by developer | Sep 1, 2026 | How To Videos
Summer feeding is the easy part. What you put down on top of the soil afterward is where a lot of gardeners go wrong — and it’s the difference between beds that struggle through August and beds that stay cool, weed-free, and thriving. Here’s a look at a...
by The Arbor Gate | Aug 10, 2026 | How To Videos
If your pepper plants are looking a little rough right now, you’re not doing anything wrong — you’re just gardening on the Gulf Coast in August. Beverly Welch and Angela Chandler of The Garden Academy talk through what’s really happening to peppers...
by The Arbor Gate | Jul 1, 2026 | How To Videos
The One Thing Missing from Most Pollinator Gardens You’ve done everything right. You’ve planted the nectar plants, chosen the natives, added the host plants for caterpillars, and created a beautiful pollinator haven in your garden. Your bees and...
by The Arbor Gate | Jun 22, 2026 | How To Videos
Why Every Rose Deserves Beautiful, Hard-Working Neighbors Ask most Gulf Coast gardeners about roses and you’ll get one of two reactions: passionate devotion or wide-eyed terror. For the devotees, roses are a way of life. For the nervous ones, roses conjure...
by The Arbor Gate | Apr 3, 2026 | How To Videos
Spring has sprung, and if you’ve been hesitant about direct sowing seeds—intimidated by spacing, depth, or whether they’ll even germinate—this tutorial is for you. Beverly Welch (founder of The Arbor Gate) and Angela Chandler (The Garden Academy) are back...
by The Arbor Gate | Mar 10, 2026 | How To Videos
Walk through most Texas gardens and you’ll find tomatoes, peppers, roses, fruit trees—all the usual suspects. But there’s one plant that Beverly Welch and Angela Chandler say far too many Gulf Coast gardeners overlook, despite its extraordinary...
