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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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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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Pop-up Foraging Walk Sunday 3/26

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

Happy Spring, friends!!  We’ll be adding April events within the next week, but don’t want to wait that long to help you embark on some new culinary explorations with the many plants already sharing their gifts! Pop-up Foraging Walk Sunday, … Continue reading →

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BIG NEWS!!!

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Green Farmacy Garden

Local non-profit The Community Ecology Institute (CEI) has purchased The Green Farmacy Garden and committed to stewarding Jim and Peggy Duke’s legacy at their former home for the foreseeable future!! Continue reading →

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Featured Event

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Green Farmacy Garden

Our first Inoculation Workshop in September sold out so we’re offering an encore – join us this Sunday to learn about growing edible mushrooms at home and take home a log that will produce delicious food for you for years … Continue reading →

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