Comments about ‘LDS Church offers garden tours and tips’

I think that this is awesome, but one problem, I live in Missouri, it would be nice if there were a printed version on this in DN. I am very challenged when it comes to gardening and tips would be nice.

I agree with MoJoles. I live in Idaho and would love to have the insight from these people who do such an awesome job on the gardern there on Temple Square. It would make a great question and answer type column.

I think I will stick to Red Butte gardens.

Nice garden. If only I could come back to Utah for the tours. I really appreciate the job that the gardeners are doing. I enjoyed so much the pansies last year at the General Conference when I was in SLC. I grew some on my balcony. It 's beautiful but not so beautiful than in Temple Square.
Congratulations
Marie-Chantal from France

I enjoy the gardens there and would enjoy the gardening tips, but people should remember two key things: What works in Utah may not work in other areas. It's best to contact your own local extension office for information. Second, the church gardens always look beautiful so no expense is spared (and rightly so). It would be difficult for homeowners to maintain and expect the same quality they see at the church sites. Nonetheless, they are beautiful.

To: Nice gardens: It is true about different altitudes. In the southwest end of Phoenix, AZ things grow different than in the northeast. We are hotter and that makes a difference. The local extension service is a good suggestion but I disagree with you on homeowners being able to maintain and have the same quality as the church gardens. They have more people but they have the same dirt of which they fertilize(same soil every year) and they buy or grow the same flowers we can get. When I lived in Ogden I had beautiful gardens front and back(they came with a lot of TLC, hard work and good soil and prayer - the same as the gardens at Temple Square). My Mother called our backyard "The Garden of Eden". She was a wonderful gardener too and I feel blessed to have the talent passed on to me through her and my grandmother. Nothing brings more peace to my soul than to plant flowers and vegetables and watch them grow and then display them or eat them. Nothing is better. It just takes hard work, good soil, miracle grow and love and conversation with your gardents.