Our critiques of books, movies, anything we have an opinion about.
The documentary Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf opens with Oudolf pulling out colored pens and drawing, with his left hand, bright squiggles, slashes, curlicues and abbreviated Latin plant [...]
When next-door neighbors combine their front gardens - before and after. Good news! England's beloved gardening guru Monty Don is now streaming on Netflix with his make-over show [...]
Though not a big theater-goer, I HAD to see the comedy "Native Gardens" when it played in DC because it's about next-door neighbors representing different demographics and attitudes toward gardening. I'll admit [...]
Louisville's Olmsted Parks Conservancy photo. I drove to Cherokee Park’s Big Rock Pavilion, adjacent to Beargrass Creek, on Friday afternoon, anticipating a profusion of white bonesets, blue dayflowers [...]
Jerry Baker, the self-styled "America's Master Gardener" and highly successful huckster for home-remedy books and products died in March of this year at the age of 85. I was curious [...]
What do Jeremy Irons and Ozzy Osbourne have in common? We know they’re Brits, so the answer shouldn’t be that hard: both own and maintain beautiful countryside gardens in England. [...]
I'm thrilled to report that since 2010, when I complained about there being only two gardening podcasts on my little iPod, there are now many more and their quality is amazing! [...]
Buffalo! Time for a debrief after attending the Garden Writers annual shindig held in Buffalo this year - to the delight of anyone who's been there in the last decade [...]
These days I follow dozens of gardening channels on YouTube, especially those of Extension universities, where there are hundreds of good veg-growing videos are to be found. Except for the [...]
Connie Schmotzer is Principal Investigator for pollinator research. Just in time for National Pollinator Week, my Garden Writers region planned a fabulous outing for members - to see the [...]
I recently attended a "Green Yards and Gardens" talk in my town. The intern giving the talk was more knowledgeable than I expected, but the topics covered were no surprise: [...]
I’ve complained about the dearth of gardening podcasts and one of my favorites seems to have even gone dormant. But when I came across three podcasts about this year’s Garden [...]
