Sep 14, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 14 Today I visited a charming garden and met the even more charming gardener, Tonni Michelsen. We spent an hour on her deck, talking about her life and the garden where she’s been growing plants since 1972. At one...
Sep 13, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 13 In his talk to the Gathering of Gardeners last weekend, Bill Hendricks told a story about a woman who grew Lespedeza thunbergi but complained to him that, “It flopped.” His response was something like, “That’s...
Sep 12, 2010 | Garden Celebrations, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 12 I visited two lovely gardens in Rochester NY this past weekend, thanks to the generosity of Laurie Burtner who drove me around. On Friday I went to Jed Fox’s and on Saturday spent an evening wandering through...
Sep 10, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener, Uncategorized
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 10 For some reason the computer isn’t uploading my photos from my wireless connection here in Rochester, and I’m having troubles with the text as well – I’ll post more when I’m home....
Sep 8, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 8 If you’ve got a shade garden, you need Kirengeshoma palmata. If you’ve got the room….yellow wax bells grows three to four feet tall in my gardens, and about six feet wide. A large plant, true, but one that...
Sep 7, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 7 How long do you give a plant to truly show what it can do? For that matter, how long do you give other people or yourself? Plants are easier, but people are tricky. Most of us are familiar with the “First year...
