by Carlisle | Apr 21, 2010 | Carlisle Flowers
Thomas Jefferson’s Legacy in Gardening and Food Jefferson’s Monticello garden was a Revolutionary American garden. One wonders if anyone else had ever before assembled such a collection of vegetable novelties, culled from virtually every western culture known at the...
by Carlisle | Apr 20, 2010 | Carlisle Flowers
Plants with a Past Growing Veggies with Henry Shaw at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening Shaw’s receipt from 1888. Larger view. Several heirloom varieties that could be found in Shaw’s original vegetable garden will be on display this summer, including: early...
by Carlisle | Apr 17, 2010 | Carlisle Flowers
This two acre oasis of natural beauty was laid out by William Paca when he built his house. Although many colonial Annapolitans had gardens, only Paca’s has been returned to its original splendor and opened to the public. Archaeologists found remnants of the original...
