Our gardens, our guest ranters’ gardens, and other people’s home gardens.
Garden light
Autumn may be the most wonderful time to enjoy the effects of light in the garden. The sun is lower and softer, and the result can be amazing. We have [...]
Weepers Are the Pedal Steel Guitar of the Garden
Any weeping katsura is not only proof that God exists but one will also answer any other hard questions you might have. ‘Amazing Grace’ weeping katsura, however, does all that and also makes you rich.
My New Video of Lakeside Garden in Spring
I recently wrote about the Horticultural Society of Maryland visiting my garden and two others near me, and included the link to a video of one of them. Well, I'm [...]
More Beach-Town Garden Hits and Misses
We've come to Episode 3 of "Judging the Gardens of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware," apparently a regular feature since it started in 2013 and continued with more hits and misses in 2017. [...]
Maryland Hort Society Comes to Visit. Now Check out their Virtual Talks.
Mary Jo, Diana and Nancy in my front garden In June of 2019 I reported on the Horticultural Society of Maryland's latest garden tours in Baltimore, including one [...]
Gardens, Homes and Monuments of Richmond’s Monument Avenue
Nowhere in the country has the existence of statues honoring the Confederacy been more hotly debated than in the former capital itself - Richmond, Virginia, with its iconic statues along [...]
On Video – My Spring 2021 Townhouse Garden
Last fall I made this before-and-after video of my "Front Garden Make-Over with Vines and Paint." I submitted it to my town's local access TV station and won second prize [...]
Be Gentle with the Land
Garden Making: - For some people in the UK making a new garden means getting a designer in, or at least thinking radically about what to keep and what to [...]
Losing a Garden
Some close friends of ours have sold their house. Well, yes, of course, they are entitled to, it’s theirs. But we are finding it very sad. How many gardeners [...]
Back to the garden
Set for a small daytime NYE gathering Is there anyone else whose tolerance for frigid temps has risen significantly this winter? In the cold climate zones of the [...]
Garden resolutions: The triumph of hope over experience.
The symbolic promise of a new year is not enough for me this time around. Normally happy to raise my glass and cheerfully throw out The Old as the clock [...]
The Pleasures and Perils of Young, Broke Gardens
To walk through a young garden in winter is a courageous act when the garden is your own, and the budget, diminutive. We forget how much frosting the active growing [...]