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James R. Cothran, the author of Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs, published by University of South Carolina, 2010, states two reasons for writing his book: “to create a greater awareness of the landscape architect, Loutrel Briggs (1893-1977) and his contributions to Charleston’s landscape legacy and to provide information associated with the […]
“American Garden Writing, Gleanings from Gardens Then and Now, edited by Bonnie Marranca, published by Penguin Books, 1989, builds windows to click on and hear the musings of fellow gardeners. Thomas Jefferson, Notes from His Garden Book, Edith Wharton, Italian Garden-Magic, A Visit to John Bartram’s Garden by Michel-Guillaume St. John de Crevecouer as chosen […]
2011 CHICAGO FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW PREVIEW Themed “The Sport of Gardening,” Annual Green Showcase (March 5-13) Will Inspire, Educate and Motivate The 2011 Chicago Flower & Garden Show, the Midwest’s iconic annual horticulture and landscape extravaganza, offers an inside look at the show’s 17th year and all it has to offer. Returning to Navy […]
A Year at North Hill written by Wayne Winterrowd ( 1941-2010) and his fellow gardener, Joe Eck, takes the reader into the months of their garden. Their introduction to the book published in 1995 by Little Brown and Company, defines the inextricable “knot” that they chose, gardening, “to catch up all the other threads of […]
After the rose, jasmine is one of the most powerful and captivating scents. It takes 6 million jasmine flowers to make one kilo of jasmine essence. Longwood Garden recent’s show, “Making Scents, the Art and Passion of Fragrance” was captivating and left behind the intoxicating smell of the ingredients used to make perfume at the […]
The cold weather may be upon us but there is still plenty to enjoy around the RHS Recommended Gardens. Please check opening times and admission arrangements before you travel as free entry may not apply for the whole of the season. RHS Recommended Gardens for winter www.rhs.org.uk Glasshouses The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire St Andrews […]
(ST. LOUIS): The Missouri Botanical Garden operates the most extensive residential garden recycling program in the nation. With the addition of 128,000 pounds of horticultural waste in 2010, the Garden’s Plastic Pot Recycling program has saved over 978,000 pounds of plastic garden pots, cell packs and trays from landfills to date. “Providing an alternative to pitching pots by […]
On a recent trip to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, this lovely camellia, Camellia sasanqua Narumigate, fragrant and long blooming caught our sight and scent. The shrub growing in their Conservatory is being tested by Longwood’s horticulturists who are pollinating with pollen the Camellia azalea to produce an ever-blooming species. Their goal is to […]
Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA trained this towering single-stemmed chrysanthemum with over 700 blooms for their annual Festival of Chrysanthemums, a lovely site as you enter their Conservatory. Chrysanthemums of different hues and topiary shapes including butterflies and spirals appear around every corner. Thirteen million feet of wire are used by Longwoods’ staff to […]
The authors, Jill Duchess of Hamilton, Penny Hart & John Simmons in their book, The Gardens of William Morris, published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1998, state, “Willow was one of Morris’s (the father of the Arts and Crafts movement in England) favorite plants.” His willow designs are reflected in his famous wallpaper and fabrics: […]
The morning sun is slanting on the shore of this creek, a tributary of the Miles River, in Easton, Maryland. It is the 40th WaterFowl Festival, the second weekend in November, a celebration of the Eastern Shore traditions: goose and duck calling, labrador retrieving, and the savors of good seafood eating. Waterfowl paintings and duck […]
“George Washington was a statesman, agriculturist, but most of all, he was a farmer for 45 years of his life,” Dean Norton, Head Horticulturist at Mont Vernon, in Virginia, explained at a lecture given at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland. “He believed that the land should be farmed with proper cultural practices and with […]
