Here in the northeast we just had a coat of snow. Gardening up here is far from one's thoughts right now. Nontheless, the National Garden Bureau has proclaimed April the National Garden Month. Perhaps it has to do with planning…
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, in his book English Garden Eccentrics: Three Hundred Years of Extraordinary Groves, Burrowings, Mountains and Menageries, mentions Vauxhall Gardens in London. I had to investigate why these gardens were called 'eccentric.' Perhaps it was the focus of pleasure…
In the late nineteenth century modern advertising took on the role of presenting the culture, both in words and image. An ad sold more than the product. It sold a way of life, a way to be, and a way…
My first experience with fairy gardens came with children’s fairy garden author Tracy Kane. I met her one summer when she participated in the Master Gardeners’ annual garden fest in Brentwood, New Hampshire. Her work with the children that day…
It has been a while since I have been able to enter this website. Meanwhile, the snow is on the trees, making a beautiful outside scene. Very cold outside. The temperature measures 20 degrees. Cold! Ciold! Cold! Three pine trees…