Category Archives: Bob’s Blog

For over 30 years Bob LaHoff has cultivated helpful and useful horticultural info to share with his fellow gardeners.

25 Years of Bliss

Recently my wife and I celebrated our 25th “Silver” wedding anniversary and the responsibility and [...]

Gingerbread In Your Garden

The holiday season is upon us and the pressure to check everything off your holiday [...]

“CLE”

September is trade show month for those of us in the garden center world. The [...]

Time Spent in The Lowcountry

This summer my wife and daughter had their turn picking our family vacation spot. Lowcountry [...]

Alyssa’s List

Nearly five years ago, in need of another key team player for our business, we [...]

Dynamic Duo

The term “Dynamic Duo” refers to the partnership of two superhero characters e.g., Batman & [...]

Plants That Had Wings

This past spring there were a handful of perennials that were, please pardon the idiom, [...]

Martinis In the Garden

“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” is a song performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet, and [...]

An Education in the Tropics

During our coldest winter months in New Jersey, my wife feels it necessary to escape [...]

Clay Pigeons, Tree Scars & Cowboy Cauldrons

Back in early February I received an invitation from a dear friend to experience “golf [...]

Remembering My Friend’s Favorite Tree

March 8, 2020 I lost one of my closest friends. Stephen Schuckman was not just [...]

Indigo Eyes

Holly, my sister-in-law, works in our family business and likes plants. Not sure she sees [...]