England’s Eden Project: not paradise, but it’s not supposed to be
On this side of Atlantic, we tend to avoid conservatories in August. There’s no need to seek out a conservatory to get even hotter and sweatier. February is a much [...]
Elizabeth Licata
How to survive having your garden on tour
Think this is Little Quickfire If I wasn’t part of a huge garden tour every year, I wouldn’t make too big a deal of plants that don’t perform [...]
At a Frank Lloyd Wright-built home, a historic landscape in Buffalo is recreated
Buffalo's Darwin Martin Complex, designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright, no longer needs any fixing up. Three buildings (Martin House, Barton House, Gardener’s Cottage) have been completely restored and [...]
In Colorado, seeing lots of right rock in right places
I’ll never consider attempting a rock garden again. Not after visiting the superb spaces of Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder, all part of a recent garden bloggers’ trip that some [...]
For the love of begonias
A few of the varieties Some gardening veterans—writers, industry, or otherwise—tend not to get too worked up about bedding annuals. They might use them in places where they’re [...]
Gardening know-how at a crossroads
Our weed album (just a screenshot, not the actual album, sorry) As our local gardening Facebook group advances into actual gardening weather, we are getting flooded with member [...]
Truth in plant labeling
Is one of my office plants "Dumb cane" or Dieffenbachia? I know what I prefer. Ah, the joy of being an older, ever-more-crotchety gardener. You can actually watch [...]
Tony Avent – another voice in the native debate
This nonnative isn't for everybody but I still keep it around. As clashes of extreme views continue to dominate the national political discourse, we have been noting how [...]
In winter, still feeding birds
When the snow gets this high, it's hard to maintain the 4-foot rule. Many people I know find all kinds of reasons not to feed birds in winter. [...]
Don’t worry; buy orchids
These are not from the grocery store. Chances are good that many reading this are experiencing what I like to call winter, complete with uncomfortably cold temps and maybe some [...]
Buffalo-Style Gardens, the Book!
Here’s a book that raises all kinds of interesting questions. Like: Can a city have its own style of gardening? Assuming that it can, how does such a style arise? [...]
Help a garden center get through the winter: buy a kokedama, or an orchid, or something.
The next issue of the magazine I edit features heritage businesses in Western New York—the ones that have lasted more than 100 years. Amazingly, two we’re covering are garden centers [...]