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“…my eyes are fixed in fascinated admiration on a glorious rose, its pale gold, cream and ivory petals blending to a lightly ruffled edge of delicate carmine. There it is before me, majestic, full of promise, and I am convinced it will be the greatest rose of the century,” so wrote Mr. Robert Pyle of […]
Emory Knoll Farms of Street, Maryland explains on their website the difference between an extensive green roof versus an intensive one. The extensive uses plants with foliage of two to six inches, low-lying plants designed to provide maximum groundcover. An intensive green roof uses foliage of one to fifteen feet to provide more of a […]
A visit to Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore, Maryland took us to the Worthley Garden, a garden full of sedums. Scott Ritchie, the Acting Green House Supervisor, explained how he created its berms with sand, lime, gypsum and rock, a climate suitable for the cliff sedum, S. quadragulane, blue spruce, sedum angelina, and album coral carpet […]
Sunflowers were the American queen at the Waverly Farmers’ Market this past Saturday. Five dollars for 5 stems was the going rate and people were paying it gladly. We couldn’t let well enough alone here, had to introduce Safari King to the Queen and give them a staff and some trailing eucalyptus for their royal […]
This Washington Post article makes fascinating Sunday reading. The subject, Dan Hinkley, a plant explorer has devoted his life to historically tracking the 19th and 20th century discoverers of plants in the Asia surrounds. “The ice age glaciers that erased much of the flora of Europe and North America were blocked by the Himalayas and […]
Recently we visited St. Michaels, Maryland. The first morning there we quietly left the house and circled over to the east side of the property to see if the post was occupied by ospreys. Indeed it was. In fact as soon as we rounded the shoreline trees, the mother/father left the nest of three fledglings […]
My plan for the fall is to take a strip of land on the west side of our property which also has southern exposure and plant greens to use in flower arranging. How happy I was to read Chapter 21 in Amalie Adler Ascher’s book, “The Complete Flower Arranger, A comprehensive guide to the Pleasures […]
A visit to our State Capital, Annapolis, always charms. The sailboats bob in the harbor, the streets, Main, Duke of Gloucestshire, radiate from the State Circle around the Capitol and historic shops, homes and churches add to the ambience. Always looking for that just right vase, we found The Annapolis Pottery, chock full of lovely […]
Adkins Arboretum, located in Ridgely on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, covers 400-acres of the region’s native plants. This time last year our visit included a walk through the forest, deep in the shade, the smell of decaying, rich matter. At the entrance to Adkins a Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) greets you. What a treat to spot […]
Went to the Waverly Market in Baltimore this past weekend and what did we find – sea oats. If you look closely at the picture above you see little green flags like masts waving in the wind. Reminds one of a Calderesque mobile, something I want in my garden next year. Following up in this […]
My marjoram/oregano just blossomed and how the bees alight. This arrangement is a sphere of lavendar and white phlox, sedum and oregano. The herb acts as a green with a flower and an aroma as well.
Preview of Lawrence Halprin Oral History Module Click on the above Preview… to see video of Lawrence Halprin. The Cultural Landscape Foundation has given their permission for us to access this Oral History of Lawrence Halprin Preview. Mr. Halprin, a landscape architect for over 50 years, designed Heritage Park in Fort Worth, Texas which has […]
