“Public Gardens” includes public spaces, corporate spaces – anything but home gardens.
When it's THIS HOT outside, I'm on a hunt for places with AC to spend the day. In that vein I went with a friend to the Baltimore Museum of [...]
I'd planned a leisurely morning. A bit of gentle pottering around in my own garden, then out later to deal with something at a garden I look after. My phone [...]
For those of us who love to garden and love to travel, a garden tour can satisfy both passions and provide inspiration and a welcome relief from the hard work [...]
The thing which lifts my spirits in the cold wet spring is first, a ray of sunshine, and second colour! And yes, that does include green. Spring green: But most [...]
Packera aurea (a/k/a golden groundsel or golden ragwort) in my garden; azaleas at the National Arboretum Ever been excited about a new plant until you saw what was [...]
I've been visiting the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Rosemoor in Devon, UK, for 20 years or more now. Over that time I've seen many changes, some grand and some [...]
Minnie Aumonier, a sentimental poet from the distant past, once wrote: “When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there’s always the garden." Yes, it’s a bit treacly and [...]
Photo credit: Visit Palm Springs. During my too-short visit to Palm Springs, Calif. last month I naturally hoped to visit a botanic garden and yes, there is one! [...]
I haven't finished unpacking from my trip to California this week, but it's my day to post so here's a quick look at the eye-popping garden at Sunnylands. The estate [...]
When you hear about pollinators, and I'm happy to see lots of attention now being paid to their predicament, I bet you don't think of geckos, like this plant-based sculpture [...]
If you recall my rant about the utterly sterile, sad graveyard I noticed in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in this post I'm raving about the exact opposite cemetery. Its founder envisioned [...]
