LATEST RANTS
The Best Miniature Daffodil
I was going to talk this week about the murky connection between apartheid and the Chelsea Flower Show this week. It's a story that asks questions about due diligence where events are sponsored, and about how people with dubious backgrounds [...]
Paths! This garden feature may be the most important of all of them.
Two side gardens in the Washington DC area, and a hydrangea-lined brick path in Buffalo. My final bunch of photos of gardens tagged for prominent features shines the light on paths - the multi-purpose feature that's sadly lacking [...]
Horticultural Heartthrobs, an Homage to our Favorite Labor of Love
Photo: Lorene Edwards Forkner I realize Valentine’s Day was last week. So let's consider this post an homage to gardens, our favorite labor of love. photo: Yoksel via unsplash Bleeding heart We’ll start with the low-hanging [...]
Chairs invite us humans into the garden
Adirondack and Adirondack-inspired chairs at Chanticleer Garden. Ode to the Adirondack Chair Today's collection of photos that I've tagged for various garden elements all showcase chairs, with lots of my all-time favorite - the Adirondack. Wiki describes it [...]
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– Washington Post gardening editor Adrian Higgins
In Defense of The Gardener’s Voice
This post is long. It is a culmination of growing concerns that voices gentler and more knowledgeable than mine have articulated for some time; but that nevertheless continue to be ignored or reframed. The issue is complex, [...]
Horticultural Heartthrobs, an Homage to our Favorite Labor of Love
Photo: Lorene Edwards Forkner I realize Valentine’s Day was last week. So let's consider this post an homage to gardens, our favorite labor of love. photo: Yoksel via unsplash Bleeding heart We’ll start [...]
Benches that add beauty while inviting humans into the garden
I'm a nut for benches. For seating of any kind, but especially benches, like the one above I've had since 1986, when I surprised myself by paying $350 for it. Turned out to be a good investment. [...]
GardenRant Voices
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