Who? Who? Who? Who is going to the Indiana Flower & Patio Show or your own local outdoor living - flower - garden show? 'Tis the season for various shows like this to pop up across the …
Devotion to one or more groups of plants
Clematis 'Pagoda' "Specialising in a hobby of any kind greatly increases its interest, and in the culture of flowers it is desirable to devote oneself more especially to one or two groups of plants, …
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Reaching out to the great un-gardened
Tulips from last year We must be ready, at a moment's notice, to reach out to the great un-gardened. We must recognize when there is a spark of interest in gardening and growing plants in the great …
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In Green Old Gardens – A Poem
I found a poem today down in a rabbit hole of old gardening books where one author and book leads to another, and another, and then there is a snippet of a poem, and then I find the entire poem. I …
I’m Ready!
A pansy from another spring, in the past I'm ready! I have seeds. I have new gardening gloves. I have a new hoe. I have increased my knowledge of gardening, finding tidbits and treasures down …
Garden of Desire
It was Liberty Hyde Bailey who wrote in The Gardener (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925), "Gardening is more than the growing of plants: it is the expression of desire." What do we desire from …
