“Public Gardens” includes public spaces, corporate spaces – anything but home gardens.
Do you visit art galleries and museums? Do you enjoy theatre and concerts? Hauser and Wirth - art gallery and Oudolf Gardens As a garden writer and garden [...]
My fall 2010 photo of the White House, with garden tour-goers. The White House grounds and gardens were open to the public recently, as they are one weekend [...]
Yes, getting to New York City was stressful, but after a good night's sleep, my express train to Brooklyn Bridge was easy and actually exciting! See, I even took a [...]
Since its opening in 2021, Little Island has been wildly successful as a park for experiencing both nature and the performing arts - the most imaginative outdoor space I've ever [...]
Once you take gardening from a casual activity to a more serious pursuit, as a hobby or even a career, you become acutely aware of the role personal taste plays. [...]
I gather that people like lists. And it's true we have a perpetual 'garden list' at home. So I thought you might appreciate a list of the things we enjoyed [...]
I began my garden life reading Vita Sackville West and Christopher Lloyd. I named my first book in tribute to one of Lloyd's: The Well Tempered Garden. And early in [...]
When it's THIS HOT outside, I'm on a hunt for places with AC to spend the day. In that vein I went with a friend to the Baltimore Museum of [...]
I'd planned a leisurely morning. A bit of gentle pottering around in my own garden, then out later to deal with something at a garden I look after. My phone [...]
For those of us who love to garden and love to travel, a garden tour can satisfy both passions and provide inspiration and a welcome relief from the hard work [...]
The thing which lifts my spirits in the cold wet spring is first, a ray of sunshine, and second colour! And yes, that does include green. Spring green: But most [...]
Packera aurea (a/k/a golden groundsel or golden ragwort) in my garden; azaleas at the National Arboretum Ever been excited about a new plant until you saw what was [...]
