Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus, Author at GardenRant

Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus

Former Louisville Courier-Journal columnist Bob Hill wrote more than 4,000 columns and feature stories, about ten books and several angry letters to bill collectors in his 33 years at the paper. He and his wife, Janet, own Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture Garden in Utica, IN., a home-made, eight-acre arboretum, art mecca and source of enormous fun, whimsy, rare plants and peace for all who show up. Bob’s academic honors include being the tallest kid in his class 12 years in a row.

Articles by Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus

17 New Plants, One Aging Gardener

17 New Plants, One Aging Gardener

By Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus|2021-01-21T11:26:59-05:00July 31, 2017|

'Midnight Magic' So having just returned from a favorite nursery with 17 new plants I didn’t really need – but couldn’t live without – my mind leans toward [...]

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Perfect Prairie Meadow? More like Field of Broken Dreams

Perfect Prairie Meadow? More like Field of Broken Dreams

By Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus|2021-01-21T11:14:39-05:00June 28, 2017|

Queen of the Prairie My lust for the perfect prairie meadow show – aided and abated, of course, with the need for a new septic system – began [...]

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A Whole Different Spin on Planting in Pots

A Whole Different Spin on Planting in Pots

By Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus|2021-01-21T08:52:53-05:00May 29, 2017|

There have been very few opportunities for even the most avid of gardeners to plant bright red geraniums in an old, gray washing machine tub, so pay attention to this [...]

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Carolina Allspice – Olfactory Overload

Carolina Allspice – Olfactory Overload

By Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus|2021-01-21T08:46:49-05:00April 23, 2017|

'Michael Lindsey' I’ve been spending more time of late wandering our eight-acre landscape both because after 42 years here I keep finding old plants I too often overlook, [...]

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Me and my Weeping Plants

Me and my Weeping Plants

By Bob Hill, Ranter Emeritus|2021-01-21T14:15:06-05:00March 22, 2017|

Guest Post by Bob Hill I have never fully understood my attraction to weeping plants and I really don’t want to pay some nerdy-looking guy with a psychology degree about [...]

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