RENEGADE GARDENER™

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 existing in perfect harmony within the Ten Tenets. Sure, it helps when some items arrive free in the mail.

Nonetheless, anything you click on from the list below will make you a better gardener.

• Affordable Time-Lapse & Motion Garden Cameras
• Another sure hit by the Godfather: PLANTHROPOLOGY
• Best All-Purpose Gardening Gloves
• Best Book on Shade Gardening & Plants
• Best Garden Design Book
• Best Garden Sprayer
• Best New Garden Product: Soilsoup Compost Tea Maker
• Best Northern Shrub and Tree Book
• Best Nursery/Website for Buying Lilies: B&D Lilies
• Best Plant Catalogue in the Universe
• Best Website for Landscaping Help ( Minnesota)
• Best Websites for Bee Knowledge and Identification
• Brilliant New Plant Problem Book
• British Nature Artist and Stone God, Andy Goldsworthy
• Butterfly Garden Plant Resource: Wayfair.com
• Calgary Horticultural Society Spring 2011 Show
• Coolest Company We’d All Like to Work For
• Deer and Critter Repellant Product
• Definitive Book for Growing Roses in USDA Zones 2-5
• Drop-dead gorgeous, CONCRETE (!!) garden accessories
• Dwarf (and Otherwise Small) Evergreens
• Fabulous Garden Photographer: Rob Cardillo
• Fabulous Mail Order Nursery
• Favorite Ranter: Susan Harris
• Fiber optic grass
• Food and Farm Discussion Lab – Public Facebook Group
• Fun Book on Plant Name Origins
• Gabions
• Garden Tours
• Great New Gardening Book
• Great New Myth-Debunking Book
• Great New Native Plant & Landscaping Book
• Great On-Line Plant Pronunciation Guide
• Great System for Mounting Pots on Vertical Surfaces: Hang-A-Pot
• Great Winter Leisure Reading: Fascinating Book on Soil
• Handy Moisture Indicator Gizmo
• Heavy Duty Garden Hose Reel
• Holiday Mailbox Planters
• Jeff Gillman’s Website (and Jeff in General)
• Lansing Home & Garden Show
• Most Factual Book About Organic Food and Farming
• NDS Brand Downspout Water Displacement Systems
• Nifty Deer Repellent Product
• Orcon Organic Deer and Rabbit Repellent
• Outstanding Plant Disease Diagnostic Web Site
• Outstanding Plant Info & Photo Web Site
• Oxo Brand Garden Tools
• Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
• Rice Hull Compost
• Simple, Functional Hose Guide
• Stone Balancing – and Artist Tim Anderson
• Superior Aluminum Lawn and Garden Edging
• Terrific, Affordable Greenhouse
• The American Conifer Society
• The Ultimate Deer Proofing Book
• Timely Revision and Update of a Great Perennial Plant Book