The W. Atlee Burpee Co., affectionately known as “Burpee seeds” to millions of American gardeners, is the nation’s largest home seed and plant company and was founded in Philadelphia in 1876, at the ...

One only needs to note the proliferation of Victory Gardens during World War II or the past year’s explosion of community plots to know that when economic times are tough, Americans head back to the ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: April 5th, 1858, 157 years ago today ... the day Washington Atlee Burpee was born in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. His family moved to ...

It's not enough for Burpee, the seed developer, to know what gardeners are craving. They need to know what gardeners will be craving -- and that takes more than horticultural know-how. Saturday's open ...

WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania -- If you've ever pulled a Burpee carrot out of the ground, munched on a salad of Burpee iceberg lettuce or sniffed a bouquet of Burpee zinnas, it's because those plants ...

Recently I had an inquiry as to a choice of muskmelon to grow this summer. The answer was easy, Burpee Ambrosia. Burpee Seeds is noted for their outstanding muskmelon seeds. Back 20 or more years ago, ...

I love old books about gardening. Each winter I set aside some time to read a few: There are always tricks of the trade that have gotten lost over time, or once-beloved plants that are now largely ...

As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...