Story Starter Ideas
We understand that sometimes everyone needs a little inspiration for their next article or blog post. Whether you are a garden writer, garden center, garden blogger, or a landscape design professional we hope you will find these story starters to be useful. Let us know if these are helpful or if you have some other ideas about future story starter topics you would like to see here. Happy writing!
CONTAINER GARDENING
Punchy Summer Plant Pots & Containers
Keywords: Containers, thriller-spiller-filler, mixed containers
Summer Story Starters
Keywords: containers, choosing the best container
Rose + Pot = Happy Summer Days
Keywords: containers, container gardening
Spring Story Starters: Mini Organics Yummy and Pretty
Keywords: containers, potted flowers, organics, how to videos, Dave Epstein videosTropicanna – A Hero in the Mix
Keywords: containers, growing plants in containers, cannas
Containerology 101 – Tips for Gorgeous Long Lasting Pots
Keywords: container gardening, container gardens, containerolog, dave epstein, growing plants in containers, todd holloway
Super Size It! Large Containers in 3 Easy Steps
Keywords: container, container gardening, roses, cannas
10 Planter Tips from the Pros
Keywords: container gardens, container ideas, container plants, roses, cannas
Ready-made Container Recipes
Keywords: container ideas, containers, filler spiller thriller, cannas
LANDSCAPING IDEAS
Story Starters Gleaned from World Travels
Keywords: garden challenges, slopes, driveways, drought areas, damp areas, right plant for right location
Edging Plants: Summer Story Starters
Keywords: edging plants, landscape solutions, garden railings, walkways
Gorgeous Drought Garden Story Starter
Keywords: drought-tolerant plants, mulch, landscaping ideas
Autumn Story Starter Ideas
Keywords: fall clean up, boosting rose gardens, fall fix-its
Summer Story Starter Ideas
Keywords: mass planting, planting in odd numbers, tall in the back, plant placement
10 Steps to Easy-Care Beds and Borders
Keywords: ecoscaping, low maintenance beds, garden borders, mulch
Growing Gorgeous Roses
Keywords: drought-tolerant roses, landscaping with roses
Creating Bird and Butterfly-Friendly Landscapes
Keywords: butterfly gardens, attracting birds, bees and butterflies to the garden
Ecoscaping Trend is Revolutionizing Landscaping
Keywords: eco-scaping, sustainable landscape, low maintenance landscapes
Designer Landscapes at Home
Keywords: landscape design, simple landscape ideas
Putting Roses in the Mix
Keywords: using roses in the landscape
Which Tree? This Tree
Keywords: planting trees, magnolias, selecting trees
Spring Story Starters: Be Bold with Blossoms
Keywords: planting trees, magnolias, blossom treesFive Hot Ways to Beat the Heat in the Garden and Firescape Your Landscape
Keywords: drought tolerant plants, cordyline, firescaping, roses, agapanthus, canna, phlox
Plants to Help Any Landscape Challenge
Keywords: containers, deer, slopes, small spaces
Less Work, More Play with Easy-Care Plants
Keywords: agapanthus, easy care plants, roses, foliage plants, low care plants, low maintenance landscapes
GENERAL GARDENING TOPICS
Story Starters Gleaned from World Travels
Keywords: garden challenges, slopes, driveways, drought areas, damp areas, right plant for right location
Tackle Your Fear of Growing Roses During The Year of the Rose
Keywords: selecting roses, easy care roses, drought tolerant roses, thornless roses
Let the Garden be Your Guide to Pantone’s 2017 Colors of the Year
Keywords: Pantone Colors of the Year, using colors in the landscape, selecting colors for the garden
Overwintering Tenderennials
Keywords: overwintering tender bulbs, corms, rhizomes and more
Decorating with Chillies, Garlic, Plants and Pumpkins
Keywords: fall decorating, using plants as part of your fall decorations
Garden Bargains
Keywords: end-of-season garden deals, selecting the best plants at summer’s end
Three Tips to Stretch Your Garden’s Good Looks . . .
Keywords: fall gardening, extending the garden season, garden tips
Red Plants are Fab
Keywords: using red in the garden, garden design
Gardeners: Mark Your Plants
Keywords: planning, gardening, plant labels
What’s a Hero Plant?
Keywords: garden hero plants, feature plants, accent plants, highlight plants
Romance in the Garden
Keywords: Giving live plants for Valentines day, roses as gift plants
Pantone’s Rose Quartz Pink and Serenity Blue in the Garden
Keywords: Pantone color of the year 2016, complimentary colors, using Pantone colors in the garden
Fuss-Free Festive Gardens
Keywords: holiday decorating, creating festive entrances, decorating your garden at Christmas time
Autumn Story Starter Ideas
Keywords: fall clean up, boosting rose gardens, fall fix-its
Garden Fixes
Keywords: entranceways, edging, water issues
The Best Roses for Your Garden
Keywords: easy to grow roses, climbing roses, cold-climate roses
Story Starter Ideas
Keywords: mass planting, planting in odd numbers, tall in the back, plant placement
Spring Story Starters
Keywords: color in the garden, easy care plants, fragrance in the garden, practical plants
A Magic Carpet Made of Roses
Keywords: easy care roses, 20th anniversary
10 Steps to Easy-Care Beds and Borders
Keywords: ecoscaping, low maintenance beds, garden borders, mulch
The Best Plants Win Awards
Keywords: easy care plants, award-winning plants
Gardening – Good for the Soul, Good for the Environment
Keywords, therapeutic gardens, health benefits of gardening, reducing stress by gardening
Creating Bird and Butterfly-Friendly Landscapes
Keywords: butterfly gardens, attracting birds, bees and butterflies to the garden
Is You Garden Winter-Ready?
Keywords: winterizing the garden, overwintering plants
Autumn Story Starters
Keywords: late season color, garden rooms, sprucing up container gardens
Are YOU Hosting the Wedding?
Keywords: Flower Carpet, landscaping, garden ideas
Summer Story Starters
Keywords: narrow bed solutions, block planting, containers
How to Have Fresh Flowers Every Day
Keywords: cut flowers, Flower Carpet
Spring Story Starters: Mini Organics Yummy and Pretty
Keywords: containers, organics, how to videos, Dave Epstein videosThe Drought-Surviving IMP
Keywords: drought tolerant plants, drought gardening, low-water use plants
Waking Up Your Roses
Keywords: rose care, spring care for roses, pruning roses
Season Long Foliage
Keywords: container gardening, Foliage plants, garden design
How to Beat Extreme Weather Conditions? Extreme Plants
Keywords: drought tolerant plants, extreme weather, cordyline, roses, heat tolerant plants, plants for wet places, salt tolerant plants, agapanthus
Earth Day Garden Tips
Keywords: cordyline, roses, garden tips, recycled items in the garden, repurposed containers, cannas
Cutting Gardens The Next Big Thing
Keywords: agapanthus, container gardens, cut flowers, roses, cannas
Cottage Gardens Tips for Easy Style
Keywords: cottage gardens, english gardens, cordyline, roses, garden styles, cannas
Containers /Gardens go sustainable
Keywords: container gardens, landscapes, low-maintenance plants, sustainable plants, tips from the pros
Cannas: Extreme Makeover Foliage Edition
Keywords: containers, foliage, foliage plants, cannas
Six Story Starters for you
Keywords: affordable gardening, easy care plants, roses, low maintenance gardens, plant combinations, shrubs
