]

Of course I’m still down in the dumps about my Rosie, but February has always been a tonic for me, as it’s always been the month for bluebirds andNarcissus.  With bluebirds being the “songbird of happiness” and the genusNarcissus gaining its botanical name from the same source as narcotics, one can understand how February would be a [...]

We get a lot of interest in Houston Llew’s Spiritiles that are displayed for sale in the Arbor Gate Too shop. Namely, “how are these made?” We’ve got a great video from Houston Llew that reveals a little of the process and his inspiration behind these unique pieces. Houston Llew’s Spiritile collectibles are created with [...]

What a great way to welcome in 2012 with rain and cool weather. After the grueling triple digit temperatures for 60 days with no rain to soothe the parched ground, we are dancing in the ditches of water everywhere! I will be posting a gardening article every month that will address inquiries we receive from [...]

Heaven Scent Sweeties here, and sweeties there. The scent of jonquils everywhere. Each passing year as the pixies bloom, joy prevails and conquers gloom. -Greg Grant, January 29, 2012 (for my sweet Rosie) On January 28 I spoke at the Hilltop Arboretum Symposium on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge with mentor Bill Welch. I [...]

We have devoted a garden to Greg Grant at the Arbor Gate. He’s got full control over the garden, and it will even feature plants he has introduced. Here he is introducing in garden!

What a month December was.  After being assured by the meteorological experts that the unprecedented dry weather pattern would continue into the fall and winter, and that we would all dry up and blow away, the unthinkable happened.  It rained!  It rained every week as a matter of fact.  Instead of having far below normal [...]