River Farm, AHS’s Headquarters, to be Sold
River Farm, headquarters of the American Horticultural Society First we all read the big news - that the American Horticultural Society, in order to survive financially, has decided [...]
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Browntail Moths and the Will to Garden
Browntail moth – note the tail! My post about Lyme Disease – especially my forgetting to freak out about it, thanks to worrying about Covid – prompted this [...]
My Front-Yard Make-Over, the Video
In lieu of organizing an in-person garden tour this year, I've gone virtual, making or helping make 8 video "tours" so far, with just one more to go. At first [...]
Now it’s Cultivar Shaming?
Admittedly, mentioning a trivial controversy in the gardening world today - with everything that's happening!! - seems ridiculous, but that's exactly what I thought when I saw this graphic posted [...]
Visiting DC Gardens and Memorials in Covid Times
Almost no traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue. I hadn't been downtown DC since last year, so with glorious September weather upon us, I was determined to go. But I'm [...]
Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes in MY Neighborhood?
Let me introduce a national park you've never heard of - the Greenbelt National Park, 1,200 acres of woods, trails and campsites just 10 miles outside of DC. It's even [...]
Lawn in the News: White House Troubles, a CBS Promo for Scotts
White House Lawn In our continuing effort to keep you informed about the White House grounds - not because those 17 acres are important in the grand scheme, but because [...]
Bird bath with running water ready when the birds are
UPDATE: This is not what I had in mind: In a recent post I used this photo of what I declared was my final design for the little nook out [...]
“Martha Knows Best” is Great, But Does She Really?
I had so completely tuned out HGTV as a source of gardening instruction or inspiration that I totally missed the July 31 premier of their Martha Stewart show "Martha Knows [...]
Virtual Garden Tours – My Summer Project
My local informal gardening group WAS going to put on a garden tour, so when that couldn't I began experimenting with virtual tours - online but with the option that local [...]
During the Pandemic, is Anyone Else Forgetting to Be Freaked Out about Lyme Disease?
Back in May of 2018 I ranted about the "New Look for Gardeners Freaked out about Lyme Disease" using this image of a hazmat suit for yucks to illustrate the [...]
Even Garden Writers who Hate Trump are Defending the Rose Garden Upgrade
The announcement from the office of Melania Trump that the Rose Garden is getting an upgrade next month came at the worst possible time. It also came from one of [...]