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Mini Succulent Floating Orb Make & Take Workshop

Join Patty as she shares info on what makes a healthy terrarium, hands-on guidance on how to create one, and learn tips and tricks to miniscaping your own little green world.  Workshop includes Orb Kit

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Pumpulent Make & Take

(‘pump-u-lent’) Fun to say, even more fun to create. Pumpkins make the perfect vases, especially stuffed with luscious succulents. A convo-worthy Thanksgiving centerpiece, teacher or hostess gift. Fee includes pumpkins and succulent fillers.  8-10 inch

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Succulent Centerpiece Make & Take

Plant this for your Holiday tablescape.  A centerpiece that will last beyond the holidays.

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Altum’s Workshops

join us for a Make & Take Workshop Come grow with us, at one of our garden workshops, surrounded by beautiful plants, expert instruction, inspiration and good company. Our hand-selected, hands-on workshops and classes cover

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Meet Barb Bruns

Meet Barb Bruns, Custom Container Designer The brains behind the beauty It comes as no surprise that almost everyone at Altum’s loves to be outside. Which is good, because we’d hate all this fresh air

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The secret to succulent success

It’s true that succulents are some of the easiest plants you can grow. But knowing that doesn’t help if you’re missing a little background on basic care. And if you’ve had a less-than-ideal outcome with

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Top Houseplants for Your Porch, Patio and Entry

Altum’s houseplant picks for your porch, patio & entry. It’s a hobby of ours to stay in touch with design and decorating trends and houseplants have been popping up everywhere. They’ve always had their rightful

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What to expect when you’re selecting a gardening workshop

Why Workshops Are The New Brunch with Friends This is not a tradeshow workshop where you’ll fight to stay awake. It’s not third period wood shop where someone roams the aisles inspecting your work. This

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The 2018 Really-Good Holiday Gift Guide

Everyone and their second-cousin is putting together Best Of lists and holiday gift guides and we didn’t want to miss out on the fun. But know this: we’re not interested in simply peddling goods for

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DIFFERENT IS BEAUTIFUL: Plants with original colors, shapes, patterns and more

I love how in fashion, design and gardening in particular, people are noticing and appreciating the out-of-the-ordinary among us. It’s high time we broaden our horizons and see beauty in unexpected colors, shapes, patterns and

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60 reasons local garden centers are better 

We’ve loved plants and plant people for 60 years now and we’re feeling grateful for being able to spend those 60 years doing what we love. Here’s a list of 60 reasons why local garden centers

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The Best Houseplants for Your Bedroom & Bathroom

Altum’s houseplant picks for your Bedroom & bathroom. It’s a hobby of ours to stay in touch with design and decorating trends and plants have been popping up everywhere. Including the bedroom and bath. And

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Growing Happier: Why plants have made things better for us

We’re looking closer to home for inspiration and comfort these days. Which is why in the midst of a global pandemic and plenty of uncertainties, gardening and growing has experienced a resurgence, both indoors and

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Planting + styling your indoor succulents

We need a little more low-maintenance in our lives. For this reason, and so many others, we love succulents. Not to mention adding one (or more) to any space instantly adds modern style. Let’s get

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Top Houseplants for Your Living Spaces

Altum’s houseplant picks for your living spaces. Is it possible that plants have become even more popular lately? We follow a lot of design bloggers, builders, and retailers and the general consensus is that a

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The 6 Smartest Things You Can Do for Your Landscape

Advice to live by THIS SUMMER We love being spontaneous and bringing something new home for our containers, adding some herbs or succulents to our patio or planting up a hydrangea since a bad case

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6 Simple Summer Fixes

Perk things up when days are at their hottest with these simple summer fixes We’d be crazy to complain about summer in the Midwest, especially after a particularly long and snowy winter. But when one

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Good Soil, Good Plants

The dirt on feeding your soil what it really wants Somewhere along the way the green industry has failed you, good gardener. Because while nearly everyone knows that most plants—with the exception of succulents and

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4 Ways to Perk Up Your Containers This Summer

How to turn scorched into something special. Perk up your containers! We start out armed with good intentions and rainy spring days and for a while our containers lead charmed lives. And then comes a

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6 Chic Ways to Go Beyond the Centerpiece This Holiday

Fresh and natural tablescaping ideas to get people talking Used to be, the sign of a well-set table was the centerpiece, a vase or vessel of fresh cut flowers from the florist or possibly your

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How To Create Your Own Terrarium

Terrariums have come a long way recently. You can make them stunningly modern, or use traditional techniques and terrarium jars and cloches. How To Create Your Own Terrarium » Choose your Terrarium Container You can

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When to Plant: Drought-tolerant Plants

Plant with the sun in mind for these drought-tolerant plants We don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that drought-tolerant plants are like mini modern day miracles, especially for people who don’t consider themselves ‘gardeners.’

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Houseplant Care Guide

Wanted to rock your world with this handy Houseplant Care Guide that includes info on watering, light and other little insider tips. Sansevieria (Mother-in-law Tongue, Snake plant, Oxygen plant) Great for office or bedroom and

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When to Plant: Succulents

Succulents are one of the easiest plants to grow. The Succulent family is made up of virtually endless varieties of Sedums, Echeverias, Aloe, Aeomoniums, and Crassulas, all offering unique colors, textures and forms that can

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