Merry Christmas from Up North !

These Eye-Catching Succulent Christmas Table Decoration Designs will match perfectly with your festive decor. Take an idea and add these cute plants to your houseplant collection!

Today we’re visiting with Lisa Chapman.

With gorgeous blooms in festive hues, Christmas cactus makes a popular holiday gift. The exotic-looking flowers open just in time for the holidays and provide weeks of color. Christmas cacti are long-lived plants, blooming year after year in shades of red, purple, peach, and white. Learn how to care for a Christmas cactus so you can enjoy these holiday beauties for years to come.

Whether you're mowing the lawn or hosting a cookout, the last thing you want to worry about is stinging insects such as wasps. But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation. These insects actually do plenty of good in our lawns and gardens, and not all types of wasps are aggressive.

At this wonderful time of the year when Christmas comes, the faces of the children lit with enthusiasm, the atmosphere becomes magical and lively. Every corner of the home dress up for Christmas and sings the song of happiness, on such a time we bring you some tips for Christmas garden decoration ideas.

2022 is nearly over and in parts of North America with the arctic bomb cyclone it can’t come soon enough.  The UK thought the cold snap in December was bad but it froze just enough to help my garden go into winter hibernation and kill off some lingering malingerers.

Here are the Best Christmas Flowers that will be an adorable addition to your home, lending a floral charm to your room decor. They will also make for wonderful gifts.

Want your bathroom to scream Christmas? Check out these Fantastic Christmas Bathroom Decor Ideas with Plants to spruce up the bathroom and give it a Christmas makeover.

The last time I saw this glorious tree was at Logan Botanic Garden where it flowers in August. Here it is just coming into flower and will be at its peak by Christmas. It’s Maori name is Phu

Let’s explore the origins of these flavorful nuts and discover the fascinating history behind them. From the ancient pine forests of the Mediterranean to the modern-day harvests in Asia and North America, let’s uncover the story of “Where do Pine Nuts Come From?“

Happy Christmas from me and my Feathered Friends I’ve had these birds for years and they get an outing every Christmas – sometimes perching on bare branches in a vase accompanied by papier mache pears, but this year they’ve got the starring roles perching on the Christmas wreath on the front door along with some berries to stave off hunger and some nifty battery operated lights. A few of their legs came of in the process but I’ve managed to wire them in place and they should last through the festivities provided the local fox doesn’t mistake them for his Christmas dinner.

As Christmas approaches, the extremely stylish Petersham Nurseries in Richmond regularly holds workshops on things like wreath making. Learn traditional and innovative methods of wreath making using seasonal foliage with Petersham Nurseries’ stylist and florist Ronny de Koning. ..