Some articles to enjoy...

• Christmas Trees, Evergreen Boughs and the Classic Poinsettias by Art Drysdale
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=9930
   
• A Green Christmas by Dan Clost
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=9936&categoryid=41
   
• Decorating and Cooking with Holiday Herbs by Sheena Adams
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=4709&categoryid=41
   
• Accenting the Holidays with Flowers
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=8831&categoryid=41
   
• Poinsettia Death Trip
  by Robert Burns
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=8219&categoryid=41
   
• Winter is the Best Time for Tree Pruning by Mike McGroarty
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=3620&categoryid=41
   
• Winter Offers a Perfect Time for Gardeners to Properly Inventory, Store and Dispose of Home Pesticides by Stevan Allen
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=8925&categoryid=4
   
• Proper Watering & Other December Gardening Tips by Leonard Perry
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=9488
   
• Get in on the Excitement & Community-Building Momentum
  
  It's time to register your community to participate in the 2013 America in Bloom contest. The deadline to register is February 28, BUT if you register by December 31 we'll give you a FREE "Best Ideas Book" ($25 retail value) that outlines the best ideas from AIB cities over the years.
  
  To learn more about the contest, the benefits of participation, and how to make the most of your experience, http://www.americainbloom.org/
   
• Did you know that in the United States, 25 percent of all prepared food is thrown away? And, that percentage when translated into pounds of waste equates to more than 96,000,000,000! Imagine all of that time and energy - all that for nothing! Well, maybe not...
  http://www.agrecycle.com/about
   
• Canada Blooms received a number of selections for the 2013 Feature Gardens. Thank you to all the landscape architects and designers who submitted applications. The committee has completed its selections and winning garden builders have been notified. This year's theme is "The Magic of Spring" and one winning selection was "Magicool" by Genoscape Inc. "In keeping with this year's theme at Canada Blooms, we are creating the Magicool Garden.
  
  What is Magic about Spring? The weather gets warmer, it rains a lot, the trees start to leaf and the flowers start to bloom. That whole process in itself is pretty magical!
  Within our display, we intend to present all of the literal elements of spring, including different types of water features as well as a sunny area and rainy area.
  
  The rainy area will actually be ‘raining’ into one of our ponds and we will create a real Rainbow within the mist and the rain droplets. Our rainbow will not be projected but will be created using light and refraction, the same way a real rainbow appears."
  http://www.canadablooms.com/
   
• The International Garden Festival is pleased to announce the names of the designers selected by the jury for the 14th edition of the Festival. Six new projects were selected to be featured at the 2013 edition that will exhibit more than twenty conceptual gardens.
  
  The 14th edition of the Festival will open on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The competition attracted a record 290 proposals for contemporary gardens submitted by over 725 architects, landscape architects, designers and artists from 31 countries.
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=9938
   
• Stokes Seeds 2013 Flowers and Vegetables of Merit
  http://www.icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=9919