Buying Plants Locally During the Shutdown
Curb-side pick-up. Oh, the ethical turmoil I've been in! Should I stay home and shop for food only, or support other local businesses, too? Plus, it's spring and [...]
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Eco-Friendly, Low-Maintenance Gardening with Roy Diblik
During the lunch break Roy answered questions from gardeners, like Carole Galati here. Photo by Kathy Jentz. Way back (it seems) in February, I attended a popular winter [...]
These “Inspiring” Gardens are Hilarious
Um, no it's not! For some tension-releasing laughs (I'm getting tired of funny animal videos myself), I'm sharing some truly ridiculous gardens I found on a bogus gardening [...]
Replacing the Hated Arborvitaes with Crossvine
Arborvitaes failing to screen my view of the parking lot. When I wrote last September that "I hate my arborvitaes" because several of them DIED during a drought [...]
Informal “Gardening Boosters” – Less Hassle than Starting a Garden Club
Gardens in Old Greenbelt The obvious answer is that NOT starting a garden club is less hassle than starting one, but my local gardening friends and I want [...]
On the Persistence of Sheared Shrubs
Azaleas as Mother Nature intended. I've held off ranting about the examples of sheared shrubs that I see in my town, but no more. In my defense, I'm [...]
Great Courses with Linda and Melinda
I was researching a blog post about my local library, digging deep into its online resources, and came upon something I associate with a high price tag - Great Courses. [...]
Trade Shows Turns 50. Garden Writers Party.
Lord Baltimore lobby before the arrival of 30+ boozy garden writers. GardenRant has covered the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show several times, and I hope readers are ready for [...]
Tending my 5 Adopted Gardens
Behold my pick-up truck 2013 Honda CRV! Just don't ask me to give more than one person a ride anywhere on short notice, coz it would take a while to [...]
Fall Foliage in my Townhouse Garden
This was the view of my back garden, where some recent shrub- and tree-buying was really paying off, small space be damned. My one perennial that still looks good is [...]
Visiting Daybreak, UT, a Planned Community
This is my third and last post about Salt Lake City, which I visited for the garden communicators annual conference in September. I live in a town that's famous in [...]
Patrick Dougherty’s Stick House at the US Botanic Garden is OPEN for Fun
If you come to DC any time over the next two years, I recommend visiting this magical stickwork piece called "Oh Say Can You See" by Patrick Dougherty, that just [...]