As we push through these dark winter days, nothing feels more comforting than a steaming cup of tea and a stack of seed ...

Jeff Lowenfels has written a weekly gardening column for the ADN for more than 45 years. He earned the 2025 Gold Laurel Media ...

Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you get one, you’ll get many. Like a breath of fresh air, these beautiful ...

Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants ...

Garden catalogs originated many years ago and in their infancy were somewhat crude, but contained gardening information that was regarded as very helpful. Over time, improvements have been significant ...

The art in these catalogs is often highly elaborate. In 17th-century catalogs such as the Florilegium of Dutch nurseryman Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612), plants are usually etched side by side in ...

Each winter, gardening catalogs fill mailboxes across the country. Below are some of our favorites. Antique Rose Emporium Antique Rose Emporium: Old garden roses; free catalog. 9300 Lueckemyer, ...

Q: This time of year I start getting gardening catalogs galore in my mailbox. I enjoy reading through them, looking and drooling over pictures of beautiful vegetables and reading descriptions of them.

More than 50 years after she started writing them, Katharine White's essays in 'Onward and Upward in The Garden' still charm and provoke. Among the consolations of a New England winter are the seed ...

There’s something comforting and convenient about the feel of a gardening catalog while you sit near a window on a cold winter day and count the days until spring. Many companies have gone “green,” ...

This is the time of year to page through gardening and seed catalogs and dream about the spring. What are your favorite catalogs and why are they your favorite? We’ll share the results in an upcoming ...