You might consider that growing flowers, designing a landscape, and installing a lawn are just pages in the history of the garden. They are that, but much more. People learned about what kind of garden to cultivate from those who…
Last week I visited Rochester, New York . I traveled there to give a talk about my James Vick book at the Rare Books Department of the Library of the University of Rochester. Right after I arrived I remembered that…
One of the most prolific writers of the nineteenth century, horticulturist Peter Henderson (1822-1890) wrote several books. Henderson was born in Scotland and trained 'in the Old World method' of gardening, according to Wilhelm Miller, Chicago landscape designer. In 1847…
In spite of all our investment of time and energy into social media, it's still fun to receive a garden catalog in the mail. So many garden writers over the years mention the winter ritual of finding such a catalog,…
Garden historian Judith Tankard just wrote a book review of my new book about James Vick called All about Flowers. It appeared in the international quarterly garden journal Hortus. I am including the review here as this week's blog post.…