March 22, 2017
Pausing for Tea….
Sometimes a day comes that requires you to pause and just have a cup of tea. Why tea??? The relaxing qualities, aroma, health benefits and warmth as it is sipped with a certain grace, gliding down the throat…oh what a great feeling from within!! The warmth radiates throughout the body and all is right with the intimate world around you. My what a journey…at least in my mind. Last Saturday I needed to escape fro
March 20, 2017
Philadelphia Flower Show…Ushering In Spring
Ushering in Spring this year meant traveling to the Philadelphia Flower Show to embrace all that Spring has to offer…in advance. Usually, I am either sponsoring or a participant on a bus trip to see the Philadelphia Flower Show. It has been an odd year of unanticipated changes, so I thought I needed to experience this Spring Advance Showing with a different set of eyes. In a way, I am glad I did.I have visited
March 5, 2017
The Spirit of Stone by Jan Johnsen
I consider it a privilege to review the words of those that I admire. One person that I truly admire, as her words speak to my core is Jan Johnsen. In her latest book, The Spirit of Stone – 101 Practical & Creative Stonescaping Ideas for Your Garden (St. Lynn’s Press), I found myself quite emotional at her use of pictures, words, logic, and lists. This little book is chock full of digestible, informative as well as practical
February 19, 2017
Multicultural Voices In Horticulture
Multicultural, multigenerational volunteers attending to the Martin Luther King statue on our National Mall. Where is the multicultural voice in the wonderful world of gardening? Who wants to share a cultural story of how or why they garden? Where are the multicultural voices of those who still practice what was taught by the Elders? Where are the voices that are familiar and want to communicate on why the yards down South were swept or know
February 18, 2017
A Farmer, an Inventor and Two Patents
Around 1807 in Glen Ross, Maryland, a young African-American was born by the name of Henry Blair. This young man would become a local farmer and have two patents attributed to his existence. Did I mention that he was illiterate and there is no record of him ever being a slave? Let’s think about that for a moment….illiterate – yet unstoppable, when it came to creating things that made farming easier. This photo is from the