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GARDEN STATE BURSTS INTO SPRING AT THE NEW JERSEY HOME & GARDEN SHOW AT THE NEW JERSEY CONVENTION CENTER, EDISON, FEBRURARY 23-25

RENEGADE GARDENER DON ENGEBRETSON CITES 10 GARDENING BLUNDERS AT THE NEW JERSEY HOME & GARDEN SHOW IN EDISON FEBRUARY 23-25

Visitors to the New Jersey Convention Center are invited to bring photos of their yards for Engebretson to critique and offer solutions to yard challenges

Edison, N.J., January 5, 2024–Seasoned and would-be gardeners visiting the New Jersey Home & Garden Show in Edison February 23-25, 2024, will pick up essential tips from The Renegade Gardener, Don Engebretson, who will address the top 10 gardening and landscaping blunders. The landscape designer and award-winning garden writer will cover, at the New Jersey Convention Center, the challenges of homeowners in metro N.J and N.Y. He invites visitors to bring photos of their plans and yard so he can suggest visually pleasing solutions. There will also be six magnificent gardens.

“One of the biggest mistakes that homeowners make is to be afraid to cut down a tree or tear out old shrubs,” he advises. “They may no longer fit a landscape remodel or they could detract from the new landscape. Thirty years is a good run for a shrub. New varieties—particularly small, ornamental trees— are abundant at N.J. nurseries.” He asks, you wouldn’t keep a few original cabinets in a kitchen makeover if they didn’t fit the décor would you?

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KIDS 15-AND-UNDER ENTER FREE WITH AN ADULT TO THE NEW JERSEY HOME & GARDEN SHOW, N.J. CONVENTION CENTER, EDISON, FEBRUARY 23-25

Special kids’ activities join learning opportunities like gardening & repurposing

Edison, N.J., January 5, 2024—Kids can play and learn at the 35th Annual New Jersey Home & Garden Show at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison, February 23-25. There will be balloon animals and old-fashioned games like bean bag and ring toss, tic-tac-toe, and a mini fishing pond. They can embellish and color an unfinished wood cutout that they can take home.

There is no charge for children 15 and under accompanied by an adult.