"The gardens are a portrait of the women. It’s how they exercise independence. It’s how they find joy and they really express themselves." A look at 20+ Amish gardens: lanc.news/AmishGardens

Here's your chance to see 8 gardens throughout #MariettaPa: lanc.news/MariettaGTour23

Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity's construction in #ColumbiaPa starts with women-only crews. 👷‍♀️ lanc.news/womenbuild

How well do you know Lancaster County's old schools? lanc.news/oldschool

The plant makes Nodding Onion a quartet. 🌱 lanc.news/noddingonion

We see fireflies for just a few weeks but they're in our gardens for years. Here are ways to help them continue to light up the night: lanc.news/fireflygarden

Here's your chance to check out homes throughout Mount Gretna: lanc.news/gretnatour23

Pennsylvania has the top cheese 🧀 (and a few winners are from Lancaster County): lanc.news/acs23cheese

Pawpaw season is almost here: lanc.news/pawpaw

This family's making an 18-hole music-themed mini golf course in their yard. This is the final year to check it out. lanc.news/AJMini

A back to school calendar for plant people: lanc.news/AugGarden

Here come the sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻lanc.news/Sunflowers23

Columbia's in the spotlight. The first episode airs Saturday: lanc.news/LancAD

Perennials take their time to shine. The perennial garden at Hershey Gardens (planted in 2021) is now in full bloom: lanc.news/HGPerennials

How America's oldest botanical garden is crafting sustainable wreaths from dried plants. Plus insight from the 90-year-old twins who have dried flowers for decades: lanc.news/DryingFlowers

Make a fall planter, top a pumpkin with succulents, find a plant bar... There also are lots of chances to learn about plants in September: lanc.news/SeptPlants

With cover crops, a vegetable garden doesn’t have to end with the first hard frost — no greenhouse required. lanc.news/covercrop

The future of flax starts in the smallest garden plots: lanc.news/flax

They spent six years fixing up this historic 9,320-square-foot home. lanc.news/Roslyn

In other news: This chrysanthemum took 18 months to grow.🌱 It has 1,366 flowers. On a single plant.🌼 Once it was ready, Longwood Gardens staff managed to move this 12-foot-wide mum into the spotlight. 🛻 lanc.news/LGmums