Our critiques of books, movies, anything we have an opinion about.
The last time I saw Williamsburg, Va. was waaaay back in 1969, with my parents and my boyfriend Bob, who was visiting from Connecticut. My one souvenir is this obligatory [...]
copyright Floret LLC Gardening in a War Zone is a powerful and moving documentary about cultivating hope and the beauty of nature even as your world is falling [...]
I'm happy to tip readers off to a terrific documentary about people with extraordinary connections to trees, premiering on HBO and streaming on Max starting Tuesday December 12. All of [...]
Seed heads dangle from the slender stems of great quaking grass (Briza major) Photo: Jennifer Jewell Jennifer Jewell, host of the award-winning podcast Cultivating Place, believes that strengthening [...]
A lawnless garden somewhere in DC. Finding myself with nothing handy to read at the pool, I picked up my extremely marked-up copy of Henry Mitchell's The Essential [...]
From model to chicken-raising houseplant expert. If our readers know anything about Summer Rayne Oakes, it's probably from her popular blog about growing 1,100 houseplants in her apartment. [...]
If you’re doing it right, a non-fiction book should take a good deal of time to research and write. The statement is also true for good, gripping, fiction, but the [...]
To the surprise of no one, King Charles's coronation emblem (the existence of which probably does surprise most Americans) prominently features plants. His love of organic gardening is well documented. [...]
ChatGPT for Text I bet you've noticed the buzz about new apps that use artificial intelligence and their potential impacts, especially Chat GPT, which creates works of writing [...]
Photo by Kirk Brown in gorgeous lobby of the Lord Baltimore Hotel The Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show at the Baltimore Convention Center is my favorite happening in January [...]
By now I'm betting you've all seen this view of Oprah Winfrey's garden, the set of her famous interviews with Harry and Meghan. But look at another shot of Oprah's [...]
First, I need to say that this book was written by a great and well loved friend. However, in spite of my obvious bias, I believe this is the book [...]
