This week I cycled around downtown Washington and stopped to see my favorite garden there - the Smithsonian's Ripley Garden, created and maintained by Janet Draper. (Janet's profiled and mentioned [...]
The Goal is Super-Low-Maintenance Here's a 21 by 11-foot island bed around the entrance sign to my co-op community. It's very prominent and as of yesterday morning, half-full of weeds.And [...]
I've grown several spirea shrubs over the years but it wasn't until I found the 'Ogon' variety that I became thoroughly smitten, recommending it to the dozens of people who've [...]
Thanks to the official White House Facebook page, we're seeing glimpses of spring flowers on the grounds, with these magnolia shots posted March 21 and today. Nice! Please post more! [...]
Yes, it's spring but I'm still waiting for the big emotional lift I get from BLOOMS, the great masses of them that thrill me every spring and I know will [...]
Because it's early spring and ads telling us to "green up" our lawns are starting to proliferate, it's time for some expert lawn-care advice from people who give a damn [...]
This is as close as I could get to the U.S. Botanic Garden today, with all of it now fenced in and heavily guarded. You can barely see the white [...]
If you were a GardenRant reader in the early days, you'll remember Michele Owens, one of our founders, and her wise, witty and sometimes politically incorrect articles here. Here are [...]
In what her office called "The first lady’s surprise Valentine messages to the country, Valentine's Day candies with messages of love and healing were installed overnight, surprising the President. They [...]
To help celebrate GardenRant's 15th anniversary this year, I've pulled together the story of how it started, how it continued through changes in life circumstances and technical crises, and how [...]
Continuing our reporting on garden-related news about the First Family, something new has turned up about gardens the Bidens may have created or cared. Bidens Added Family Heritage Garden at [...]
Tony Avent's beloved garden and his Plant Delights Nursery in North Carolina have many mentions here on GardenRant, all favorable. We've reported on visits in person, and we were thrilled [...]
