by Carlisle | Jan 17, 2015 | Garden History
A friend gave me the book, “A Walk Through My Garden” edited by Whitney Scott. I was looking for my Mother and came upon a poem, “Roses for My Mother,” by Evewlyn Lewis-Chase. Her endearing poem promoted my musing and picture … Mothers of...
by Carlisle | Dec 14, 2013 | Garden History
Magnolia is the quarterly publication of the Southern Garden History Society. You can access it online at http://www.southerngardenhistory.org. Peter Hatch’s review of the book “The Garden Diary of Martha Turnbull, Mistress of Rosedown Plantation” edited and...
by Carlisle | Dec 16, 2012 | Garden History
Students, your take-home exam, the final for this semester is as follows: write a five page paper on the best landscape architect there ever was in the United States. In my unbiased view, the answer is Frederick Law Olmsted. Your assignment is to explain how his...
by Carlisle | Apr 28, 2012 | Garden History
A Tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore, MD Courtesy: CarlisleFlowers Rachel Carson was a biologist and editor on the staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1936 to 1952. She is the author of “Under the Sea-Wind” (1941) and “The...
by Carlisle | Apr 11, 2011 | Garden History
Sidney Lanier, Poet and Musician Cindy Kelly, author of Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore, A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City, led us on a tour of monuments located near Johns Hopkins University campus. This monument of Sidney Lanier was completed...
