Roslindale Green & Clean

04/10/2025

Save the Dates! Join us for our Annual Seedling Sale!

06/10/2024

A delightful native alternative to the omnipresent non-native honeysuckle or dreaded bindweed! ...and the hummers will thank you!

𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴 “Major Wheeler” (aka Coral honeysuckle) is a favorite plant of MCH specialist Heather from R. P. Marzilli & Co. Major Wheeler is a nice cultivar of our native honeysuckle. It's best planted in or nearby a thriving pollinator garden where the ladybugs can find it and take care of any aphids that may show up. See the comments below for more details! Curious as to what an MCH is? Visit mnla.com/consumer-resources/ to learn more!

02/22/2024

Free grafting demonstration at the Arboretum Greenhouse on Wednesday Feb. 28.

Horticulturists use grafting to fuse together different plants, taking positive traits from each to create maximum disease resistance, drought tolerance, and more. Join Greenhouse Assistant Manager of Plant Production Chris Copeland to learn how grafting works and why we do it, including a walk arou...

11/17/2023

New hardiness zone map shows an increase for most zones but gardeners saw it coming.

The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.

11/09/2023

https://www.gardenista.com/posts/late-fall-planters-tips-long-lasting-autumn-container-garden/

It’s not too late to create a gorgeous autumnal display. We asked garden designer Susan Nock for tips on how to create fall container gardens.

09/22/2023

Leaning Toward Light: A Posy of Poems Celebrating the Joys and Consolations of the Garden

“Gardening is like poetry in that it is gratuitous, and also that it cannot be done on will alone,” the poet and passionate gardener May Sarton wrote as she contemplated the parallels b…

09/21/2023

Here's some useful guidance about dividing perennials.

If you find you have divisions to share with us this fall we can take them and store them for our plant sale next June! Email us at [email protected].

We divide plants for two main reasons. First is to rejuvenate. Second reason is to get more plants! Here's how to divide five popular perennials.

09/17/2023

https://www.gardenista.com/posts/habitat-piles-perfect-earth-project-edwina-von-gal

Instead of hauling garden debris to the landfill, where it will just add to methane pollution, make something beautiful and beneficial out of it.

08/11/2023

Check out this article from the NYT - Mauricio Diazgranados Is a Botanist in a Hurry

"For the first time, the New York Botanical Garden has a chief scientist who hails from the same region as so much of its collections."

For the first time, the New York Botanical Garden has a chief scientist who hails from the same region as so much of its collections.

08/08/2023

Yesterday marked the halfway point in our journey through Summer 2023. Have you started thinking about next year's garden yet? 🌻🦋 Please click through to enjoy some of the views during June's Roslindale Garden Tour. Thanks again to everyone who came out and to our incredible sponsors including lead sponsor, Linda Burnett, Realtor.