The weather has been warm for mid-March, but wet. The garden is waking, though most of it is still pretending to sleep. Some plants are hitting the snooze button, nestling under the fertile earth like a blanket. But among all the dead leaves and stems and the dormant plants, there are those who arise happily …
Book Review: Junius and Albert’s Adventures in the Confederacy, by Peter Carlson Well, I’ve used up the material from all of our 2015 travels, and the garden is still frozen. This seems like a good time for a book review. And no, it’s not about gardening. This is a very good book with a very …
Jens Jensen, Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens, by Robert Grese Jens Jensen (1860-1951) was one of the dominant figures of the Prairie School of landscape architecture, which emphasized the beauty of native plants and natural landscapes found in the American Midwest. Grese’s biography, published in 1992, gives a fascinating account of Jensen’s career, his …
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The interview below was posted in June, 2013. I was surprised and honored to see it referenced in Mr. Lacy’s New York Times obituary, but I think it may have been one of the last interviews given by the author. I became acquainted with Mr. Lacy online after he wrote mea…
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I’m very glad I recently took an evening class in botany. For one thing, I now know what a drupe is. A large berry. You know when you are reading about some plant, say a serviceberry (Amelanchier), and the text says that the fruit is a small drupe? I no longer…
I feel that right about now we all need something calming and beautiful to look at. And back in early June there was a lot of beauty at the Oshawa Peony Garden outside Toronto.
On Friday and Saturday Chicago got the biggest November snow storm in 120 years. Which is strange, because for about three weeks November had been doodling along acting like a nice October. Then suddenly there’s a wild mood swing and it feels like we’re in January.
While visiting our friends in Maryland we also made an excursion to Annapolis, a small city of 40,000 on the Chesapeake Bay. Annapolis is the state capital and quite old by American standards, having been founded in 1649.
This is my annual post about planting tulips in containers, but with a twist. If you’re tired of reading about growing tulips in containers, I won’t hold it against you. If not, read on. Over the last few years I have become a container tulip enthusiast. I love hybrid tulips with bright luscious flowers, but …
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