Last week I shared photos of Colston Burrell’s garden near Charlottesville, Va. and promised to show off two amazing gardens in that historic city. Here ya go! The Garden of Podcaster Leslie Harris I visited Charlottesville at the invitation of Leslie Harris (no relation) whose podcast I’d been catching up with since we met in … Read more
Classic Beach Hydrangeas THIS is the classic beach landscape of my childhood memories, formed while visiting the charming, family-friendly Buckroe Beach in Virginia. The cottages there were much smaller but I remember them with mophead hydrangeas along the front. These days my beach trips are in spring and fall, before and after hydrangeas bloom, and … Read more
Folks around here have taken to calling it the “Boxwood Winter.” Named for that fabled Dec. 23, 2022 day when we were all waiting for Santa Claus and an artic blast flew in instead dropping the temperatures 50 degree in twelve hours. Heavy winds. Sub-zero readings. Frozen rain. Death or serious injuries to our all … Read more
Readers are likely used to my talking about Garden Walk Buffalo at this time of year. The big walk is this weekend (7/29-30); it is the grand finale to a month of Open Gardens and smaller regional tours – almost all free and almost all uncurated. You don’t have to do anything to be … Read more
I’ll be brief. I just want to have a short rant. This could be the place for that?! We just went to a local art and craft exhibition. And there, on display, no doubt with gardens in mind, were several statues of naked women. Which reminded me just how much I do not want to … Read more
You may recognize this photo of podcaster Leslie Harris’s garden in Charlottesville, VA from my visit in early April. Well, it wasn’t long after that that Leslie announced that she and husband Jeff were MOVING. And not just selling the masterpiece she’d created over nine years, but downsizing BIG-TIME, from this almost-acre lot to a … Read more
Some rants nearly write themselves. If you garden in a blended household, I know you understand, and I just want you to know you’re not alone. I see you. My darling husband of forever years is not a gardener. For years I used to quip that his idea of working in the garden was cleaning … Read more
This year’s Fling – a yearly get-together for garden bloggers, grammers and tubers – is the first to take place during the fall, from September 21 – 24. Or close enough, with the autumnal equinox happening on September 23. It’s based around the Philadelphia area, including Longwood Gardens (the host), Chanticleer and a slew of … Read more
I started gardening about 25 or 30 years ago growing vegetables but a new house brought new horizons and, zip, off the ornamental cliff I went. A few years ago, I got the itch again. Tried some tomatoes at home but just not enough light and so I eventually made contact with someone who knew … Read more
What does a great September garden look like? I received multiple, resoundingly convincing answers to that question last weekend. You might call them definitive. The annual garden bloggers/grammers/tubers get-together was held in the Philadelphia area September 21-24. It’s known simply as Fling. We toured private and public gardens for three full days – in addition … Read more