Autumn beauty at the Delaware Botanic Garden...a long-awaited visit to the latest botanic garden on the East Coast. Autumn is a season I look forward to every year. The heat of this summer made me realize that some features of my garden need to be reconfigured. Autumn tells a special garden … [Read more...]
Pot Culture
TPIE shared ideas of a different type of pot culture. Using simple houseplants to calm the eye in a semi shade garden is an unexpected pleasure. Pot culture is a great way to embrace seasonal color up close and personal. The possibilities depend on the look that you want to achieve. Summer offers … [Read more...]
Patch of Heaven – A Love Letter
Dear Patch of Heaven, You made me fall in love with nature more than ever before. There was a consistent phrase I kept hearing from several attendees on my trip to TPIE. Day 1 of the Tropical Plant International Expo Road Show included a tour of private gardens. I kept hearing murmurings. "I wonder … [Read more...]
Tropical Plant Experience in January
Tropical plants are not usually on my brain in January. The Cottage is in zone 6b. The ability to grow tropical plants is utterly impossible. If you have an indoor garden room, tropical plants are a bonus in the midst of winter. At this time of the year checking for heaving plants is the task at … [Read more...]
Sharing Boxing Day Traditions at Christmas
Sharing on Christmas Day is usually a given. After carefully shopping for friends and family, sharing a meal and hunkering down is usually a common practice. This year I decided to do something a little different and uniquely share with my community. After making arrangements for my office using … [Read more...]
NCAGC Presidents Trip
NCAGC stands for the National Capitol Area Garden Clubs. A Federated Garden Club with some of the most interesting people I have met.As a member of the Capitol Hill Garden Club - District I, the opportunities are exceptionally exciting. Under the Leadership of President Edwin Peterman, Capitol Hill … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Hillwood – Beautiful No Matter the Season
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens , is simply one of my favorite off the beaten path places to visit. I am in love with two words in the mission statement "to delight and engage". Not just the public, but the employees that greet us and make us feel at home when we visit. The quality and … [Read more...]
Thoughts on the Dance of the Leaves…
The leaves have started dancing in the street..along the ground...drifting downward, sideways and sometimes even back up again....a hard crinoline slip like sound, gently skirting the pavement with the skill of a ballerina... muted colors of brown, yellow, red, orange, green...all shapes and … [Read more...]
Beautiful Memories of Bellefield
Bellefield and the Walled Garden that is part of its history has only made me a bigger fan of Beatrix Farrand. Beatrix Farrand is the reason behind my amazement with the world of horticulture from the viewpoint of a Landscape Gardener. To visit a garden designed by her, maintained by a volunteer … [Read more...]
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