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May the 4th Be With You!

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Green Farmacy Garden

Happy Naked Gardening Day! And May Day, and Beltane! So many opportunities to celebrate the height of Spring 🙂 In the Garden Terraces, Crampbark (Viburnum opulus), Hardy Orange (Citrus trifoliata), and Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) have finished blooming. Leaves of biennials … Continue reading →

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Spring has Sprung!

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Green Farmacy Garden

What a difference a month makes!The Hellebores (Hellebore spp) are still going strong, but many of the native spring ephemerals have already completed their brief bloom phases.  Below (clockwise from top left), a bumblebee works the Hellebores; native Bluebells (Mertensia … Continue reading →

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Rounding the Corner into SPRING-time!

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Green Farmacy Garden

This morning as a group of local herb growers convened for a networking knowledge-share, we were excited by 5 hawks causing a ruckus overhead for an hour – the most we’ve seen at once!  Numerous songbirds were seen and heard … Continue reading →

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Breaking Dormancy – 2024 Season Kicks in!

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Green Farmacy Garden

It’s already halfway to spring [from the solstice]! Since we last posted, the Garden has been blanketed in & released from snow; the earliest in-ground bloomers have popped up & sprung to action; tropicals have been blooming in the greenhouse and studio; and CEI’s been awarded … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings and Year-End Updates

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

The winter solstice marks the Garden’s first full year operated by Community Ecology Institute (CEI). As the Dukes’ passion project, The Green Farmacy Garden was neither conceived nor historically run as a business, and had been almost entirely privately funded its first 25 years. … Continue reading →

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Pop-Up Tropical Plant Sale – Saturday, December 9 

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

Stock up on tropical plants from around the world for the plant lovers on your list! We’ve got an overabundance of aromatic and culinary herbs esteemed in cultures around the world. Registration NOT required – our December Saturday workshops are … Continue reading →

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Pop-Up Caribbean Herbal Medicine – Saturday, December 2 

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

Tradition-carrying Caribbean ethnobotanist and friend of the Garden Aleya Fraser is in the area just long enough to share some plant medicine love with our community, and we don’t want to wait til the monthly update to give folks time … Continue reading →

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Season Finale

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

The growing season’s ending in glory here at The Green Farmacy Garden, with plenty of late bloomers showing out against the backdrop of changing leaves. Wildlife sightings have plummeted as most of our friends lay low in the cooler temps, … Continue reading →

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Autumn Has Arrived

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

Happy Autumn, Friends! In the past month, while Figs, Autum Olives, and PawPaws ripen and Black Walnuts and Acorns begin to drop, gardeners have observed a juvenile Black Rat Snake climbing our largest beech, hawks screeching above, blue-tailed skinks hugging … Continue reading →

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Turning the Wheel to Welcome Autumn

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

As the plants near completion of their annual cycle, so too do all the animals whose lives are linked to theirs.  This past month in the garden we’ve witnessed a cicada killer seizing a cicada; a tiger swallowtail butterfly escape … Continue reading →

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