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Enter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post, a free, monthly e-newsletter about gardening in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Each issue lists local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, and tips specific to this area. Sometimes there is a giveaway for subscribers. The upcoming June 2025 issue has an opportunity to win a packet of California poppy seeds, courtesy of Outsidepride Seed Source.

Outsidepride is an Oregon-based, family-owned online seed business. They have one of the largest seed inventories in the country. They sell all types of seed: clovers, cover crops, flowers, grass, groundcovers, herbs, wildflowers, drought-tolerant, and vegetables. You can order from their website plus you can further select seeds by season, bloom color, USDA hardiness zone, height, deer resistant, houseplant, and light requirements. Clicking on a particular plant reveals extensive growing information.

Pegplant.com is an online resource for gardeners in the DC metro area. This giveaway is for subscribers of the Pegplant’s Post newsletter only so subscribe today!

Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Written by a local horticulturist, each monthly issue lists 50 to 100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming November 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, subscribers have a chance to win a 12-variety package of microgreen seeds from True Leaf Market.

This package has 12, one-ounce packets of seeds that grow well as microgreens: broccoli, purple radish, spicy salad mix, beet, nasturtium, cilantro, garden cress, sunflower, pak choi, shiso, orach, and pea. Microgreens are small, about 2-inch-tall plants that have just started growing. They are very high in nutrition and can be grown in your home. The True Leaf Market website has videos explaining each plant and how to grow them as microgreens. Based in Utah, True Leaf Market is an independent, non-GMO seed company offering everything from flower, herb, and garden seeds to microgreens, sprouts, wheat grass, and grains. They also have growing kits, juicers, pet products, fermentation products, and hydroponic and gardening supplies. Their website provides a range of resources and information including videos and FAQs on topics such as starting seeds, winter gardening success, shade vegetables, sprouting, wheat grass, mushrooms, and microgreens. True Leaf Market has a loyalty rewards program, a free newsletter, and a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

In order to be eligible for this giveaway you have to be a subscriber. The first subscriber to email once the November issue is published (which will be sent to subscribers’ email box the last weekend of October) wins the giveaway.

Learn more about gardening in the DC metro area by subscribing to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each monthly issue lists 50-100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a plant or gardening-related giveaway. For the upcoming May 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is Scindapsus ‘Sterling Silver’, a houseplant courtesy of Costa Farms.

Costa Farms is one of the largest horticultural growers in the world. It is a fourth generation, family-run company that started in 1961 when Jose Costa Senior purchased 30 acres to grow tomatoes in the winter and calamondin citrus in the summer. Soon he was growing houseplants and now the company has expanded into annuals, perennials, and tropical plants for the garden. Costa Farms has an upbeat website, full of videos, and all the information you need to grow each houseplant. There is a plant finder to help you locate the perfect houseplant for your needs; a free, subscription-based newsletter; and staff dedicated to answering customers’ plant questions.

Scindapsus ‘Sterling Silver’ is a member of the aroid family, cousin to pothos, philodendron, and monstera. This is an easy to grow houseplant with silvery, heart-shaped foliage. It can be grown as a climbing, trailing, or table-top plant. Prefers bright light, tolerates medium light.

If you don’t already subscribe, subscribe now to the free Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter to be eligible to win this fantastic giveaway!