Experiencing other gardens, both private and public, and talking with other gardeners.
- Dreams come true: visiting the chateaux of the Loire
A what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation post: visited some Loire Valley chateaux - A conversation withTalis Bergmanis
Have you ever passed a private garden whose interesting street edge told you it was hiding something special? I knew about Talis Bergmanis’s garden long before I met him and was able to see it in person. The plantings along the street are so striking, almost other-worldly, with chartreuse ‘Tiger Eye’ sumac standing out against a… Read more: A conversation withTalis Bergmanis - Road Trips: Visiting Three Great Gardens Open to the Public
I haven’t written much this summer, but I’ve been thinking about gardening the whole time. Our travels took us north, to cooler weather, and gave us the opportunity to visit some wonderful gardens that are open to the public. The first of these was the Allen Centennial Garden, a smallish “teaching” garden on the campus… Read more: Road Trips: Visiting Three Great Gardens Open to the Public - Rewilding: turning lawns into meadows – a conversation with Mackenzie Adkins
Landscape designer Mackenzie Adkins talks about creating a micro-prairie in a suburban yard. - Flowering bulbs at Powell Gardens and why so many early spring flowers are yellow
If you want to take a break from garden cleanup to actually enjoy a garden, Powell Gardens reopens to the public this Thursday, April 1, 2021. What’s blooming in the gardens right now? A sea of daffodils and other early flowering bulbs.
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- Paper gardening: a look at We Made a Garden, a garden writing classic
- Assigning grades: native perennials for a front yard
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- Dreams come true: visiting the chateaux of the Loire
- A conversation withTalis Bergmanis
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