Emily Mills
Welcome to Garden Center magazine's Weekend Reading, a weekly round-up of consumer garden media stories meant to help IGCs focus marketing efforts, spark inspiration and start conversations with consumers.
This week: A plea to forgo glyphosate in gardening, new restrictions on some insecticides, smart lamps that can become gardens and how to help save the iconic monarch butterfly.
As we enter 2025, a plea to forgo glyphosate in your personal growing and gardening, Anchorage Daily News
Jeff Lowenfels, who has written a weekly gardening column for the Anchorage Daily News for more than 45 years, makes a plea for gardeners to stop using glyphosate.
Ask a Master Gardener: Before you spray for pests, find out which pesticides are now restricted, Palo Alto Online
Find out about new restrictions on some insecticides.
LG's new smart lamps turn unused space into stylish indoor gardens, New Atlas
New Atlas features new smart lamps from LG that features a gardening component.
Green Gardening: You can help save the dwindling monarch butterfly, Palm Beach Daily News
Find out how you can help save the iconic monarch butterfly, which may be placed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered species list.
Enjoy your reading, have a great weekend and we'll see you next week!
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