Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Lurie Garden - Chicago, Illinois I never thought much about salvias before I saw them in big drifts in the Lurie Garden in Chicago. They seemed a bit, oh, I don't know, ordinary? …
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I will remain vigilant and alert as I look for the 15th secret to achieving happiness in your garden. Perhaps I will hear it in the faint whispers of the flowers? …
I wasn't expecting to discover another secret to achieving happiness in the garden. I had already discovered a lucky thirteen of them over the course of time and figured that was it. Enough already. …
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I went to a plant sale. I was looking for plants and garden sculptures. I didn't have any particular plants in mind to buy. I was just looking. I wouldn't have looked twice at the plants I ended …
Snow-in-Summer, Cerastium tomentosum My April garden party has been crashed by May blooms. They have rudely shown up early, like guests invited for supper who show up for lunch. They demand …
I accomplished another goal for the garden redesign project today when I purchased some seven colorful tiger tails and three long leaves from Girly Steel to set up in the high summer garden called …
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