Gardening

Wolf to reveal design elements through flower arranging course (02/11/10)
Dennis Wolf has been arranging flowers for over 30 years. As a master level judge for flower arrangements, he used his skills to examine the flower arrangements during the Plymouth County Fair last summer. Wolf's time spent at that fair made him realize there was a need for basic flower arrangement training...

Flower show gets new home at Plymouth County Fair (07/24/09)
"A Musical Tour Through Iowa" is the theme for the flower show sponsored by the Floyd Valley Federated Garden Club at the 2009 Plymouth County Fair. The flower show ,which for more than 20 years been staged in the "Round Barn" at the Pioneer Village, is moving to a new location...

Schafer Park group seeks volunteer gardeners (05/26/09)
A drive past Schafer Park in southern Le Mars reveals a labor of love. A path winds through rows of bushes and flowering plants. Arrangements of pruned shrubs and flowers catch the sunlight. And all of this from the hands of a few generous volunteers...

Rooted in the future: Club plants tree (04/27/09)
A new tree greets people at the south entrance of Le Mars Community School thanks to a local garden club which celebrated Arbor Day last Friday. The Floyd Valley Federated Garden Club planted an ornamental flowering tree near the new entrance to the addition on the south end of LCS...

Expert to introduce aronia berry crop to area (04/14/09)
Aronia berries and high tunnel gardening are the wave of the future in Iowa, one expert says. Dr. Eldon Everhart, horticulture specialist with Iowa State University (ISU), will lead an educational program on those topics Saturday, April 25. The event, sponsored by ISU Extension and Floyd Valley Hospital, will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m...

Le Mars woman keeps gardening tradition growing (03/31/09)
Lynn Bohnenkamp has gardening in her blood. "Grandpa taught me seed planting," the Le Mars woman said. "Mother always planted. We were always in the garden." Bohnenkamp's grandfather used to grow seeds using a lighting apparatus. "There would be like four levels of lights and trays," Bohnenkamp said. "He would plant his seeds in the washroom and I was always fascinated with that."...

Locals find garden oddities (07/30/08)
There's always a little mystery in gardening -- watching black earth give way to thriving vines and leafy rows of vegetables. But some gardens have a little more of the unusual to offer. Take Angela Von Hagel, for example. When the Brunsville woman went out to her garden last month and checked on her potatoes, she had a surprise waiting for her...

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