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The Vining Fairytale Bloomer For Your Landscape: American Wisteria

Looking for a dreamy, non-invasive vine to elevate your garden? Discover the native magic of Amethyst Falls and Blue Moon: two American Wisterias that bloom like a fairytale and support your local ecosystem!

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Woodie's Favorite Mid-Spring Flowering Shrubs

Woodie loves all plants, but there is certainly a special place in his heart for spring flowering shrubs! From flowering shrubs that protect local pollinators, to ones that simply complete a design and create an aesthetically pleasing landscape, there are so many uses and reasons to incorporate spring flowering shrubs into your yard.

Best Plants for Gardening Beginners

Gardening is a wonderful way to get outside and benefit yourself while also contributing to your local ecosystem and the world around you. The Garden Goods Direct team has compiled a list of the best plants for gardener beginners to get you started in the world of planting! These easy care, low maintenance yard plants will have you feeling like a garden pro in no time!

Georgia Native Planting Guide

As the sweet peach state, Georgia is truly a magical state that is home to seven natural wonders and boasts a pleasant subtropical climate. With the added bonuses of longer growing seasons and mild winters, the opportunities for Georgia native planting are expansive. Check out this blog to learn the importance of planting native and for some Georgia native planting options!

Early Spring Color and Blooms For Your Yard: Perennial Edition

Where trees and shrubs can be thought of as the bones of the landscape, perennials might be thought of as the tissue, the flesh and blood, providing the color, and often the seasonal interest to a yard. Early spring blooming perennials offer these pops of color at the start of planting season. The Garden Goods Direct Team loves all perennial plants, but we’d be lying if we said we didn’t have a few favorites. In this blog we will dive into the best perennial plants to bring early spring color and beauty to a landscape.

2022 Garden Trends

2021 was a year that brought about a significant increase in gardening worldwide. In 2022, the Garden Goods Direct Team does not see this connection with nature weakening, but rather, based on horticultural and lifestyle studies, we predict 2022 will bring about more gardening trends revolving around color, design principles, and mindsets. Check out this blog to learn more about the garden trends we expect to see in 2022!

Ohio Native Planting Guide

As a gorgeous state home to Lake Erie, the Appalachian Mountain Range, and the ever-so expansive Ohio river, the state of Ohio is a prime planting zone with so many amazing options for native planting. The soils are naturally fertile and rich in phosphates making for easy and plentiful planting. Not to mention the relatively humid subtropical climate makes for ideal conditions for a wide variety of garden plants. Check out this blog to learn more on why you should plant native this season, and then dive into some great Ohio Native planting options!

Maryland Native Planting Guide

Home to the Chesapeake Bay, Natty Boh and Old Bay, Maryland is a gorgeous state with a plethora of planting options to explore. Maybe we are a little biased, considering MD is where Garden Goods Direct was born…but nonetheless, if you are lucky enough to be a Maryland resident the opportunities for planting are endless. Check out this blog to learn the benefits of planting native and what Maryland Native Plants the GGD team suggests!

The Benefits of Gardening in the Fall

You may be surprised to find out that fall is actually the best time to landscape your yard and get those new trees, shrubs, and perennial plants in the ground! The benefits of fall planting are endless! In this blog, we will highlight the eight biggest reasons why you should choose to plant this autumn!

Why We Love Landscaping With Roses

Roses are most known for their elegance in flower bouquets and their "claim to fame" on the Bachelor. However, these singular rose cuttings have to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is a rose bush. There is a wide variety of rose bushes that range in color, size, height, growth-habit, etc.

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