Sometimes we Ranters have other things to say – maybe about life – because we don’t JUST garden, ya know.
I recently had a most peculiar experience. To do with conversations about gardens, Chatgpt and the famous garden at Rousham. This post is a result and is not really about Rousham, [...]
The first holes I dug were a bold six-year-old boy’s solo attempt to reach China. I felt certain that I could find kids on the other side of the [...]
I don't want to rant this week or talk about some big issue. I think the world is rather too full of big issues at the moment, and that in [...]
Here in Greenbelt, Maryland, my home of 14 years, the celebration of Labor Day is the highlight of the year. (Fitting for a town built during FDR's administration to house [...]
Wendell Berry died at home in Port Royal, Kentucky, on August 31st. The poet, novelist, essayist, and Mad Farmer lived along the Kentucky River. He was 92. Wendell [...]
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 [...]
It’s not always delightful, being in the garden at the moment here in Wales. We have severe drought. You may find plants in sudden collapse, certainly not happy, and the [...]
Sometimes by the time midsummer arrives in my garden I can take a breath. Other times that breath is more of an exasperated sigh. It's a rhythm that's as regular [...]
I don't remember exactly when I first found GardenRant as a reader, but I remember the post was one of Susan's, and the comments stood out. Her controversial thoughts had [...]
Intro to r/BoomersBeingFoolish subreddit. Boomer-Bashing is IN! As a Baby Boomer, I don't go looking for examples of the Boomer-bashing that seems ubiquitous these days, sadly. I see [...]
On the night of the 8th of January 2026 my fellow gardeners down in Cornwall went home after a long day's work. There was a rare official red warning for [...]
Coralie Thomas sprang up from Great Dixter’s famous long border like an Olympic gymnast who had stuck the landing. The assistant head gardener had crossed the finish line of a [...]
