Nineteenth-century Philadelphia horticulturist Thomas Meehan wrote in the March issue of his magazine Gardener's Monthly of 1860 that America offered little inspiration in gardening. He said we needed to look to the European gardener, especially in England and France, for…
Where there was an extensive lawn in the garden plan, New York horticulturist James Vick (1818-1882) encouraged a large, well-filled vase be placed in the center of each side of the lawn. Tall flowers and plants with ornamental foliage were…
To my surprise I found an array of sixteen pernnials for sale at the local Star Market, a large grocery chain. The plants each came in an individual box. All were assembled into a large cardboard stand which was a…
Recently I went into a nearby Marshalls. There I found tables and shelves of houseplants. There were dozens. My first thought was how great that Marshalls is supporting the current craze for houseplants. I found myself in the same store…
Hidcote Manor is a garden in the United Kingdom, located at the village of Hidcote Bartrim. The garden has its own rhetoric, or language, in its wonderful separate rooms. Hidcote Manor Garden Landscape architect Anne Whiston Spirn in her book The Language…