Our gardens, our guest ranters’ gardens, and other people’s home gardens.
It took a while for me to realize that almost all the gardens we were visiting in and around Madison, Wisconsin, had one feature in common. It finally sunk in [...]
A while back I ranted about the inclusion of my alma mater, Ohio's Oberlin College, in its list of Most Beautiful College Campuses. So let's pause and ask what makes [...]
I'd venture to say the vast majority of Americans want their home landscape to be "low-maintenance." Indeed, as low as possible! When I was garden -coaching, at least 95 percent [...]
Last week I visited my beach home-away-from home - the Rehoboth Guest House in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. I try to go every spring and fall for the best weather and [...]
Just 10 miles south of D.C. in Alexandria, Va. is Hollin Hills, a 450-home community famous for its Mid-Century Modern houses. From its website: Winner of many design awards, Hollin [...]
Attendees at the 2008 Garden Blogger Fling in 2008. I'm in the front row at the far left. Ranter Elizabeth Licata is third from right in the front row. [...]
Here I am with another call-to-action post. This time, it’s for the Garden Bloggers Fling, held this year in Madison, Wisconsin, June 23–26. (Check out the link; there's plenty of [...]
As I labored last month to organize my 118,000+ photos, my love for one particular Eastern garden was renewed - that of Andrew Bunting, currently the VP of public gardens [...]
I needed a respite from doom-scrolling the news, and browsing my photos of gardens in Portland, Oregon actually helped! I was in that fair city for the GardenBlogger Fling in 2014 [...]
Back in 2009 I was in Los Angeles for my nephew's wedding and got to spend a whole day with Shirley Bovshow, who invited me to see her garden, feed [...]
Recently, Ranter Allen Bush drew our attention to an NPR segment on the problem with palm trees in Florida. In Miami Beach, they make up almost 60% of the tree [...]
