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Landreth Seed Company, to celebrate its 225th anniversary of service to America’s farmers and gardeners, has issued a commemorative catalogue. Like their past Catalogues, Rural Registers and Almanacs, Landreth introduced and chronicled the development of seeds, many of which are now heirlooms. Of particular note, David Landreth, the founder, introduced the zinnia to the United […]
The Festival, an initiative of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, encourages a better understanding of Japanese cultural, social and educational customs. Following record-breaking attendance in 2009, the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia has grown again in 2010, featuring new events and old favorites now through April 17. The 2010 Festival offers […]
For the fourth year in a row, The New York Botanical Garden will unveil an auricula theater amid the herbs and flowers of the Nancy Bryan Luce Herb Garden. The charming traditional display of magnificent auricula primroses returns from April 16 through May 9. Designed by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury (Lady Salisbury) the renowned […]
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is widely celebrated for her iconic paintings of flowers, animal bones, and stark New Mexican cliffs. While she has long been regarded as a central figure in 20th-century art, the radical abstract work she made throughout her career has remained less known. The Phillips Collection examines her artistic achievement from a fresh […]
Periwinkle is groundcover that was used in Colonial Williamsburg. It is evergreen and blooms in the spring (picture taken in Baltimore, Maryland. April, 2010) with blue or lavender, sometimes white flowers as written by Mr. Raymond L. Taylor in his book, “Plants of Colonial Days.” The name vinca perhaps came from vincere, “to conquer” which […]
About the Battery and The Battery Conservancy The Battery is a 25-acre waterfront park and the cradle of New York City history. Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, The Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they arrived at Manhattan Island in 1626 and established New Amsterdam. Today with the leadership of The […]
The Battery The Battery is one of New York City’s oldest public open spaces. Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, the Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they came to Manhattan Island and established New Amsterdam. Now the Battery is truly the cradle of New York history, the front lawn of the […]
The Nathaniel Russell Garden is one of over 100 gardens in Charleston, South Carolina which was designed by the New York landscape architect, Loutrel Briggs. Mr. Briggs began his designs in the 1920s, a period of restoration of Charleston’s historic architecture. Mr. Briggs saw the gardens as extensions of the homes. He had traveled extensively […]
Mrs. Whaley’s Garden Room, Courtesy Martha Whaley Mrs. Whaley’s Charleston garden measures 30 feet by 110 feet and stands behind an 18th century clapboard home. Charleston is known as “the City of Gardens” and William Baldwin said Mrs. Whaley’s garden is the most visited private garden in the United States. Mrs. Whaley said she never […]
The ginkgo tree, also known as the Maidenhair Tree and the Tree of Forty Crowns, emanates from China and later Japan. Its name means “silver apricot.” It is a living fossil from the Mesozoic era. There are both male and female species. The male tree is slim, columnar and is slightly large. The female tree […]
History of the Gardens After 16 years of planning, planting and building, we celebrated the Grand Opening of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on June 13, 2007. This magnificent and ambitious project began with a kernel of an idea generated by Rollins Hale of Boothbay Harbor. He and other mid-coast Maine residents who shared the belief […]
VISIT VIRGINIA’S FINEST HOMES AND GARDENS DURING “AMERICA’S LARGEST OPEN HOUSE” Historic Garden Week in Virginia—April 17-25, 2010 The owners of more than 200 of Virginia’s most beautiful private homes, gardens and historic landmarks will open their front doors and garden gates for public tours, April 17-25, 2010, to benefit historic preservation. Properties showcased on Historic […]
