"Over and above fostering equanimity, the cultivation of a garden promotes the tenderer graces and extends the sweet charities of life." In other words, gardeners are generally, calm, nice, and giving people. The first fling was in 2008 in Austin, Texas "I need no introduction to a person who has a garden; and be his or her rank what it may, I go, opening the gate, whether a huge iron or a humble wicket, with a proud confidence, certain to find a man and a brother, or a woman and a … [Read more...] about Gardening Friends Will Gather
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“…gardeners are all a little like that.”
A flight, for any length of time, is a rare opportunity to read without feeling guilty about weeding, watering or wasted windows of opportunity to work in the garden. Or if you are more inclined - dirty dishes, dusty floors, or any other distractions that might keep you from reading a good book. For my flight to and from Dallas to attend the Garden Writers Association symposium, I took along Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell. I had just enough time to get a good start on this book on the … [Read more...] about “…gardeners are all a little like that.”
Five Types of Shrub Buyers
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' After completing extensive research, mostly from years of buying shrubs, I’ve noted five types of shrub buyers. The Researcher: The researchers know exactly what shrubs they want to buy, right down to the cultivar name. They’ve done their homework. They’ve done online searches for the shrubs they are interested in and cross referenced that information with books and then double checked their choices through online forums to make sure they’ve picked the perfect shrub. … [Read more...] about Five Types of Shrub Buyers
The Theory of Hortonnection
Sculpture at the North Carolina Botanical Garden I am developing a new theory, the Theory of Hortonnection. My theory is that gardeners are more connected to one another than the general population is connected to one another. Maybe it’s because we all have a drop or two or gallons of chlorophyll in our blood, so we all hang out at the same places? Or maybe it is that phenomenon of “hortotropism” that attracts gardeners to each other and causes us to just strike up conversations with others who … [Read more...] about The Theory of Hortonnection
Hortotropism at the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge
You won’t find a definition for hortotropism in a dictionary, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. In fact, if you are a gardener and more than once you’ve struck up a conversation with a gardener you didn’t know, you know that hortotropism does exist. It’s that natural inclination for gardeners to just start talking to one another about gardening.I started talking to the gardener in the Old Mill Square in Pigeon Forge when I saw him out transplanting zinnias a few days ago.Zinnia transplants … [Read more...] about Hortotropism at the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge
Evidence That Gardeners Are Born Not Made
MayDreamsGardens, IN -- Researchers at the Institute for Gardenetics Research and Other Work (iGROW) recently found that entwined along the strands of the DNA of gardeners were tiny little leaves, the presence of which provided sufficient evidence to support the theory that gardeners are born not made.They further noted that if this characteristic was found in a person’s DNA, he or she was compelled to be a gardener. If it didn’t exist, then the individuals without it would never be happy with … [Read more...] about Evidence That Gardeners Are Born Not Made
