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Awards and Accolades

Since its founding in 2007 as the Seven Oaks blog, Home Garden Joy has repeatedly been honored by editors, gardeners, horticulturists and more. A few of our awards and accolades are listed below.

Home Garden Joy Featured by American Horticulture Society

We were featured on “Plant Chat” by the American Horticultural Society!

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Ranked #14 on the 25 Best Southern Gardening Blogs to Follow in 2026

Feedspot ranks Home Garden Joy #14 on the list of the top 25 Southern gardening blogs. Thank you, Feedspot!

Listed in the 100 Best Gardening Blogs to Follow in 2026

Thank you to Feedspot for listing us among the top gardening blogs to follow in 2026.

Ranked #9 in the world! Thank you LawnStarter for ranking Home Garden Joy #9 among the world’s top 70 gardening blogs and awarding us the Golden Trowel.

Top gardening blog in the world.

 

Jeanne Grunert was a guest on the American Horticultural Society’s online event, Plant Chat, in April 2017. The AHS mentioned Jeanne’s book several times.

 

 

 

 

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June Gardening Tips: Everything You Need to Do in Your Garden This Month

I’m sharing these June gardening tips for gardening zone 7B. However, you can easily adapt them to your gardening zone. June is one of those months that feels like there’s so much to do in the garden you don’t know where to start. Fortunately, nature gives you extra-long days and plenty of sunshine! Whether you…

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Growing Ginger in the Home Garden

Growing ginger is fun. I was surprised to learn that I could grow ginger in Zone 7B, central Virginia. I attended a lecture by Ann Codrington of Nisani Farms several years ago. She discussed growing both ginger and turmeric. Her farm is in Maryland, but I discovered that both plants can be grown in both…

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Companion Planting with Herbs: Your Secret Weapon for a Healthier, Happier Garden

Every summer, without fail, I plant basil at the end of the raised beds. These are the beds filled with Roma tomatoes, the ones we harvest by the bushel to make our salt-free organic tomato sauce. My tomatoes thrive. “Did you know that basil repels aphids?” an organic gardener friend mentioned to me casually one…

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Growing vs. Wild Foraging Medicinal Herbs: My Perspective

Growing vs. wild foraging medicinal herbs is a real concern among newbie herbalists. The other day, I shared pictures of my herb seedlings (mallow, parsley, and savory) on Facebook. A nervous nellie immediately wrote, “I would be so AFRAID to do that! How can you know they are safe?” Well, first of all, parsley and…

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