July 2015

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A garden is first and foremost...

by Dominique Lafourcade “A garden is first and foremost a work of art, with the garden playing the roles of architect, sculptor, musician...

Recently met an old friend after 18 long years. We were university mates and both of us ended up in the UK in quite different occupations. H...

Jan Johnsen garden and photo - Heaven is a Garden Jill Sell of the Cleveland Plain Dealer just wrote a lovely review of my book, ...

This is a great reminder of how fast plants grow - Golden Majoram is planted in the squares at the base of this Grape Arbor. The photo at to...

Vegetable Garden at Monticello Thomas Jefferson, the third president, w as an ardent plant lover and a pioneer plant distributor. He collec...

Love is everywhere

Stack some stones with kids! The fiber artist Renate Hiller was interviewed about handwork and kids. I thought it addressed the value of chi...

Japanese Knotweed in flower Ja panese knotweed ( Fallopia japonica ) is a highly aggressive and invasive plant. It is the closest thing...

Hello ! I have decided to change the photo that appears at the top of this garden blog often. I hope it doesn't upset some...Life is cha...

Tulsi - Holy Basil I am sitting here, drinking a lovely cup of Tulsi tea , and I realized I should share tulsi with all...Tulsi tea provide...

The Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT) offers an online resource that I love: The Plant Finder. (Click on name for link) L ook up, view a ...

Giverny - onet's garden outside Paris ' Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand...

In 2010 Husqvarna and Gardena released a Global Garden Report and identified the FEEL GOOD GARDEN as one of the top gardening trends in th...