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Dr. Ted Bilderback, a horticultural science professor, has been named director of the J.C. Raulston Arboretum. He has served as interim director since 2009.

In the early days of the Raulston Arboretum, Bilderback worked closely with the late Dr. J.C. Raulston, for whom the arboretum is named, and his students planted many of the older arboretum specimens and the older holly border.

Bilderback joined the horticultural science faculty in 1977. From 1987 to 2009 he was a North Carolina Cooperative Extension nursery specialist. He continues to serve as an educational adviser to the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Emporia State University and a doctorate from Kansas State University.

Bilderback’s research led to the development of cost effective and environmentally conscious cultural practices for growing nursery plants. Using distance education courses, workshops and publications, his extension programs introduced new technologies to the nursery.

The Raulston Arboretum, located on Beryl Road, is a working research, extension and teaching garden dedicated to evaluating, selecting and displaying plant material from around the world.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.

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Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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Welcome to Gardening With Confidence™ on WebTalkRadio.net.

7 Must-have Garden Tools

Chris Sabbarese joins us from Corona Tools to talk about the 7 must-have garden tools for planting a vegetable garden. The discussion also goes into how these same tools are used in the ornamental garden, plus discussing my favorite gardening tool.  Who knew tools could be so cool?

Corona Tools has graciously offered the Razor Tooth 8″ Pruning Saw as a give-away. Be sure to listen in at the end of the show to hear details to win.  

TIP OF THE WEEK – Saving Time with Tools

At any given time in the garden, I have my clippers in my back pocket. As best I can, when I start a new project in the garden or when I’m just going about my weekly maintenance, I try to anticipate what tools I may need and pull them in advance to  save me time from going back and forth to the shed.

So, if today I’m planting, I’ll head to the shed for a shovel and probably loppers too.  If you are wondering why I bring loppers to a digging project, I do so, because I find the digging easier when I can cut roots with loppers (or clippers) as opposed to using the shovel.

Another trick I’ve learned over the years, is to have a tools stashed in a handy spot in addition to those in the shed.

For example, I keep a hand trowel, a hand cultivator, and a pair clippers (pruners) on the south side of my 1/2 acre habitat which is on the opposite side of the yard from the shed.  That way when I’m walking through garden and see a tiny task that needs to be done,  I’m not discuraged by having to walk all the way to the shed.

These three are the ones I use most.  If the job needs more than these can do, I just make short work of it and go fetch the appropriate tool from the shed.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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Learn tips to photograph your garden at home from Barbara

Pintozzi, garden blogger at Mr. McGregor’s Daughter.

TIP OF THE WEEK

When taking photographs of your garden, take the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Seeing your garden in a photo will teach you more about your garden than you will ever be able to do in person. Study the photo, note the angles, witness the stuff you walk by everyday, such as the hose, the utilities, the play set and such.

By evaluating your photos, you can better place screens and see what changes can occur to improve what your mind is making corrections for. If you shoot digitally, print out the image and draw-in your vision. It’s amazing how effective this can be.

Sketch your idea over a photograph

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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Art of Gardening Buffalo

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Gardening With Confidence™ WebTalkRadio withe my guest Sue Reed

Author of Energy-Wise Landscape Design is my guest sharing tips and information about conserving energy in the landscape. From placement of trees to the use of mulch, cooling the property in the summertime while allowing warm in the winter.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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Gardening from her 1/2 acre, wildlife habitat, Helen’s Haven, located in Raleigh, NC, many garden muses are born…here are Helen’s weekly updates….

365 DAYS IN THE GARDEN

185.  Readied for Buffa10.  Garden settled, bags packed, gassed.  Physhed about my garden road trip, traveling with, and hooking up in Buffalo.

186.  Visited Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.  To my surprise, there was a an exhibit that rocked my world – Glorious Glass in the Garden.  The Art of Hans Godo Frabel.

The Art of Hans Godo Frabel at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Dinner with my Friend Robin Ripley and Susan Harris.  It really doesn’t get much better than this.

187.

Terrain at Stayer's

Robin and I began our travels to Buffa10.  First stop Terrain at Styer’s.

188.  Visited Niagara Fall, both sides, Canadian and American.

Wine at Elizabeth Licata’s (GWI) before dinner.

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WHAT’S SHE’S WRITING ABOUT NOW….

This Month in the Garden; July Maintenance

Buddleia davidii ‘Blue Chip’

50 Ways to love your garden: twenty six – add an arbor

50 Ways to love your garden: twenty five – garden seating

50 wyas to love your garden: twenty – tall, lush plantings

50 ways to love your garden: twenty one – attracting hummingbird

50 ways to love your garden: twenty two – attracting butterflies

50 Ways to love your garden: twenty three – detracting voles

50 Ways to love your garden: Twenty four – detracting deer

WHAT SHE’S TALKING ABOUT NOW… WebTalkRadio Gardening With Confidence™  interview with my Chris McLaughlin, author The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™ Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Like Page. Helen also serves on the board of advisers for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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Name: Anisodontea hybrid ‘Slightly Strawberry’
Zones: Hardy to 9 – 11 Hardy to 25ºF
Size: 24 to 36
Conditions: Full sun; dry to normal moisture.

Raleigh has recently experienced unseasonably hot temperatures. Granted, it’s summer-time in the south, so we should have expectations of hot and humid weather; 88ºF is normal for this time of year. But lately, we have seen temperatures in the mid 90s and even up to 99, with no rain in sight. Given these extremes, each morning, I make the rounds in my water-wise, wildlife habitat to see who needs a drink.

As I made the rounds, I kept walking past Anisodontea hybrid ‘Slightly Strawberry.’  Another day and still no need for watering; then another, and another, and another. I was inclined to offer her a drink anyway, but then curiosity gets the best of me.  Now I’m curious to see how long she can actually go without water.

‘Slightly Strawberry’ is upright and perky, producing prolific flowers, basking in the sun, without a care in the air.  So far, no additional water has been needed.

I rate Proven Selections,  ‘Slightly Strawberry’ high on my most needed list. ‘Slightly Strawberry’ currently is planted in the driveway trial bed in Helen’s Haven™. Next year, I will add her to the rock garden and containers. The color, as the common name suggests, is lovely and perfect for my garden.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book LikePage.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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During a recent visit to The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden , I was delighted to find teh Glorious Glass in the Garden exhibit:  The Art of Hans Godo Frabel.  The exhibit featuring hundreds of exquisite glass sculptures by Frabel were freely displayed through out the gardens.

SIGHTINGS

AT The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

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