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Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Everything’s coming up roses: Artist Robin Freedenfeld’s garden is her biggest canvas yet

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteJune 1, 2023

A screened gazebo provides an evening refuge in Carol Pope’s garden in Amherst.

Get Growing: Seeing emerging beauty with fresh eyes

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteMay 5, 2023

A honeybee shot for identification purposes is seen on the writer’s composting bin.

Get Growing: A pup challenged by bees, bins and blunts

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteApril 16, 2023

Sandy Graves of Williamsburg and fellow members of the Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association spread compost throughout the gardens of the Sojourner Truth Memorial Park in Florence on June 10, 2020. The association’s annual symposiums have not been held since 2019.

Get Growing: Symposiums back to stir gardening anticipation

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteMarch 10, 2023

The “A Recipe for Saving Seeds” exhibit will run at the Mass Aggie Seed Library from March 6 to June 2.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Free seeds: Mass Aggie Seed Library at UMass Amherst makes seeds accessible to all

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteFebruary 12, 2023

Multiple experiments around the world have concluded that there is a plausible connection between sound vibrations and plant growth.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: The importance of talking to plants

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteJanuary 13, 2023

The “Root Slayer” is a V-shaped shovel with sharp serrated edges and a step that lets you throw your heft into the work. At around $60, it’s worth every penny.

Get Growing: Gifts your gardener will thank you for

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteDecember 9, 2022

Snowdrops (Galanthus) are the usually the earliest bulbs to bloom. They push their way up through snow and frozen muck, assuaging our fears that spring will never come.

Get Growing: Paying attention to the little bulbs

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteOctober 7, 2022

Although ajuga is not a particularly showy plant, it’s a reliable workhorse in the garden.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Lessons learned in a time of drought

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteSeptember 9, 2022

Sugarloaf Gardens manager Dan Ziomek checks on a autumn blaze maple tree Thursday morning in Sunderland.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: An expert plantsman takes the reins at Sugarloaf Gardens

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteAugust 11, 2022