WEST CHICAGO, IL, May 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) —
With the unofficial start of summer just around the corner,
gardeners across the country will spend Memorial Day weekend digging
in and planting summer staples ranging from vegetable gardens to
flower containers. As gardeners dust off their trowels and shake out
their gloves, Burpee Home Gardens(R) is helping gardeners succeed by
bringing technology into the garden.
Choosing your plants
One big challenge for gardeners is knowing
what plants to grow together. Burpee Home Gardens is easing this
worry by helping gardeners pick varieties that not only look great
together but are guaranteed to grow well together throughout the
season.
New this spring, the My Garden Designer mobile design tool helps
novice gardeners plan and plant creative flower gardens. It is
designed to take the guesswork out of flower color, height and
compatibility, creating “recipes” for easily planted containers or
flowerbeds.
Gardeners can start from scratch by selecting a garden location, size
and theme, and then select colors for spiller, filler and thriller
varieties to receive several garden designs. Users also can create a
design around a favorite plant and choose the retail locator to find
the variety at a local garden center.
To date, gardeners have created more than 3,000 different container
ideas, with 75 percent of designs made for sun locations and 25
percent made for shade locations. Also, 56 percent of gardeners used
My Garden Designer to create a plan for a garden larger than six
feet, while 52 percent of gardeners used it to plant a midsized
container of 16 to 24 inches.
When the real work (and fun) begins
Whether gardeners need to find
a quick answer to a question or are simply looking for inspiration,
Burpee Garden Coach, a free mobile Web tool, can help gardeners
succeed and reap the benefits of a well-tended garden. This handy,
text-enabled program provides plant information, weather updates,
common gardening solutions and recipes throughout the season.
Users can customize their profile to receive tips on flower
gardening, vegetable gardening, or both, either via text message or
email alerts. Garden Coach also features a garden library full of
frequently asked questions and educational podcasts by garden expert
Joe Lamp’l. Gardeners can sign up by texting their ZIP code to 80998
or visiting gdncoach.mobi.
Gardeners get a lot of help from their friends, family and neighbors.
Following this trend, Burpee has created a “backyard” to help bring
people together in a new digital neighborhood. Burpee’s Backyard
online community provides a forum for gardeners to talk about shared
gardening experiences –be it a stubborn weed or favorite variety of
tomato. Gardeners with varying levels of expertise can engage in
discussions with like-minded gardeners and information experts, and
even browse online resources to help find answers to common gardening
questions.
Gardeners can find more information on the Burpee Home Gardens
website,
www.burpeehomegardens.com , and can stay connected by
following Burpee Home Gardens’ Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest pages.
ABOUT BURPEE HOME GARDENS(R): Burpee Home Gardens is a program of
garden-ready vegetables, herbs and flowers available nationally at
retail garden centers. Backed by the 136-year history of Burpee, the
first name in home gardening, Burpee Home Gardens provides gardeners
with time-tested varieties and information, ideas and inspiration for
success. For more information, visit burpeehomegardens.com.
ABOUT BURPEE: Burpee was founded in 1876 by seed pioneer W. Atlee
Burpee. The company remains privately owned by George Ball, a
third-generation seedsman, who serves as chairman of W. Atlee Burpee
Co. and is past president of The American Horticultural Society.
Today, Burpee is the largest, most progressive garden company in
North America offering seeds, garden plants and gardening supplies
through the company website (
www.burpee.com ), direct-mail catalogs,
and via retail garden centers nationwide. Burpee offers both heirloom
and hybrid varieties, and is credited for introducing the world to
numerous ornamental and edible breakthrough varieties during its
136-year history. Burpee’s headquarters, display gardens and research
farm are located in historic Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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