Saxon Holt on what makes a “good” garden photo
Today's Guest Rant by famed garden photographer Saxon Holt gives a tantalizing hint of what's offered in his new e-book Good Garden Photography... and we're giving away TWO COPIES of [...]
Today's Guest Rant by famed garden photographer Saxon Holt gives a tantalizing hint of what's offered in his new e-book Good Garden Photography... and we're giving away TWO COPIES of [...]
Guest Rant by Claire Jones Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii, has been widely bashed from garden writers, ecologists, and conservationists. Attacked from all sides by master gardeners and other garden professionals, [...]
Guest Post by David McMullin The first thing I did after I bought the farm was quit mowing the grass. The property is ten acres with a nice rolling aspect, [...]
Guest Rant by Lori Hawkins Just as Dante identified the seven deadly sins in his Inferno, so we will explore the cardinal sins of the landscaping world. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, [...]
Guest post by Kimberly Bryant Gardening has myriad benefits, including re-connecting with nature. Photo by Kimberly Bryant. What difference can a garden make? To newly arrived refugees in [...]
Guest Post by Don Boekelheide in Charlotte, North Carolina During a fierce summer thunderstorm last Friday night, I found out that Organic Gardening will no longer be with us next [...]
By Amanda Morris, Ph.D Twisted, dessicated, browned vines droop across their cages, all life and vitality wrecked by powdery mildew, too much water, not enough air, and failed planning. These [...]
Guest Rant by Amy Campion If we gardeners agree on anything, it’s that compost is wonderful stuff. We can never have enough of it. We make it ourselves in heaps [...]
Guest Rant by Amy Campion Like thistles invading a garden, hackneyed phrases have seeded themselves into garden writing and need to be rooted out. They choke out good prose and [...]
Permanent beds and paths in the author's garden. Guest Rant by Megan Cain I get why you till. There’s something in all of us gardeners that leaps with [...]
by Dr. Amanda Morris Splintered fence. Shattered shrubs. Shredded trunks. And pine needles. Everywhere, pine needles. Destruction with the scent of Christmas. As I made my way into the barely [...]
Below, author Ruth Kassinger summarizes a chapter from her new book, A Garden of Marvels, published this week. Lately, with heavy snow here in suburban Maryland, I've had to keep [...]