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A Guest Rant by Heather Tuckman Plantrum /ˈplan-trəm/: The act of impulsively destroying plants out of unrestrained frustration. As a gardener, I have a problem; I am prone to temper [...]
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane. Of the many types of gardeners a [...]
Remember the talking dog named Dug from the movie Up—the one that flips out when he sees a SQUIRREL? That’s me when I see plants. Plant obsession disorder, particularly a severe [...]
It's bulb planting time, and during the recent Garden Fling in Philadelphia, I had a conversation with Victoria Summerly, British author and journalist, about the ubiquitous Tête-à-tête daffodil and [...]
I love chatting with gardeners, but oh my, gardening has become so complicated – and convoluted. Do you know there are at least nine books on “Gardening for Dummies” – [...]
Gaura spicing up some containers while the dead branches from pruning a Contorted Hazel give this arrangement form, dynamism, and appeal. Guest Rant by Jenna O'Brien I found [...]
Here's a story of a threatened community garden, by Guest Ranter Kathleen Kiley: A notice of an “inside threat” was sent out to the members of the Westport Community Gardens [...]
At Great Dixter in the golden light of a brilliant morning, three little boys traveled along the meadow path. A sweet summer mix of native grasses, yellow rattle, hawks bit [...]
Perhaps you recall as a kid singing the old “Pop Goes the Weasel” ditty. It opens with “All around the mulberry bush...”. Now I have to note that I've yet [...]
Guest post by Susan Dieterlen I should know better, but I’ve planted radishes again. In this my 40th year of growing vegetables, I can count on one hand the number [...]
What can social media do for public gardens and the public itself? Quite a lot when you've got someone putting as much time and effort into it as the Smithsonian [...]
It’s true that there are certain words in the English vocabulary that evoke a very predictable response. In the case of gardeners, it’s the F- word. Don't panic. This is [...]
