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Woodie’s Picks: Early Season Favorites For Shade Gardening

Discover the best early-season shade plants for your garden! Learn the benefits of shade gardening and explore top picks like Viridis Japanese Maple, Bleeding Hearts, Pieris Mountain Fire, and Rosebud Azalea. Create a lush, low-maintenance shade garden this spring!

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New York Native Planting Guide

Home to the humid summers and chilling winters, not to mention the city that never sleeps, New York is a diverse state with a plethora of planting options to explore. From rooftop gardens in the city, to meadows and orchards in the countryside, New York allows for a wide range of planting opportunities. Check out this blog to learn the importance of planting native, and then dive into some great native plant options you can use in your New York garden this planting season!

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!

Planting To Attract Local Wildlife and Benefit Your Ecosystem

The wildlife in your area have more benefits to your life than you may initially realize. Check out this blog to learn why you might want to attract a variety of wildlife to your yard and the best ways to do so! The Garden Goods Direct team is here to provide you with a simple guide to making your yard a wildlife-friendly place while also benefiting your ecosystem this planting season.

An Ecosystem Essential: Why Pollinators are Important in Your Garden

Pollinators like bees and hummingbirds are more than "those pesky things that fly in our yards." They are essential to our ecosystem's survival. Due to advancements in fertilizers and more urban living, our pollinators are slowly becoming fewer and fewer. One way to help preserve their livelihood is by planting a garden in your landscape specifically for pollinators. Build a pollination garden this gardening season!

Longest Blooming Perennials for Your Garden

See our list of longest blooming perennials with dazzling color, ease of care, and the bonus of being in most cases deer resistant.

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