English Garden Continues Its Influence
We know we have come a long way as gardeners here in the US. We do not have the kind of dependence on the English garden that we once had. In 1906 Wilhelm Miller, an American landscape designer from Chicago,…
We know we have come a long way as gardeners here in the US. We do not have the kind of dependence on the English garden that we once had. In 1906 Wilhelm Miller, an American landscape designer from Chicago,…
I couldn’t believe it when I first heard from a worker at a garden center that the petunia was toxic. To me the petunia looks just too beautiful to kill you. That surprise was nothing compared to what I read…
Service Credit Union built its new corporate office on Lafayette Road in Portsmouth, NH in 2012. The building received the gold LEED award as a leader in energy and environmental design for the four-story structure. It uses ninety-eight percent less…
This past week the gospel reading at Sunday Mass included instructions known to every gardener. The story Jesus told was that without adequate soil a seed will not flourish. Jesus said, "A farmer went out to sow his seed. " Some…
Victorians believed that colorful flowers needed to fill the garden all summer. In his book The Garden in Victorian Literature Michael Waters writes, "The massing of plants in showy color schemes grew rapidly in popularity." Waters provides three reasons for…