Garden photography can easily become a treasure of garden design history. It is not just an image of a few flowers, but a photo can enlighten a viewer in what is important in designing beds and other areas in the…
It's that time of year to think about what needs to be done with lawn problems. The lawn has long been a favorite here in the US. But we derive that love with the lawn from the English, who from…
To choose a pollinator for your garden is not always an easy thing to do. Well, we have help from the Garden for Wildlife. Why not choose a native plant? Each state has its own unique collection of native plants.…
Garden historian Margaret Willes writes in her book The Making of the English Gardener, "Grottos had become the fashionable feature of late sixteenth-century Italian gardens. "They echoed the Mannerist style of Architecture of buildings, where the bizarre and the exotic…
To fit into any society, a person needs to reflect what is important to the culture at that time. In the case of the Elizabethan gentleman [below] there were certain expectations that society at that time demanded. Robert Dudley, the…