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…
One of the most prolific writers of the nineteenth century, horticulturist Peter Henderson (1822-1890) wrote several books. Henderson was born in Scotland and trained 'in the Old World method' of gardening, according to Wilhelm Miller, Chicago landscape designer. In 1847…
Everybody talks about the need to grow native plants in the garden. Even seed company owner James Vick (1818-1882) in the nineteenth century encouraged his customers, spread across the country, to grow native plants. He loved and encouraged gardeners to…
In mid March of 2020 I was at the Boston Flower and Garden Show. I had volunteered for the New England Hosta Society exhibit. I had to answer quretions of visitors who showed interest in the wonderful plant we all…
[above] The book Tussie-Mussies by herbalist and writer Geri Laufer deals with the language of flowers. In both nineteenth century Europe and America there was much interest in the language of flowers. The idea behind it was that flowers expressed…