A Daffodil Distraction – GardenRant
A Daffodil Distraction Minnie Aumonier, a sentimental poet from the distant past, once wrote: “When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there’s always...
A Daffodil Distraction Minnie Aumonier, a sentimental poet from the distant past, once wrote: “When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there’s always...
Behind posts, articles, conferences and social media, there’s a backstory. Have you kept up with the digital correspondence between Ranters Scott Beuerlein and Marianne Willburn? ...
This week I got to see the 28th Annual Orchid Exhibition by Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S. Botanic Garden, and since I’m no orchid expert...
Legend has it that Inuit have more than 100 words for snow. A friend told us yesterday that we need a similar number of words...
Eight years ago, I planted a small orchard, a mix of heirloom and so-called improved modern apple cultivars. Six trees total. I’ve taken good care...
I’m absolutely amazed by how many plants there are. I know the plants in my garden well; I have paid for them and chose them...
Hellebores and daffodils in late winter, with leaves covering them removed. Photo and garden by Marianne Willburn. I’ve written about the new messaging we gardeners...
This, too, will pass. But for now, I deliberately avoid looking out our front windows or even walking past the front of the house. It...
Guest Rant by Joseph Tychonievich There has been a lot of discussion in gardening circles about “nativars.” Is the term useful? How is it defined?...
I don’t recall ever seeing a garden so prominent in a movie, with most of the scenes set in the garden, as in the Oscar-nominated...