We’re definitely on a roll. Here’s the article in today’s CSM, and because it links to my coaching site and touts the Worldwide Directory of Garden Coaches there, I expect still more new coaches to sprout up between now and spring. Goody!
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Thoughts about our garden. “We desire,” the Emporer dictated, “that in the garden there should be all kinds of plants.” Charlemagne the Gre. […]
Body: posted by Holly Scoggins Of course we want to buy locally-grown plants! There are a gazillion sound reasons to do so. In a paper that may be f. […]
While reading the latest issue of Better Homes and Gardens, I stumbled upon a new (to me) trend in outdoor living: Outdoor Televisions! Phew! It’s. […]
For thirteen years, Upstate Gardener’s Journal has been the regional publication for gardeners from Ithaca to Buffalo. It has seasonal advice, plant-focused articles, and a great yearly directory of everything garden-related in the area. For example, in Nov/Dec, there was a piece about Sycamore Gardens, which looks highly visitable—actually,...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsGarden mentors and coaches of all types will be declaring Dean Fosdick their New Best Friend after reading his wonderful story about us for the Associated Press. With the AP I’m told you just never know where these stories might end up, so we’ll just sit back and see...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsMartha Stewart’s gardening staff (and who knows – maybe Martha herself) revealed their favorite websites on the radio the other day, and then posted them here. The list includes some respected reference sites, and then there’s a "lively blog" called GardenRant. So thanks to the folks in Marthaland, and...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsThanks to Marty Wingate for this article about garden blogs, which mentions not only GardenRant but also Amy, her blog, and Flower Confidential. Nice! A hearty welcome to new readers in the Seattle area! We’ll try to hide our envy of your mild gardening climate, especially now, with three...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsLooks like nothing gets past the folks at Landscape Architecture Magazine. Their December issue includes the story "Turf Wars: Landscape vs. Law" with the subheadline "Suburban spitfires battle ticky-tacky totalitarianism". I love it! Writer Linda McIntyre reports first on Project Laundry List and a clothesline battle in Oregon, then...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsUPDATE: A shout-out to BoingBoing for picking up Jim Nadi’s post, above. And…. Thanks to Fran Sorin for her GardenSmart piece on garden blogs in USA Weekend. If this is your first time here, I’ll share links to some of my all-time favorite posts. Most of us check GardenRant...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsHere is the article by Doug Green from American Gardener. These jpegs ought to be readable when you enlarge them; best I could do, as we can’t seem to get the pdf up. If you print the enlarged image, it should also be readable. Or use this link to...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsThanks to–er–the United Nations for this mention of GardenRant in their press release about Blog Action Day. We didn’t manage to do much more than post a couple of links, but since Blog Action Day is all about the environment, you could say that every day is Blog Action...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsColleen Vanderlinden of In The Garden On Line conducts a mean email interview, I gotta tell you. And I’m keeping an eye on her to see what cool stuff she comes up with next. (Seed exchange!)
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsSUCH an exciting weekend was had in Buffalo that it included – surprise to me! – the airing of the coaching story on "CBS Sunday Morning." Here’s my report and here’s the link to the video… http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3108384n. My own Garden Walk/GardenRant Meet-up briefing will follow. For now I’ll just...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsJust in from Gardening Tips ‘n Ideas: "14 Gardenbloggers to Watch." Scroll to the end for – drumroll please – the numero uno blogger to watch – GardenRant’s Susan.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsNew York Times reporter Joanne Kaufman somehow unearthed every garden coach and mentor extant on the Web and written this glowing report about the services we provide. Whatever gave her the notion to write about us, we’re clueless and grateful. Photo by Jamie Rose for the New York Times.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsOur friend Colleen has announced the winners and we’re thrilled! Awards to GardenRant for Best Writing, Most Innovation, and Blog of the Year are pretty damn exciting, speaking for this Ranter. Congratulations to the excellent Pam Penick at Digging, who makes us all want to be Austinites. She won...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsGardenRant made the House & Garden "Sites We Love" list, along with a few of our personal favorites, like TreeHugger, ecofabulous, and inhabitat. And poppytalk is an art and design blog that just might eat up the rest of our day. Approach with caution.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsGarden Ranter Amy Stewart has a lovely, funny op-ed piece in today’s New York Times titled "How The Worm Turns." Amy talks about how earthworms previously thought to be extinct keep reappearing and suggests that they may merely be taking a break from the limelight. Don’t miss it!
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsWe’re pleased to report on another lively article by the always witty Michele Owens, this time in the May issue of Organic Gardening. I’ve always wondered how anyone manages to deal with two homes and two gardens. In her essay, "A Tale of Two Gardens," she tells it like...
Read more in: Unusually Clever People, Who's Ranting About UsOur blogosphere-changing friend Colleen has compiled the votes and the GardenRanters are mighty pleased to see that our team effort has been nominated in the following categories: Best Writing in a Blog Most Innovation in a Blog Best North American Blog Blog of the Year Wow and double-wow and...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsIs global warming wreaking havoc on gardeners’ planting schemes? Will climate zones have to be redrawn? Should gardeners tear up their old gardening books because their advice is no longer useful? Simon Busch weighs in on the pages of the Financial Times–and quotes our very own charming and witty...
Read more in: Ministry of Controversy, Who's Ranting About UsWe don’t know how he got the word, but our hats are off to Stuart Robinson for his most excellent sleuthing. More coming soon on this breaking news!
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