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Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic Garden is mentioned in the news fairly often.

See recent news postings about Plant Delights Nursery here.

Below is a list of some of the larger news items we have been featured in recently and over the past several years.

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Newspaper Articles featuring Plant Delights Nursery

  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 16, 1999 - Gardener's Notebook - Pitcher plants fill gardens with color
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution - June 6, 2002 - Soggy soil can become beautiful, blooming bog
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution - May 16, 2002 - A refreshing Guacamole -- for all the hosta fans
  • Camden Herald, ME - April 2008
  • Chesterton Tribune, IND - November 14, 2002
  • Chicago Tribune - Ken Druse, Sept 14,2003 - Gardener's fantasy and a reality check
  • Fairfield County Times, CT - January 1998 (catalog profile)
  • Garner Times - April 10, 1996 (nursery profile)
  • Greensboro NC News-Record - March 1993
  • Greenville Examiner - Oct 23, 2010 - NC plant hunter Tony Avent searches the world for new specimens
  • Gwinnett Daily Post, GA - November 24, 2008
  • High Point Enterprise - May 5, 1999 (nursery/garden profile)
  • Houston Chronicle, TX - January 9, 2010 (nursey profile) - N.C. nursery's plant catalog always fun
  • Louisville Courier-Journal - April 1996 (nursery profile)
  • Maine Sunday Telegram - June 17, 2001 (nursery/plant profile)
  • Muskogee Phoenix, AZ - April 1, 2010 (plants)
  • New York Newsday - February 1995 (plant profiles)
  • New York Times - April 2006 (nursery profile) - In the Plant Game, Some Bets Are In
  • New York Times - April 28, 2010 - The Plant Hunter
  • New York Times - April 29, 2010 - Some myths worth busting (Slideshow)
  • New York Times - December 24, 1996 - James Chester Raulston, Horticulturist, Is Dead at 56
  • New York Times - February 2, 1997 - When Plant Fans Gather, a Harvest of Obsessions
  • New York Times - February 20, 1997 - The Global Backyard: Weird Is In
  • New York Times - February 20, 2003 - A Gardener Grows Balmy In Winter
  • New York Times - May 13, 2009 - Plants That Like to Get Their Feet Wet
  • New York Times - May 30, 2004 - Jack-in-the-Pulpits: Sensual and Yet Sinister
  • New York Times - September 12, 2003 - You Want a Nursery? Here's a Reality Check
  • New York Times - September 14, 2003 - A Perennial Defined by What It's not
  • News & Observer - March 23, 2013 - Perennial gardens glorious even now - by Debra Boyette
  • News & Observer - May 8, 2010 - Avent the Mythbuster
  • News & Observer - December 26, 2006 - Plant showcase offers a breath of spring - by Andrea Weigl
  • News & Observer - July 26, 2003 - Top Drawer Author
  • News & Observer - April 6, 2003 - The Plant Prophet by Mary E. Miller
  • News & Observer - December 9, 2000 - Tony Avent's 'Tattoo' pretty as a patent - by Bill Dupre
  • News & Observer - March 20, 2000 - A Chat With Tony Avent - Site invites surfers to put down roots - by Carlene Hempel
  • Philadelphia Inquirer - April 16, 2010 - Advantage annuals, or perennials? - by Virginia A. Smith
  • Philadelphia Inquirer - September 3, 2004 - A fair bounty for home gardens - by Denise Cowie
  • Philadelphia Inquirer - January 22, 1999 (nursery/plant profile)
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 10, 2001 - Nursery owner plants delight in growers by making gardening fun
  • Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH - January 19, 2006 (nursery profile)
  • Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle - July 27, 2002 (nursery profile)
  • The Item, Sumter SC - March 13, 2004 - Hot perennials for hot climates
  • Tulsa World - March 5, 2011 (personal profile)
  • West Virginia's Gazette-Mail - February 1999 (plant profiles)

Magazines/Newsletters Featuring Plant Delights Nursery

  • The American Gardener magazine - Fall 1996 (personal profile)
  • The American Gardener magazine - July/August 2006 (profile)
  • Arbor Friends - Friends of US National Arboretum Newsletter - Winter 2008 (profile)
  • Carolina Gardener magazine - January 1997
  • Columbus OH's Garden Railway Society Magazine - October 1995 (plant profile)
  • Early American Homes and Gardens - Spring 1999 (personal profile)
  • Entrepreneur Magazine - October 1996 (nursery profile)
  • Fine Gardening magazine - February 2003 (plant profiles)
  • Floridata On-Line Magazine - March 2004 - Celebrity Gardeners - Tony Avent - Plant Explorer, Breeder and Nursery Owner
  • Garden and Gun Magazine - June 2008 - The Plant Hunter
  • Garden Center Magazine - May 2010 - DNA mapping reveals non-native ferns in plant trade 
  • Garden Center Magazine - November 2008 (nursery profile)
  • Garden Club of Virginia - May 7, 2017 - Daffodil Days: Tony Avent
  • Greenhouse Manager PRO Magazine - "Innovator of the Month" - March 1998 (nursery profile)
  • Greenhouse Manager PRO Magazine - "Catalog and Web Sales" - May 2000 (nursery profile)
  • Greenhouse Management - June 4, 2008 - Growers face increased pressure to find legal water
  • Grower Talks magazine - Summer 1999
  • Haven Magazine, Denmark - March 2005
  • Horticulture magazine - March 1997 (personal profile)
  • Horticulture magazine, Once upon a Berm - May 2008 (plant profiles)
  • Horticulture magazine - July, August 2011, People and Places (nursery profile)
  • House Beautiful magazine - November 1995 (nursery profile)
  • International Aroid Society Newsletter - July 2002 (garden profile)
  • Mirabella Magazine - April 1995
  • NCSU Alumni Magazine - May 1994 (profile)NCSU Alumni Magazine - June 2006 (profile)
  • NC Wildflower Preservation Society - Summer 1998
  • North Carolina Magazine - June 1998 (nursery profile)
  • North Fork Country, NY Journal - November 2002
  • Nursery Manager PRO Magazine - November 1993
  • Ornamental Outlook Magazine - December 1999 (nursery profile)
  • Philadelphia Hort Society Green Scene Magazine - April 1996
  • Plants Magazine, England - September 1999 (plant profiles)
  • Southern Living magazine - January 1994 (nursery profile)
  • Southern Living magazine - August 2006 (garden)
  • Total Landscape Care magazine - November 2009 (nursery profile + cover photo) - And Now for Something Completely Different
  • Walter Magazine -Tony Avent wrote a monthly column in Walter Magazine that highlights great garden perennials

Plant Delights Nursery Featured in Books

Plant Delights Nursery Featured in Recent Television and Radio Shows

Tony Avent on the Martha Stewart Show

 

  • Almanac Gardener with Mike Gray (NC Public Television) - numerous since 1994
    •       May 26, 2001 - That Southwestern Look; Low Maintenance, Drought Resistance Landscape Plants
    •       June 2, 2001 - Colorful Cannas Varieties
    •       May 11, 2002 Episode 1806 - Hostas Galore!
    •       June 22, 2002, Episode 1811 - Propagating Ferns
    •       April 5, 2008, Episode 2501 - Drought Tolerant Plants for a Rock Garden
    •       May 24, 2008, Episode 2508 - Jack in the Pulpit...Perfect Woodland Accent Plant
  • Coastal Gardener with Dave Egbert (Network) 2008 Episode 209 - Article, Exploring an Organic Garden of Plant Delights With Tony Avent
  • Cultivating Life with Sean Conway, Aspidistra, Ferns (PBS) - 2006
  • Garden Travels - 2006
  • Cultivating Life with Sean Conway (PBS) - 2008
  • Gardener's Diary with Erica Glasener (HGTV) - winter 2002/3
  • Gardener's Journal with Kathy Renwald (HGTV) - 2002
  • In The Garden with Bryce Lane (NC Public Television) - Season 5 - 2007
  • In the Garden with Bryce Lane (NC Public Television) - Season 9 - September, 10, 2011 - Episode 901 
  • Martha Stewart Living with Martha Stewart, Nursery Segment (HGTV) - February 2004 
  • Martha Stewart Living with Martha Stewart, Propagation Segment (HGTV) - February 2004 
  • Martha Stewart Living with Martha Stewart, Hardy Arailaceae Segment (HGTV) - February 2004 
  • Martha Stewart Living with Martha Stewart, Extreme Propagation (NBC) - February 2007
  • Martha Stewart Living with Martha Stewart, New Plants (NBC) - March 2008 (Full Episode that includes a bio on Tony) (Unique Plants Segment)
  • The Martha Stewart Show (Hallmark Channel) - January 26, 2011 (Fern Glossary and Propagation Segment)
  • Rebecca's Garden with Rebecca Kolls (Hearst Broadcasting) - 1997
  • The Winter Garden Series (HGTV) - 1999
  • The Secret Garden Series (HGTV) - Spring 2001
  • We Dig Plants - Episode 36 - Plant Delights (9/26/2010)

Plant Delights Nursery Featured in Recent Blogs or Websites

Video Highlights

  • Home Envy Blog by Kathy Renwald - Too Many Hostas?
  • Home Envy Blog by Kathy Renwald - A gathering of gardeners
  • Martha Stewart.com - Gifts for Gardeners
  • Riz Reyes's Visit to PDN