Expect some controversy on a blog named Gardenrant. Our posts on hot topics are sometimes unexpected, even politically incorrect!
My father taught me that it is terribly important to do things properly. And his carpentry and work around our house exemplified this philosophy. This is my father, popping [...]
This week, Anne shared a post with me from Scribehound – a spanking new, paid-subscriber, UK gardening and countryside platform hailed with much fanfare, mutual-congratulations, (and not a little backlash) [...]
There, fixed it! Here's another one. Or it could be fixed with just two words: "Where possible....." If only there were room for 2-3 more words in this ubiquitous meme, [...]
In GardenRant's 18-year history we've tackled more than a few controversial topics, including Marianne's recent post about advocates of pure nativism, to which Ranter emeritus Thomas Christopher then responded. Lively [...]
We had two long hot and dry spells in the DC area this summer, and their impact can be seen all over town. Lots of dead conifers, especially Yews and [...]
Although native plants lend themselves to informal displays such as this combination of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) and Carolina lupines (Thermopsis villosa), the effect can be quite elegant. [...]
I returned to my garden this week worn out. After a long drive north to a speaking engagement, but an even longer flight and overnight experience south to a conference [...]
It is summer and I am standing in a large field/garden of native plants. It is one of thousands just like it, and I have seen so many in the [...]
I've not been too well this week. For the first time in years I've been tucked up in bed for several days with hot tea as my body fights whatever [...]
When I signed up for the course "Lawns in the Landscape: Environment Hero or Villain?" at the University of Maryland I had suspicions, even after reading this description: "Examination of [...]
Lone Tree, Thomas Pereira 2020 Do those of us who have rejected traditional lawn-focused front gardens in favor of edible or perennial alternatives need to check our privilege? [...]
In scrolling through the course offerings at the University of Maryland, where I've been taking classes for several years, I came upon this one: "Lawns in the Landscape: Environmental Hero [...]
