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Eliza Ridgely was considered an accomplished gardener and horticulturist, her flowers came from her extensive gardens at the Hampton estate north of Baltimore. The American Farmer Magazine in 1854 deemed her gardens “as expressing more grandeur than anything in America.” American Farmer Magazine also described the “sophisticated” watering system that Mrs. Ridgely employed in her gardens, “a reservoir at the […]
Barbara Paul Robinson delighted the audience today with a talk about her book entitled, “Rosemary Verey, The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener.” Ms. Verey, an author of 18 garden books, began her gardening career after a bad riding accident in the Cotswolds, England. She wrote her first book at age 62; Ms. Robinson […]
The “Helping Hand”, which holds up the “Wonky Conker tree,” near Kingsley Statue on Bideford Quay in England, very nearly didn’t happen at all. Some years before its construction, it was decided to chop down the mature trees on the riverbank in order to facilitate the building of the new car park. Many trees were […]
This is a continuously evolving exhibition from May 19 – November 10, 2013! Nature Art in the Park is an outdoor summer exhibition of nature-based art installations along the trails & fields in Gwynns Falls / Leakin Park- and campus grounds of the Carrie Murray Nature Center. Gwynns Falls Park is Baltimore’s largest urban forest. Nature […]
Lecture by McKay Jenkins at Cylburn Arboretum, Wednesday, April 3rd, 7:00pm Author of What’s Gotten Into Us: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World In the past few years, scientists have become increasingly worried about the growing presence of synthetic chemicals in our bodies, and in our environment — and the connection these chemicals may have to […]
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southern Garden History Society will be held in Lynchburg, Virginia May 3 – 5, 2013. Our theme “Someone’s Been Digging in the Dirt” applies to the archeologists at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, the ladies of the Garden Club of Virginia, the Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer, the Southern Memorial […]
HISTORY OF AMERICAN CLASSIC TEA Tea thrives in growth at the Charleston Tea Plantation located on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina. Hundreds of varieties of the tea plant, the camellia sinensis, can be found here, at this American tea plantation. Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina is located in the region commonly known as the Low Country. Its […]
THE ANNE SPENCER GARDEN The restoration of Anne Spencer’s garden was adopted as a project by Hillside Garden Club in September 1983. The original garden, with its young shrubs and trees, was an open, sunny garden with masses of flowers and grass paths. To reproduce this after years of growth was not possible or practical. […]
“Down on the Shore” in Dorchester County, MD lies 25,000 acres of pristine beauty, Blackwater Refuge. Yesterday Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge celebrated the 13th Annual Eagle Festival. Blackwater is a major Atlantic Flyway for waterfowl and a sanctuary for the American bald eagle. The American bald eagle took center stage with Harriet Tubman. A program […]
Ms. Maggie Smith Dressed in Flowers from Downton Abbey For podcasts of Philadelphia Flower Show go to: CarlislePodcasts.net Just when you think how can the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society pull off a better flower show than the year before, here it is. Brilliant! Indeed that is the theme of the salute to Great Britain. England has […]
ANNOUNCING THE 2013 NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 – SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013 About: Four anchoring weekends and daily programming throughout the metro-DC region. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Key dates include: Wednesday, March 20 – Pink Tie Party fundraiser presented by Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Escada Cherry […]
Designing in the Prairie Spirit: A Conversation with Darrel Morrison is a lovely thought-provoking 11 minute landscape film to be found on http:/lalh.org/films/designing-in-the-prairie-spirit/ produced by Robin Karson of the Library of American Landscape History. Darrel Morrison grew up on an Iowa farm. He was influenced by the movement of the grasses and the clouds over […]
