Smith-Gilbert Gardens

Do you have all your answers to our honey bees quiz? With warmer temperatures and more pollinator activity, this is the perfect time to see honey bees. Challenge yourself to use prior knowledge only.
1. What shape do honeycomb cells make?
2. What special food are queen honey bees fed?
3. How many flowers does it take to produce 1 lb. of honey?
4. What are male and female honeybees called?
5. Lastly, what sense do bees use to communicate with each
other?

A random winner amongst the correct answers will be chosen on April 1 to receive two Art Blooms tickets! Have fun answering!A few days of sunshine and warmer temperatures has brought much wildlife activity back to the garden, including bees! Can you get all of the correct answers to our honey bee quiz? Challenge yourself to use prior knowledge only.

1. What shape do honeycomb cells make?
2. What special food are queen honey bees fed?
3. How many flowers does it take to produce 1 lb. of honey?
4. What are male and female honeybees called?
5. Lastly, what sense do bees use to communicate with each other?

A random winner amongst the correct answers will be chosen April 1 to receive two Art Blooms tickets! Have fun answering! ... See MoreSee Less

Smith-Gilbert Gardens

Join us Saturday, April 17, at 10AM for a special experience! We’ve partnered with the locally owned and operated collaborative art studio Project Studio to bring you a few hours of creativity and fun.

Their talented team of artists will be guiding us through decorating this beautiful and useful Garden/Planter Box! We’ll safely gather in our spacious Carriage House to paint and decorate boxes that can be filled with garden tools, seed packets or your favorite small plants. Project Studio will have several colors and stains to choose from, and their artists will hand letter any word or short phrase on the reversible wooden plaque.

Sign up today, space is limited! Masks are required to participate. Register at ow.ly/i4cb50E3BSO ... See MoreSee Less

Smith-Gilbert Gardens

Our Easter Egg Hunt: Reimagined is sold out! A huge thank you to everyone who purchased tickets! We can't want to see everyone on April 3! ... See MoreSee Less

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If the bright purple berries on this plant don’t make you lust after it, then what we are about to tell you will! You can stop spraying for mosquitos in your yard if you have this plant! That’s right, the American Indians used Beauty Berry to repel mosquitos. Studies are now being done on Callicarpa and how it may be more effective than Deet! The importance of this shrub in your landscape cannot be understated. Its small white flowers are an important food source for all pollinators. Then those little flowers turn into the brightest purple berries you have ever seen on a shrub. Those berries are incredibly attractive to birds and an important food source for them. Native Americans made a jam from the edible berries. We will be offering this special native shrub in our plant sale. Quantities are limited. Become a Member and you get to order before we open it to the public! ... See MoreSee Less