“Public Gardens” includes public spaces, corporate spaces – anything but home gardens.
My photo taken in 2015. NOT these cherry trees My social-media feeds this week are full of outrage over the destruction of 60-some cherry blossom trees in D.C., [...]
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's famous Meadow when I visited in July, past its spring flowering. In this third and last post from my recent trip to California, [...]
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 [...]
Screen shot of Madame Walska from Lotusland's introduction video. My bucket list of gardens to see was down to just one - the world-famous, one-of-a-kind Lotusland. This month [...]
My photo of the Reflecting Pool at 8:30 a.m. on June 24, 2026. Nobody comes to GardenRant for political news or opinion, so this is my best attempt [...]
The Obama Presidential Center opened Friday, fittingly on Juneteenth, and even from afar, the opening ceremonies were a welcome palate cleanser. And for a gardenblog, there's plenty of plant-related news [...]
An apology: I went on a proper holiday (a week!) for the first time in many years, and it's left me short of time to write a post for you. [...]
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 [...]
I attend every one of the U.S. Botanic Garden's media previews of new exhibits, like their latest - America's State Flowers. Here you see Senior Communications Specialist Devin Dotson talking [...]
My fellow Ranter Susan Harris said it best: “Buffalo had lots of doubters, but boy did that city shut them up!” She’s referring to the Garden Comm conference that was [...]
Adirondack and Adirondack-inspired chairs at Chanticleer Garden. Ode to the Adirondack Chair Today's collection of photos that I've tagged for various garden elements all showcase chairs, with lots [...]
I've been showing you dozens of photos tagged for different features (like benches or garden art) from 25 years of visiting and photographing gardens. This next batch of images from [...]
