“Public Gardens” includes public spaces, corporate spaces – anything but home gardens.
I've ranted about hedges in suburbia and the many problems they cause, especially single-species hedges and ones in small spaces. Still, I'm more than open to better hedges in better [...]
If like me you follow the American Horticultural Society on Facebook, you've seen lots of posts this week about their National Children and Youth Garden Symposium that's finishing up [...]
After This isn't your typical "after" photo, known on HGTV as the "Reveal!" What you see is the most prominent corner of my housing co-op's HQ building where I've been [...]
A while back I ranted about the inclusion of my alma mater, Ohio's Oberlin College, in its list of Most Beautiful College Campuses. So let's pause and ask what makes [...]
Easter weekend was a great day to visit the now-finally-fully-open National Arboretum and snap some spring sunshine for you guys. It's just a 15-minute drive from my house, and I [...]
In many places all over the country, the garden tour season is beckoning. If you’re a subscriber to this site you’ve most likely got your engines revving and already have [...]
I visited DC's Tidal Basin on a glorious Tuesday this week, prompted by the forecast and the news that the blossoms had begun their peak period. The Cherry Blossom Festival [...]
Here I am with another call-to-action post. This time, it’s for the Garden Bloggers Fling, held this year in Madison, Wisconsin, June 23–26. (Check out the link; there's plenty of [...]
Young artists Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met on a New York City street in 1967. They were newcomers to town—short on cash, hopeful and passionate about art. Robert [...]
Last summer I visited my hometown of Richmond, Virginia especially to see its iconic Monument Avenue without the infamous Confederate statues, and posted what I found here on the Rant. [...]
Suddenly there’s lots more to see and do in the tourist center of D.C., an easy subway ride away for me. And boy, was it ever great to be back [...]
