Top Pick Archive

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Top Pick Archive   What does it take to make the grade as a Renegade Gardener “Top Pick?” The item has to be useful without compromise, reliable beyond fail, and sturdy as stone, all while...

Top Pick

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Top Pick Coolest Company We’d All Like to Work For Gsky® Plant Systems, Inc. Founded in Florida in 2004, with offices in Delray Beach and Vancouver, British Columbia, Gsky designs and builds vertical...

Plant Spotlight Archive

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Plant Spotlight Archive Pansies schmansies. The greatest flaw in the nursery industry is that certain portions of the growers and distributors think that if a plant requires one percent gardening skill, we...

Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Plant Spotlight Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ (am-el-AN-keer all-nih-FOE-lee-ah) Common Name: Serviceberry I’m such a plant snob, once in a million years to my own detriment. Burgundy, black, blue,...

Annuals for Minnesota and Wisconsin

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Annuals for Minnesota and Wisconsin (Lone Pine Publishing) by Don Engebretson and Don Williamson Plastic Embossed Softcover – 296 pages All the Best and Most Beautiful Annuals for Northern Gardens Why a...

Landscape Design

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Landscape Design Interested in a residential landscape that far exceeds the ordinary? I specialize in foundation planting renovations for existing homes. Let’s take that tight little ring of shrubs a...