Wherever I look I see pictures or at least a mention of allium. I guess because Fall will be here soon and that's the time you plant allium. Last week English writer and horticulturist Graham Rice mentioned on Twitter the…
The German castle Willibaldsburg was built in Eichstatt, part of Bavaria, in the fourteenth century. The castle served as the residence for the local Bishop. By the seventeenth century the castle had become famous for its beatiful gardens. The Bishop…
I once spent an entire day at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia and I loved it. The various houses, along with their gardens, especially the Governor's Palace, made the visit a journey into American garden history. Lawrence D. Griffith in his…
Lately I have been reading about gardening in the nineteenth century. By the 1870s the garden Industry witnessed more seed companies and nurseries spreading across the country. Every homeowner wanted a landscape with a garden. The seed houses and nurseries,…
We gardeners love the benefits of gardening. Many rewards come our way. A customer, D. V. D. from San Francisco, once wrote to nineteenth century horticulturist James Vick (1818-1882) who owned a large seed company in Rochester, New York. In…