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…
There is something special about evergreens in the landscape. They add a bit of garden structure during the cold of winter. When is the best time to plant evergreens? I planted a white pine in early September once. Not sure…
I love to read old garden magazines. You learn a lot about the growth of the garden inustry but also how horticulture developed. Americans were once considered unable to handle the difficultires embroiled in horticulture. Of course, it was the…
In a recent letter to the editor in the Boston Globe Jeffrey Collins, director at Mass Audubon, outlines how we can save the endangered monarch butterfly. He recommends that we leave a section of the lawn go wild and plant…
It seems that the colorful caladium has become this summer's popular garden plant. A local box store still offers dozens for sale in 5 inch pots. There you will find about 200 potted plants of caladium, now selling for the…