Just finished reading a new book that I could not put down. I know you hear that often, but this book, For All the Tea in China, kept me interested from the start. The author Sarah Rose traces the mid…
The native rhododendron has fascinated me for many years. I look forward to its late May and early June blooms. Our native rhododendron, however, played a greater part in the English garden in the nineteenth century than our own. Philadelphia…
The summer gives me an opportunity to visit gardens which is always fun for me. On a recent afternoon I drove north of Boston to Ipswich, Mass. to the kitchen garden at the Whipple House, built in 1677. History weaves…
A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference in New York. While there I made sure to allow time for a garden stroll through High Line. High Line is a new public park built on a former 1.45-mile-long elevated…
The nineteenth century seed and nursery industries advertised their seeds and plants to the emerging middle class with catalog essays and images of an ideal garden and landscape. The link between the family and home emerged as a popular theme…