Sometimes we Ranters have other things to say – maybe about life – because we don’t JUST garden, ya know.
If you have space and resources in a garden it’s ideal to have a greenhouse. And to add a nursery to that. Having got two acres to fill with plants [...]
How many of us can point to a moment in childhood when we began to become who we are today? In the mid-60s after the breakup of my parents’ marriage [...]
"Flower Still-Life" by Rachel Ruysch Ever hear of the Dutch Golden Age painter Rachel Ruysch? (1664–1750) I sure hadn't, until my U. Maryland art history professor showed us why she's [...]
For several years I have admired one tree whenever I drive down Logan Street in Louisville’s East Smoketown neighborhood. The lonely sycamore is growing on the rooftop of a [...]
I've just been out planting a trough in front of my house. In it I have plants from Asia and North America, plus some British-raised snowdrops. Hopefully things will settle [...]
Well, I’m not going to start this with gardening. This bit is too good. As I’ve said before, Marion Cran (now titled ‘Mrs Cran, the author of The Garden of [...]
OK, more Marion Cran for you. I decided we'd look at The Garden of Ignorance this time, since we can all identify with that and it takes us back to [...]
Ok, yes, we do have live ones. Here's a grass snake swimming in the pool at Veddw But this one though isn’t an adder or a grass snake [...]
I’ve been feeling the pull of the past quite profoundly these last few days, since our recent 44th year anniversary. And that date suddenly took me back further. Well, to [...]
Yep. We’ve actually made this garden and then remade it three times. Fortunately now the structure seems likely to remain. Can’t be sure of the planting. Those bricks are wonderful [...]
I have been taking walks in Louisville’s Cherokee Park. We have the luxury of 18 Olmsted designed parks and six parkways in Louisville. Cherokee is right across the street [...]
Earlier this month, during a surprisingly warm week, Susan Harris, Scott Beuerlein and I represented GardenRant and joined 10,900 horticultural professionals in Baltimore for this year’s Mid Atlantic Nursery and [...]
