People plant the same flowers every year. Why? It is the familiar and known that we love. Some of us do the same with eating out. Food writer David McAninch writes that people frequent restaurants that have been favorites for…
I face the prospect of gardening where shade dominates the daylight hours. That's my fourth floor balcony. Recently Jessica Damiano, Associated Press, wrote a wonderful article for the Boston Globe about shade gardening. The name of the article is "Not…
Where there was an extensive lawn in the garden plan, New York horticulturist James Vick (1818-1882) encouraged a large, well-filled vase be placed in the center of each side of the lawn. Tall flowers and plants with ornamental foliage were…
In mid March of 2020 I was at the Boston Flower and Garden Show. I had volunteered for the New England Hosta Society exhibit. I had to answer quretions of visitors who showed interest in the wonderful plant we all…
[above] The book Tussie-Mussies by herbalist and writer Geri Laufer deals with the language of flowers. In both nineteenth century Europe and America there was much interest in the language of flowers. The idea behind it was that flowers expressed…