LATEST RANTS
Dynamic Horticultural Group Exposed! Secrets to Success Revealed!
I think you can have a really great club or society that requires at least some rules of order, but if you’re going to pry young and/or young at heart people out of their busy lives to spend time at a meeting, you had better also give them a bona fide “night out.”
More gardening-adjacent occupations
Neither of these are really hobbies, in my view. One is something almost everyone does on a regular basis and the other is used routinely by professional growers and others to make plants happen out of season. But both really [...]
Congrats to Ranters on Being Short-listed by Garden Media Guild
We were thrilled recently to find out that not one, but two of our Ranters -Dan Hinkley and Marianne Willburn - were short-listed by the Garden Media Guild Awards in the U.K for their recent books. Marianne’s book Tropical Plants [...]
Hellebores – to leave or unleaf?
We probably all love hellebores, but some people seem to like them leafy and some people like them naked. And sometimes the plants themselves seem to come kind of in-between. Aren't they glorious? So why de-leaf? The biggest [...]
“One of my favorites: A blend of gossip, news, crusade and, yes, raw rant, it blows the cobwebs out of gardening’s mustier corners.”
– Washington Post gardening editor Adrian Higgins
I know: just kick everybody off Facebook but the gardeners
Gardeners may occupy one of the more benign sectors of social media. I was thinking of this after seeing headlines citing “indisputable harm,” “rage and misinformation,” and “choosing growth over safety” in today’s Washington Post. It’s all [...]
Fake Plants Saved My Tablescape, and My Bathroom
Fake plants have come a long way over the last few years. There’s a chance that these words issue from the disturbingly hazy standards of my middle age; but though I must fumble for the 1.75s, I [...]
Don’t go bananas with your houseplants
Grow a banana plant instead. Indoor gardening is all about sharing: the sharing of plants and the sharing of information about them. Much of the information sharing takes place online—where gardeners can access a wealth [...]
GardenRant Voices
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GUEST RANTS
GardenRant welcomes “guest ranters” who want to take over our little piece of cyberspace for the day. Whether you’re in the plant industry or just an ordinary gardener with an axe to grind, you’re invited. Find out more here.
