Garden must-haves

April 16, 2015

Site Staff,

It's finally springtime and finally time to get your hands dirty. So go ahead, play outside in the gardens and accessorize your favorite hobby with these great finds.

Spruce up your containers and hanging baskets with Lobularia ‘Stream Bicolor Pink’, a fast-growing, low-maintenance plant that blooms from May to October.

Where you can find it:
Cole Gardens in Concord
(603) 229-0655
colegardens.com

Plant a vertical succulent garden along a walkway or on your deck with this Riddling Rack, made of mango wood with a distressed finish.

Where you can find it:
Pottery Barn in Salem
(603) 893-7835
potterybarn.com

Add a touch of whimsy with this Garden Totem by Paula Berry, who creates one-of-a-kind porcelain and stoneware sculptures for the garden.

Where you can find it:
League of NH Craftsmen
nhcrafts.org

Expand your garden library with these helpful titles: Epic Tomatoes: How to Select & Grow the Best Varieties of All Time by Craig LeHoullier, tomato advisor for Seed Savers Exchange, and Gardens in Detail: 100 Contemporary Designs by Emma Reuss, a garden designer with a diploma from the Royal Horticultural Society.

Where you can find it:
Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord
(603) 224-0562
gibsonsbookstore.com

Brighten your outdoor space with vibrant gerberas, known for their rich colors that hold for weeks.

Where to find it:
Cole Gardens in Concord
(603) 229-0655
colegardens.com

Give your garden a musical gift with a Woodstock Chime, tuned to a relaxing pentatonic scale.

Where to find it:
Rolling Green Nursery in Greenland
(603) 436-2732
rollinggreennursery.com

Enhance your garden with a Walpole Woodworkers arched arbor, handcrafted in a material with the look of natural wood but that requires little or no maintenance.

Where to find it:
Bedford Fields in Bedford and Amherst
(603) 472-8880 in Bedford
(603) 673-0446 in Amherst
bedfordfields.com