Lessons From A Rural Hedgerow
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” Wise words from Frances Hodgson Burnett in her much loved novel The Secret Garden. [...]
Who Says Native Plants have Longer Roots?
"Secret Life of Roots" exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden Still Ranting about Generalizations Over my 14+ years of garden-ranting here, my number one target has been sweeping [...]
Native Plant Trust having Problems Sourcing Native Plants
For my podcast and radio program this week (they’ll post on Wednesday), I interviewed Uli Lorimer, the Director of Horticulture at the Native Plant Trust. Uli first attracted attention as [...]
At Mount Cuba Center: Native Plants in Containers
I visited a fascinating native plants garden this past week, the Mount Cuba Center in Hockessin, Delaware. A botanical garden devoted to the native plants of Delaware’s Piedmont plateau, Mt. [...]
Video: Best-Performing Native Plants in my Garden
https://youtu.be/aqYsg2gE7qg These days we're all paying more attention to beneficial wildlife in our gardens, and to that end, looking for good native plants to grow. But which ones? Those [...]
Natives – A Moving Target?
Will the wild orchids in my woods survive the changes of the next half century? There was a certain irony in the timing, given America’s withdrawal from the [...]
Finding Native-Plant Beauty at the NY Botanic Garden in the Bronx
While I was visiting New York City earlier this month I didn’t JUST visit the High Line. Also on my agenda was the Native Plant Garden at the New York [...]