Posted on 04/14/2025 6:16:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL GARDENING DAY
National Gardening Day on April 14th encourages gardeners and would-be gardeners to pick up a shovel, plant some seeds, and kick off a beautiful year of homegrown bounty.
#NationalGardeningDay
Whether you want to grow vegetables, fruit, flowers, houseplants, or anything in between, National Gardening Day celebrates a satisfying pastime that you will enjoy for decades.
Growing your own food also provides fresh and natural nourishment for your family and saves you time and money at the grocery store.
As many gardeners know, the benefits of gardening come from more than the produce. Spending time in the garden also provides physical activity and an opportunity to join with nature.
The day is a call to action to get out and grow flower or vegetable gardens. No matter how you garden, plant in the ground, in containers, in straw bales or in a square foot gardening box. Just garden!
8 WAYS TO CELEBRATE GARDENING DAY
There are many ways that you can celebrate the day, including:
Find the right book, guide or resource for your needs at Cool Springs Press, county extension service, the local bookstore or library.
Look for a community garden in your area.
Organize a seed and perennial plant swap with neighbors and friends.
Join a garden club. There isn't one near? Start one!
Visit your local nursery or garden center—you will be amazed and excited by all the beautiful options
Visit Quarto Homes on Facebook and Instagram for more gardening information
While you’re gardening, be sure to share your experience with others on social media using #NationalGardeningDay, #garden and #gardening.
Educators and family, check out the National Day Calendar Classroom for fun projects designed to #CelebrateEveryDay!
NATIONAL GARDENING DAY HISTORY
Cool Springs Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group, founded National Gardening Day on April 14 to celebrate gardening and to encourage home gardeners and students to learn more about how to garden.
Cool Springs
In 2018, the Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed the day to be observed annually on April 14th.
About Cool Springs Press
Celebrating over twenty-five years of inspiring gardeners, Cool Springs Press is a leading publisher of best-selling gardening books with titles that cover all facets of plant cultivation and gardening techniques, both indoors and out.
Gardening FAQ
Q. Can anyone celebrate National Gardening Day?
A. Yes! Anyone can celebrate the day, even apartment dwellers. Container gardening and cooperative gardening make it possible for people without a yard to garden too.
Q. I don't have a green thumb. How can I learn to garden?
A. Green thumbs are not required to learn to garden. Attend gardening seminars to gain knowledge. Read up about the plants that thrive in your zone. Start with some easy plants to grow such as:
Radishes
Lettuce
Potatoes
Herbs
Zinnias
Pansies
Bachelor Buttons
Marigolds
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Notable Birthdays for April 14
Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819-1901) - Educator and author who was one of the first women to study in a co-ed environment.
Shorty Rogers (1924-1994) - Trumpet and flugelhorn player who was one of the creators of West Coast Jazz.
Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) - Iconic country singer with hits like Coal Miner's Daughter, The Pill, You Ain't Woman Enough and Fist City, to name a few.
Pete Rose (1941-2024) - Considered one of the greatest MLB players of all time.
Brad Garrett (1960-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as Robert in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Anthony Michael Hall (1968-Still Living) - Actor whose long-time career includes several films, including Sixteen Candles, the Breakfast Club, War Machine, and Halloween Kills.
1973 - Award-winning actor with lead roles in The Pianist, The Thin Red Line, and King Kong.
Memorable Events of April 14
1775 - The abolitionist society forms in Philadelphia.
1818 - The U.S. Medical Corps forms.
1828 - Noah Webster copyrights the first American dictionary.
1841 - Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first detective story (Murders in Rue Morgue).
1863 - William Bullock patents "continuous-roll printing press."
1865 - John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln in Ford's Theatre.
1890 - Pan American Day is celebrated as the first conference of American states in Washington, D.C.
1894 - The first ever commercial motion picture house (movie theatre) opens in NY.
1902 - James Cash Penney opens his first The Golden Rule Store, which later becomes becomes JCPenney.
1912 - The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink enroute to the states.
1914 - Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes Typhus Fever.
1914 - Stacy G. Carkhuff (Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) receives a patent for non-skid tire pattern.
1935 - The Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across OK and TX. The storm becomes known as the Dust Bowl.
1939 - John Steinbeck publishes his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
1956 - The Ampex Corporation demonstrates the first commercial videotape recorder.
Ping!.........................
I’m going to start my heirloom tomato seeds today. I’m a little behind for Zone 5.
Clothed or Nekkid? There are TWO ‘Gardening Days,’ ya know! ;)
Kinda chilly today!....................51°!
Just like last year, I will be attempting to grow tomatoes, squash and bell peppers. This year, I’m going to also include a few flowering plants to attract bees. I need the bees to stop by and pollinate the vegetable blossoms.
I’ve tried spreading the pollen on my own in those big yellow flowers of the spaghetti squash, but the results, if any were somewhat underwhelming. This year will be different.
Plant a Garden
by Edgar Guest
“If your purse no longer bulges
and you’ve lost your golden treasure,
If times you think you’re lonely
and have hungry grown for pleasure,
Don’t sit by your hearth and grumble,
don’t let mind and spirit harden.
If it’s thrills of joy you wish for
get to work and plant a garden!
If it’s drama that you sigh for,
plant a garden and you’ll get it
You will know the thrill of battle
fighting foes that will beset it.
If you long for entertainment and
for pageantry most glowing,
Plant a garden and this Summer spend
your time with green things growing.”
I need to get a couple sprouted onions and the mint back outside but that might be all. The possums got to everything the past couple years.
Sooo, I'm still a few weeks away from preppin' the gardens.
I sure do miss global warming....
Just picked up a four pack of habanero pepper plants this morning. Sowed 130 seeds into trays yesterday. I’m a month behind as usual. Need to get the beds ready over the next few days and finish the high tunnel over the next few months.
I grow jalapenos every year............
It's April so everything is in bloom right now in So Cal - including everyone's allergies!
From my garden for gardening day: Rose: Gingersnap:
Honeysuckle: Flamethrower
Wisteria:
I want to keep America beautiful.
So I keep my clothes on. :)
Besides it is still a bit brisk out.
Ingredients: Red Habanero Peppers, Vinegar, Carrots, Onion, Salt, Garlic and Vegetable Gum(or some kind of thickener)
Seems easy enough to come close to and no stores near me carry it so with shipping, it gets a little pricey, especially since my son, with his autistic flavor buds, uses it like ketchup. Carrots, vinegar, onion, salt, garlic are cheap enough and growing my own habanero peppers makes them cheap and more importantly, available. I think I've seen them in the store once. Not much for food selection here in rural flyover country.
Yeah, I’ll be 65 this summer. Nobody needs to see me nekkid anymore, LOL!
This recipes looks pretty darn close to the ‘Yucatan Sunshine’ sauce. Don’t hurt yourself making it!
https://grillgirl.com/2011/12/kick-ass-habanero-hot-sauce-recipe/#recipe
Yeah, a whiff of simmering vinegar is bad enough without hot peppers added.
Habanero Peppers are the prettiest plant. I’ve only grown them once; I just wanted to see how they grew so I could answer questions about them from my Customers. ;)
I planted ONE plant, and ended up with an entire paper grocery sack of pretty orange, flying-saucer-shaped peppers. We took them to a local Mexican Restaurant and they were very happy to use them.
I like Franks Hot Sauce...but just a little. Jalapeno peppers that I grow (Bonnie Brand-Walmart) end up as, ‘Poppers’ or pickled in, ‘Cowboy Candy.’ We love both of those. :)
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