New Bedford, Massachusetts is home to the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum. The three proper names belong to the series of owners of the property from 1834 when the house was built to 1981 when it became a partner in…
For a long time I have treasured the annual Lantana. It is beautiful and looks great in a summer flower bed. This plant comes from the tropics or more subtropic areas. For us here in northeast US, it is an…
Milwaukee's Anthony Mitchell (1817-1887) became the wealthiest man in Wisconsin according to the census of 1860. Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) Mitchell made his money in banking and the railroad. He also served as a member of Congress. To showcase his wealth…
Certain plants just have a bigger following than others. Perhpas it's shape, color, blossom time or all three of these features that make us seek out and cultivate a particular flower. In the history of gardening the orchid has maintained…
Recently I met Jane Li, a gardener in the Boston area. She calls her method of growing plants 'guerilla gardening.' It is a term, according to wikiHow, used to describe the unauthorized cultivation of plants or crops on vacant public…