“Public Gardens” includes public spaces, corporate spaces – anything but home gardens.
River Farm, headquarters of the American Horticultural Society First we all read the big news - that the American Horticultural Society, in order to survive financially, has decided [...]
Almost no traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue. I hadn't been downtown DC since last year, so with glorious September weather upon us, I was determined to go. But I'm [...]
Let me introduce a national park you've never heard of - the Greenbelt National Park, 1,200 acres of woods, trails and campsites just 10 miles outside of DC. It's even [...]
Big Rock Tai Chi Club, May 2020 I have spent nearly 20 years at the Big Rock corner of Louisville’s Cherokee Park. I meet here regularly with [...]
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. [...]
