How to Protect Your Garden During a Freeze
It’s quite rare here in the South, but every now and then, we do get a freeze warning. As many of our southern gardens are made to take the heat, a freeze warning can be quite damaging if we don’t plan ahead or protect our plants. Here are the best ways to protect your garden during a freeze.
How to Bring Bees to Your Garden
To bee or not to bee? That is the question. In truth, there are a ton of reasons to “bee” friendly and to bring bees to your garden. Read on to learn the advantages of a bee friendly garden, as well as what the best plants for bees are. Why Should You Attract Bees and […]
Tiny Yards: 7 Ideas for Designing a Small Garden in New Orleans
Ah New Orleans! A city complete with funky shotgun style houses, gorgeous Southern mansions and…extremely small yards. Whether you just have a front porch, a small French Quarter style courtyard, or a tiny backyard, you probably don’t have a lot of space and you want to use it well. Here are some top tips and […]
It’s Tomato Time! 5 of the Best Recipes to Enjoy Tomatoes.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, it’s tomato season and we couldn’t be more excited to share our best recipes to enjoy summer’s best fruit – the tomato. First of all, when the tomatoes are local, ripe, and in season, they don’t need much because they already taste great. There is nothing […]
Plant a Monochromatic Garden
At first thought, planting a monochromatic garden sounds boring. But really, it can be one of the most bold and striking garden designs that you can make. A large dose of one color really catches the eye, and if you use light colored plants such as white or yellow plants, can really stand out at […]
TPG’s Ultimate Guide to Growing Tomatoes
Maybe you sit around and dream about tomatoes all day. Maybe you don’t and maybe you sacrilegiously buy them from Walmart in December AND store them in your refrigerator (!). Doesn’t matter because it is summer now and that means it is tomato season in New Orleans. Here in south Louisiana that is just code […]
Planting for Pollinators!
At TPG, we are spoiled rotten with pollinators. Our garden center is basically an “all-you-can-eat-buffet” for them and we are graced with their presence almost every day. Today we are going to guide you on how to garden for pollinators in the New Orleans area. This post was inspired by our recent Earth Day presentation […]
Our Guide to Pots
It’s no secret that we love pots here at TPG! TPG has the largest selection in the city, and we have new pots arriving all the time. From $2 terracotta pots to our $1500 15th century olive jars, we have a wide variety in different materials and sizes and shapes. So, we thought we would […]