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Hydrangea Happy Hour: Growing Mophead and Lacecap Hydrangeas with C.L. Fornari
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Thursday, May 14 at 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Learn about the blue and pink flowering hydrangeas so many people want to grow. We’ll start with the most common question, “Why doesn’t my hydrangea bloom?” You’ll learn how to correctly prune these shrubs and what to do if yours are growing too large. Discover how to change the color from pink to blue, and why some hydrangeas have deeper shades than others. See new varieties and learn where to plant them for the longest lasting flowers. Hear about common problems, winter protection, growing hydrangeas in containers, and drying mophead flowers. This webinar will cover Hydrangea macrophylla and H. seratta varieties, commonly called lacecaps and mopheads.
Sponsored by: Endless Summer Hydrangeas
Hydrangea Happy Hour: Growing Panicle and Smooth Hydrangeas with C.L. Fornari
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Thursday, May 21 at 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
From the classic Hydrangea paniculata varieties to the pink or white varieties of the smooth hydrangea, H. arborescens, this webinar is all about these reliable bloomers. See which varieties stay short while others make good additions to flowering screens or shrub borders. Learn the formula for pruning these shrubs and see how to support flopping stems invisibly. Hear how to solve common problems and discover new varieties you’ll want to know and grow.
Sponsored by: Proven Winners
Backyard Foraging with Ellen Zachos
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Thursday, May 28 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Wild foods are nutritious, free, and packed with flavor, but some people find the idea of foraging intimidating. In this webinar, we’ll look at common weeds and familiar garden plants, all of which are delicious, and within your reach. In these times, when people are anxious about so many things, including food security, why not turn your appreciation of plants into something more? This is not about fear. It’s about acquiring a new skill that will give you pleasure, security, and good, flavorful food for years to come.
Sponsored by: Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, First Editions Shrubs and Trees, Proven Winners
GardenComm
GardenComm
Each year, GardenComm recognizes industry excellence and service to the association with its Honors program. Submit Your Nomination Today!
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MinnPost
If you’re fortunate enough to have your own yard or garden area, you may want to start spending more time in it.
New research from the United Kingdom has found that having access to — and using — a personal patch of greenery is associated with better physical and psychological well-being.
In fact, the increased health benefits from spending time gardening are similar to those seen among people who live in wealthy neighborhoods when compared with those who live in poor ones, the study reports.
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York Daily Record
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, it’s too late for Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and Swiss chard.
Gardeners and farmers who live in central Pennsylvania should have those plants in the ground before the end of April.
That didn’t happen for a lot of people because of the coronavirus pandemic. And if people were able to get plants for their gardens, it isn't likely they bought them at small local garden centers.
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House Beautiful
They say that April showers bring May flowers, so what better way to celebrate the beginning of May than with a list of books to read for garden inspiration? House Beautiful’s list includes books by and about established gardeners like Bunny Williams, Beatrix Farrand, Edith Wharton, and Bunny Mellon, and ends with a book that features the gardens of Christian Dior and a former Hermès designer.
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Hollywood Hibiscus are natural performers for growers, retailers and gardeners. They are world famous for
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The New York Times
Local journalism is in crisis and at risk of disappearing. These vital resources are critical to the safety, security and knowledge of our communities, never more so than in these difficult times. On World Press Freedom Day and every day, we encourage you to find a local news organization you trust and support it.
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Writer's Digest
The sentence you are currently reading has the potential to brand itself indelibly upon our cultural consciousness and to alter the course of Western Civilization. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But what author doesn’t dream of crafting an opening line that will achieve the iconic recognition of “Call me Ishmael,” or the staying power of “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth ...”? In writing, as in dating and business, initial reactions matter.
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Benary’s most exciting BIG addition: Extremely well branched with short internodes so it’s covered with blooms. Outstanding garden performance lives up to the BIG Begonia name. Earlier to set blooms then perfect mounded habit later in the season. Extremely heat tolerant!
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The Daily Mail
Typing a double space after a full stop is wrong, period. With one space.
Microsoft Word is to start flagging the use of two spaces between sentences as an error — reflecting the standard accepted by most style guides.
The formatting error will begin being flagged by the popular word processing application with a blue wavy line.
Popular use of double-spacing is a hangover from the days of typewriting, when the equal-width characters of "monospaced" fonts called for clearer sentence endings.
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The Book Designer
I’m one of those people who likes to watch TV to unwind, but just can’t sit there and watch TV. Know what I mean?
I don’t really like that about myself, but I’ve not only accepted it, I’ve learned to take advantage of it. I try to do something productive while sitting there — knitting, cleaning out my inbox, promoting my books, and so on.
That’s right. I promote my books while watching TV, and you can, too.
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Make your garden come to life with Sunfinity® Sunflowers that thrive and bloom continuously all season long.
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With the widest selection of full-blooming varieties, Optimara continues to advance the industry with new plant varieties and innovative growing techniques, constantly refined over years of research and development. We create new, exciting plants and care products which are trend-setting and truly functional. Our effort is to continue offering customers a unique selection of flowers in a beautiful product line.
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Digiday
In late March, Kate Spies, svp of content, brand and growth at the wellness site Well + Good got an unusual request from the revenue operations team at Leaf Group, Well + Good’s corporate parent.
Advertisers had begun to put terms including “coronavirus” and “covid-19” onto their keyword block lists, so the revenue team was recommending that editors at Leaf’s brands refrain from including the words in stories unless the editors felt it was necessary.
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Rebecca Frank via Medium
As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes life in the 21st century, the news industry’s long history does not protect it from fundamental change. One major issue the crisis has illuminated is many advertisers’ reluctance — for brand safety reasons — to advertise against news, whether by directly blocking news sites or blocking terms related to large news events (such as the pandemic or the presidential election). The problem is enormous, as are the stakes. ... If the news industry cannot be sustained, bad actors may rush to fill the void, sharing misinformation that can be dangerous, even deadly, especially in a health crisis.
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Digiday
YouTube’s latest olive branch to news publishers extends to publishers’ own subscription businesses.
YouTube is developing a tool for news publishers to sell subscriptions to their owned-and-operated digital properties through their YouTube channels, according to publishers that have been briefed on the matter. YouTube has told publishers as recently as April that it plans to begin testing the subscription sales tool by the end of this year.
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Business 2 Community
To be effective in social media marketing, you need to stay organized. The easiest way to create a cohesive social media strategy is by developing a social media calendar. This document will help you stay organized and reduce the time you spend on social media each month.
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BBC News
Facebook has apologized after its latest software update crashed rival apps on iPhones and iPads.
Popular apps such as dating service Tinder, music-streaming app Spotify and video platform TikTok were among those rendered unusable.
The problem affected apps that had integrated the "login with Facebook" feature, which eliminates the need for a separate username and password.
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Adweek
Twitter beat earnings projections for the first quarter of 2020, led by 24% growth year-over-year in monetizable daily active users (mDAU) — or daily users who can view ads — and 3% revenue improvement (though still a net operating loss) during the same time period.
The company’s premarket announcement surprised analysts, who had predicted Twitter would take a bigger hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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