November is our last chance for many gardening activities, yet the weather is still going to be good enough much of the time for us to get outside and enjoy every minute. In this issue, we have a great collection of projects, events, places and plants, and we hope you'll find this wrap-up to Growing Season 2014 helpful. If you do, please be sure to pass it along to other gardeners you know. We have great plans for 2015, and you'll get them in from the start.

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Timing is everything when it comes to November gardening. Neil's new book has the complete list in his 48-page Chapter 2, month-by-month gardening activities. However, he's assembled the most critical among them right here.

Forget spring fever! Our native son gets autumn fever. Take a minute to enjoy Steven Chamblee's pictures and article about loving this season of the year.

If it's fall, there are bound to be Johnny jump ups in a flowerbed near you! This month Jenny Wegley tells us which new Viola hybrid is making a splash at the Dallas Arboretum.

It's time to move the tender tropicals from their summer outdoor homes back into the warm shelter of Neil's greenhouse for winter. It's an annual process, and it will be finished up within the next week or so. Neil explains the ritual in this visit to the garden spaces that surround the Sperrys' home.

This month Steve Houser of Arborilogical Services offers the second in his series of articles on tree planting. Read his invaluable tips for selecting a healthy, well-formed tree.

Save $20! Take the early registration discount before time runs out in November. We'll teach you how to create your own beautiful landscape. How to draw a plan for it -- to scale! What design principles will matter the most, and which plants will be the most satisfying. It's our 20th annual Home Landscape School, all day Saturday, Feb. 14, in Plano. Individual consultations, your choice of Feb. 28 or March 1, to finish your working drawings with the help of a pro. Click for details.

He was out by his bottle tree, bringing plants in for the winter. But Saturday, Nov. 1, at 1:30 p.m., he'll be speaking and doing a book signing at the Antique Rose Emporium's big fall rose festival in Independence (near Brenham). On Saturday, Nov. 15, he'll be the featured speaker at The Gift of Adoption/Texas event, 6-9 p.m. And, you'll find him in all his usual places on the radio, in papers and online as well.

You'll find the November/December 2014 issue of Neil Sperry's GARDENS magazine full of information, ranging from gifts for gardeners to plants that change color in winter! We share here a past article about sweet peas by Mary Wilhite of Blue Moon Gardens.

It's time for the Fall Festival of Roses at the Antique Rose Emporium! Owner and rose aficionado Mike Shoup says the welcome mat is ready for visitors and for Neil himself. Read here about what's happening in this best of Texas rose gardens just days from now!

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Beautiful fall weather is the best excuse yet to visit a Texas botanical garden near you! Here's a list of just a few of the exhibits and special events on the schedule for November.

Let us introduce Harper, Alex, Angel and Waffles! They are sweet animals in need of adoption into loving families and good homes. Please read about them here, and come meet them at the Dallas or McKinney SPCA.

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Thanks for that boost, and thanks for spending a little time with us today. We'll be back same time, same e-mail box next month.

Until then, happy gardening!

Neil Sperry