“Public Gardens” includes public spaces, corporate spaces – anything but home gardens.
Colonial Lake Just Before Dawn on a Summer Day. Kellen Goodell photo. Plantsman and author, Jenks Farmer, in his first Guest Rant, tells a story of a [...]
Guest Rant by Debra Moffitt In this burdened, budding springtime, we are all looking for something to do. I suggest falling in love -- rollicking, floating on a marshmallow cloud, [...]
It's legendary. It's the largest in the world. And this year the Chelsea Flower Show is virtual, so possibly accessible to all of us! I say possibly because I'm still [...]
I visited the beautiful 15-acre Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, last month. This living museum was tricked out like an Easter egg hunt. There were eggs, for [...]
Behold my pick-up truck 2013 Honda CRV! Just don't ask me to give more than one person a ride anywhere on short notice, coz it would take a while to [...]
Be realistic, demand the impossible. Che Guevara I am waging war against frustration, and impatience is an obstacle. My struggle may take two or three years before there is a [...]
If you come to DC any time over the next two years, I recommend visiting this magical stickwork piece called "Oh Say Can You See" by Patrick Dougherty, that just [...]
Summer of 2019. Last year I wrote about the weedy mess of a perennial bed in front of my town's most important historic building. In 1985. [...]
Eudora with Chestina Welty. Photo by Rollie McKenna, courtesy of Eudora Welty, LLC." Photo of a young Eudora by Tom Beck courtesy of Mississippi Department of Archives [...]
My mind was made up 43 years ago after a week filled with cheap vino tinto, emotional Fado music and lots of walking up and down steep hills in Lisbon. [...]
I feel lucky every time I ride the subway down to the National Mall, where the many museums and gardens are free - and fabulous. I did that recently and [...]
On this side of Atlantic, we tend to avoid conservatories in August. There’s no need to seek out a conservatory to get even hotter and sweatier. February is a much [...]
