Breck’s Blog

Bee-friendly gardening has been creating a lot of buzz here at Breck’s - and for great reasons! But you need...

The buzzing noises bees create result from their rapidly beating wings, and from the vibration of their thorax and wing muscles...

Of all the wonderful ways you can decorate your living room for the holiday season, it’s no secret that one...

With looks to rival the beauty of the rainbow-riding Greek messenger of the gods it’s named after, and a spectrum...

There can be no more welcome sight in the last dreary days of winter than colorful crocuses popping up, often...

We’re heading out on a little summer trip! While the Netherlands have slightly cooler summers than the temperate regions of...

Mother Nature is fickle. Try as we might as gardeners, the unexpected is the only thing that’s predictable. I’ve found...

Whether grown in a border, along a walkway, at the centre of a garden bed or for use as cut...

Keukenhof, Dutch for "kitchen garden," is among the world's biggest and brightest flower gardens - and the subject of admiration...

Dahlias, planted right, promise delightful color-displays all the way from midsummer to the first frost, that too, with little aftercare....