Happy New Year! A new year always welcomes us with new opportunities and new beginnings. As you sit down and plan out your goals for 2024, put gardening at the top of your list! Create New Year’s resolutions that are attainable, enjoyable, and fun.
Home gardening and spending time outdoors will encourage you to eat better, get more exercise, and provide you with rewards, all year long. Try these 5 easy ideas that will bring you joy and help you achieve even more than you ever imagined!
1: Fill Your Home with Houseplants
Indoor gardening is a fantastic way to start your plant journey. Whether you are a seasoned gardener or a budding enthusiast, houseplants are easy to care for and maintain. The best indoor plants bring vibrancy to your home and excitement to your daily routine. Take the first step towards a rewarding new year and become a plant parent!
At Calloway’s and Cornelius, we have a vast collection of gorgeous indoor plants that will highlight any area of your home or apartment. Pair with stylish pottery for the ultimate accent to your décor and add colorful personality to your indoor jungle.
Cultivating well-being with houseplants is easy! They offer more than just their visual beauty. Indoor plants can help purify the air in your home, help relieve stress, and promote relaxation, and they can even improve your concentration.
Discover the joys of plant parenthood with indoor foliage. Here are a few great options that are ideal for beginners and will set you up for gardening success!
- Sansevieria
- Succulents & Cacti
- Dracaena
- Palms
- ZZ Plant
- Bromeliad
Caring for indoor plants starts with the proper soil and quality nourishment. Plant with Calloway’s Premium Container Potting Soil, a high-quality blend of organic materials that provides an optimal growing environment for container plants. With its superior drainage capabilities, our potting soil allows for proper moisture retention and aeration, helping to prevent overwatering and root rot.
Feed your houseplants with Calloway’s Premium Tropical Plant Food as directed for even more beautiful foliage and blooms, while promoting new growth. You’ll notice the difference!
2: Grow Your Own Food
Bite into the satisfaction of a homegrown bounty full of fresh fruit, fragrant herbs, and so much more! Edible gardening is a healthy hobby that your whole family can enjoy! Not to mention, it can even minimize visits to the grocery store.
Edible plants will enrich your life with flavor! Growing your own food reduces your carbon footprint and benefits our environment in many ways. Plus, eating more fresh herbs, fruits, and berries will promote a healthier and well-balanced diet packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Growing fresh berries is one of the healthiest choices you can make! Berries contain impressive amounts of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Berries like Blueberries, Blackberries, and Raspberries are ideal for small-space gardening because they perform well in containers.
Unbox the magic of growing your own fruit trees! They can improve the air quality, support our native wildlife, and provide your family with nutritious and fresh fruits, year after year. When you grow your own fruit, you can experiment with unique varieties and flavors of Peaches, Figs, Plums, and more!
Grow your edible Eden indoors and try kitchen gardening with fresh herbs! Imagine the possibilities and enjoy the convenience of growing fresh Basil, Parsley, Sage, or Mint in your home. Herbs are relatively low maintenance, and they can easily adapt well to indoor conditions as long as they get enough water and sunlight. A healthier lifestyle is at your fingertips!
To learn more about growing herbs indoors, visit our blog here: How to Grow an Herb Garden in your Kitchen
One of the greatest benefits of edible gardening is you have total control over how your plants are grown! Keep things organic by using the products that are the best for you and your family: and take comfort in knowing your food is fresh from the plant.
Plant with Calloway’s Organic Garden Compost in raised beds and flowerbeds. The organic ingredients help promote aeration of the soil for rapid root growth and provide organic matter to enhance water and nutrient retention.
For edible container gardening, use Calloway’s Premium Organic Potting Soil. It is the epitome of excellence, crafted with the utmost care and the highest quality organic ingredients, promoting excellent aeration for rapid root growth.
3: Plant Container Gardens
Did you know container gardening is a quick and easy way to revive the look of your home? Container gardens add vibrant color, rich foliage, and stylish designs to your garden or patio all year long! They also give you a lot of flexibility and provide limitless possibilities as to what you can grow and where. Container gardening allows you to experiment with a variety of plants throughout the different seasons and you can easily move them to different areas of your landscape.
When you are planning your new creation, consider the location and amount of sunlight your container will receive. Choose plants that have similar sun and water requirements. The design and selection of plants are up to you!
A good technique to use when planting container gardens is the “Thriller, Filler, Spiller” Method. The Thriller is a large, dramatic, and taller option. Choose dynamic blooms or tall spikes of foliage. It is the focal point in your container. You can either place your Thriller in the center of your container, if viewed from all sides or place it towards the back of the container. The Filler should be more rounded or compact to make the container look full. Spillers are trailing plants that hang over the edge of the container, adding more dimension to your design.
When container gardening, keep in mind that they will require more frequent watering. Be sure to pick up a watering can for easy watering and check your plant’s soil to see when it needs more moisture.
Feed your seasonal blooms with Calloway’s Premium Flower Food. It is specially formulated to provide the essential nutrients that flowering plants need to thrive! Our Premium Flower Food promotes healthy growth, vibrant blooms, and prolonged blooming periods.
4: Welcome Wildlife to Your Garden
Our world depends on beneficial pollinators and natural wildlife more than ever, such as birds, bees, and butterflies. They help sustain our ecosystems and aid in the creation of many of our natural resources. Encourage biodiversity by attracting wildlife to your garden.
Create a wildlife-friendly garden by providing them with the things that are essential to their survival. Food, water, and shelter are extremely important resources, especially during the winter.
Designing a wildlife sanctuary in your backyard is easy at Calloway’s and Cornelius! Discover our premium feeders for birds and hummingbirds, quality bird seeds and nectars, bird baths, and so much more! Try displaying your feeders near a window so you can watch and observe the glories of nature.
Give our Texas birds the best with high-fat foods for a well-balanced meal and fill your feeders with Calloway’s Premium Bird Seed. Our bird seed blends are chock full of the proteins, carbohydrates, and fats that birds crave. Each “flavor” contains a variety of ingredients that will appeal to various types of birds.
5: Plant a Tree
Imagine if we all planted a tree every year. Planting a new tree in your yard can greatly impact our world in many positive ways. Trees help reduce surface temperatures and provide shade for wildlife and other forms of vegetation. They clean the air, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and noise pollution, and they can even prevent flooding and soil erosion. Trees hold the soil together while allowing water runoff to soak into the roots, stopping other chemicals and fertilizers from washing into local streams and water systems.
Trees can increase the value of your property and they can protect your home by blocking wind and reducing direct sunlight with cooling shade.
Tree planting requires the proper tools for your gardening success. New trees need support as they grow and become established. Try the SlotLock™ Tree Anchoring Stake system to quickly and securely stake new trees.
Plant with Calloway’s Premium Tree & Shrub Garden Soil to provide a balanced and fertile environment for your plants to thrive. Our nutrient-rich soil is designed to promote the health and vitality of your trees and shrubs. Dig a hole twice the diameter of the root ball and the same depth as the root ball. Mix in equal parts of Tree & Shrub soil with the existing soil as you plant your new tree. Fill in with more soil and always water in thoroughly.
Trees need the right nutrients to grow. Feed your new trees as directed with Calloway’s Premium Tree & Shrub Plant Food. The 16-4-8 formula contains a controlled release nitrogen, Fx Iron®, and other key ingredients needed to ensure your trees and shrubs are fed everything they need for healthier growth
Garden with Ease
At Calloway’s and Cornelius, we are here to help with all your gardening needs! Visit us today and explore our stunning collection of cool season blooms, lush indoor plants, stylish pottery, fresh herbs, and so much more! Shop any of our 28 neighborhood stores, where we have served our loyal customers for over 35 years.
Have questions? Ask our Texas Certified Nursery Professionals; they are here to help!
