Stories of gardening, including design, techniques, and the occasional “how-to.”
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 [...]
I’ve just finished up the huge task of creating a Ranters’ Recommendations page on GardenRant – a page that tells you a little bit about each of our gardens, and [...]
There’s more than one way to do everything. In gardening. In life. In planting an apple tree, or peeling apples over the sink. Certainly there are rules that guide us [...]
I love what this garden represents, what it's doing, and all it will do. Good people working the soil, growing healthy food, feeding the pollinators, meeting each other, and playing. Yes, playing.
It’s so dry right now in my little part of Rain Shadow, Virginia that even the blades of Japanese stilt grass are curling. When, last night, my husband decided, mid-sip, [...]
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 [...]
Periodically, I go visit my sister in San Jose. Every time I do, I'm fascinated to see so many of the same plants I grow in Cincinnati's wet and [...]
My local garden club was invited to an open garden event in a nearby retirement community of 3,000+ residents, enough to easily fill the 168 plots in their lovely community [...]
Here’s another one of those fun fads that have gone utterly viral. It might be even more ridiculous than “No Mow May,” Are you ready? Chaos gardening. I might be [...]
I hightailed it down to Asheville a few weeks ago to catch up on lost time. I hadn’t seen Heather Spencer or Charles Murray for a few years. I [...]
I’m sure some of you are wondering how Marianne’s visit went. Well, she came, saw, conquered and went off again, to explore Cornwall. I felt bereft when she left, but [...]
Some plants manage on their own, don’t they? Stick them in the ground and they get on with it. Sometimes they get on with the entire plot. We approve of [...]
