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Regrowth starts in the first two years after the fragments have been spread. Although there is little sign of Sphagnum regrowth, at this stage the field turns green with live plants. Sustainable Peatland Management In Canada there are 113 million hectares (279 million acres) of peatland producing on average 70 million tonnes of peat per year. The Canadian […]
The Humboldt Field Research Institute developed from the reorganization of Eagle Hill Field Research Station during 1996. The Station was founded in 1981 as a tax exempt [501(c)(3), 509(a)(2)] nonprofit organization in order to provide advanced and professional-level field seminars in natural history. These widely acclaimed seminars, taught since 1987 by recognized regional, national, and […]
Mad About Moss—The Simple Art of Moss Gardening Plants & Gardens News Volume 19, Number 1 | Spring 2004 by Joni Blackburn This article originally appeared in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Plants & Gardens News (bbg.org). When my husband and I bought our home in the western Catskills more than a decade ago, the lawn surrounding the […]
Did the English colonists and the native Wampanoag celebrate “The First Thanksgiving” together? Yes and no. They did get together for three days of feasting, military exercises, and diplomacy. We know of the event through a letter from 1621 that mentions that the colonists celebrated their first harvest “by rejoicing in a special manner” and […]
Isaiah Zagar began his Magic Garden in 1994, a 3,000 square foot mosaic installation that comprises an inside gallery that pours outside to a serpentine mosaic sculpture. Found objects of bicycle wheels, blue, green and brown bottles, self-made tiles and mirrors that reflect the sun rays on this South Street location in Philadelphia take up […]
For the past two years, chrysanthemums trained using traditional Japanese methods have been the centerpiece of The New York Botanical Garden’s lauded autumn offerings. This year the Botanical Garden presents more chrysanthemums than ever, showcased among the splendor and diversity of Japanese garden plants. In a Mum and Bonsai Garden, large installations of contemporary display […]
During the Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens, October 19 through November 22, more than 20,000 colorful, blooming chrysanthemums flourish in the palatial Conservatory. Longwood’s experts have trained these fall favorites into unique forms including towering single-stemmed beauties and thousand-bloomers. The show reaches its peak bloom during the first three weeks of November. This year, a cloud of […]
One of the Queens of the Fall Flowers at the 2009 Chrysanthemum Display at the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Garden in Baltimore, MD is this lovely Senko Kenshin mum. The different cultivars displayed at the Conservatory include shapes such as anemone, spoon, quill, incurve, decorative and spider mums. Chrysanthemums wear their crown […]
The Smithsonian LIVE featuring the Smithsonian Horticulture Division recently hosted a workshop on Fall Tree Planting in late October at the Enid Haupt Garden just off the Mall. Now is the time to plant shade trees, that is trees that provide shade we were instructed. First there is some preparation to be done. Two linden trees […]
Here it is Halloween. Many of the leaves fell from the rain yesterday but here in Baltimore the ground and limbs still are full of leaf color. We went to a funeral today – R.I.P rest in peace. On the way home from church a sign pointed left. The Nearly New Sale at GBMC Hospital. […]
About this book: Therapeutic potentials of herbal drug ranges from parts of plants, through simple extracts to isolated active constituents. There has been a resurgence of interest in plants and plant derived products as a source of medicine in the last few decades. Herbal products have occupied a major part of curing different human ailments, […]
The Arboretum now part of the Barnes Foundation was originally founded as a private arboretum on the property of Captain Joseph Lapsley Wilson (1844-1928). Captain Wilson was a veteran of the Civil War, and worked for the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company for thirty-eight years. In 1880, Captain Wilson moved from Philadelphia to […]
