Expect some controversy on a blog named Gardenrant. Our posts on hot topics are sometimes unexpected, even politically incorrect!
When winter begins to end with the snowdrops, I start looking forward. And then winter drags on a bit as far as flowers are concerned, so I go on, looking [...]
Some time ago Charles wrote this piece for thinkingardens. I think it's worth revisiting. Charles: I can’t imagine how people who write about gardens keep going , when it is [...]
Lucy Allen comes to GardenRant this week from Substack, and from a sweltering and very dry United Kingdom. --MW I know. We are all far too hot. But I am [...]
GardenRant welcomes back garden ecologist Nathan Lambstrom, in Part III of a three-part series discussing invasive species rhetoric, and the negative effects powerful war metaphors have had on the perception and management [...]
The title of this post tells you it won't be a happy one. It might even make you angry. I wrote it just for blog readers - gardeners! Not to [...]
I love a good strong opinion. Something robust, well considered, and even backed up with a few facts and figures just to round it off. For example it is my [...]
GardenRant welcomes back garden ecologist Nathan Lambstrom, in Part II of a three-part series discussing invasive species rhetoric, and the negative effects powerful war metaphors have had on the perception and management [...]
I've recently noticed a gentle increase in the number of well-known and fairly well-known garden designers championing the work of professional gardeners. Podcasts, articles and social media; there's sense that [...]
Today GardenRant welcomes back garden ecologist Nathan Lambstrom, in Part I of a three-part series discussing invasive species rhetoric, and the negative effects powerful war metaphors have had on the [...]
Most of the fast-spreading plants in my garden arrived as local weeds. Here they are (plus a couple that I planted deliberately) and how I'm dealing with them. Creeping Jenny [...]
It happened in the run-up to Valentine’s Day and now I’m seeing it as Mother’s Day approaches. “Skip the flowers!” cry various online ads for a wide range of businesses. [...]
Did you know that forsythias kill bees? No? I didn't know either. It could be because this fact is actually completely false. It's another one of those 'internet facts' that's [...]
