Expect some controversy on a blog named Gardenrant. Our posts on hot topics are sometimes unexpected, even politically incorrect!
Mike Hayman photo Since the tragic weekend in Charlottesville, I have wondered why so few people have paid so little attention to trees. Much attention has been given [...]
Not a good mix This was to be a post touting the glorious weekend I had exploring the DC area with fellow garden bloggers. But, while I was [...]
Will the wild orchids in my woods survive the changes of the next half century? There was a certain irony in the timing, given America’s withdrawal from the [...]
Life is messy. I think we can all agree. You’d like to keep all the separate activities—professional life, family, hobbies, friends, travel—in their little boxes, but it’s never easy. Things [...]
Everything will come up roses. Alternative facts, that is. If there is any group of people that has learned to accept unpleasant realities—often brought on by natural forces—that [...]
Photo courtesy of Andrew Cline and shutterstock.com I had no idea it was National Margarita Day. A Sanibel Island waitress mentioned it to us a few weeks ago. [...]
Continuing our seasonal leaf theme here on GardenRant, it's time for some anti-leaf-blower ranting! Actually we've done that, so how about some rants against anti-leaf-blowers, coz those ranters know how [...]
Somehow, the National Wildlife Federation's 2014 blog post "Leave the Leaves for Wildlife" has gone viral this year, and not just on the Internet. Its popular chore-relieving advice is being repeated [...]
This is Dave's urban habitat project (detail) Last week, I posted about a beautiful parking lot that is conserving trees and water. It’s the project of my friend [...]
Guest Rant by Claire Jones Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii, has been widely bashed from garden writers, ecologists, and conservationists. Attacked from all sides by master gardeners and other garden professionals, [...]
Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, co-founder of the game-changing Garden Professors Blog and award-winning author, happened upon a lawn-care article in Consumer Reports and didn't like what she saw - a mash-up of [...]
The banning of pesticides on ornamentals plants started in Canada but is gradually spreading to the south. Liberal Takoma Park, MD recently became the first place in the U.S. to implement [...]
