Reasons to Celebrate Yew Dell’s Holly
I have favorite gardens for reasons that include history, design, variety, enchantment, sense of place, purpose and sentiment. Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, in Crestwood, Kentucky, checks all the boxes, [...]
The love of a neighborhood and a yellowwood tree
A yellowwood narrowly avoided Louisville’s 1974 catastrophic tornado that devastated portions of nearby Olmsted-designed Cherokee Park and toppled trees in our part of town. The tree is big for a [...]
Yearning to learn more? I implore you to adore a sycamore.
My friend Paul Sandman called a few weeks ago wondering if I knew the “Three Sisters.” I’ve driven past the 300-year-old, long decaying American sycamores in Louisville’s Cherokee Park [...]