Jun 9, 2011 | Garden Celebrations, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 9 As I walked around the gardens at Poison Ivy Acres today I felt positively drunk on the season. Whether your thumbs are green or black, you have to admit that June is an amazing month. It’s no wonder that people...
Jun 7, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 7 I visited the Windmill Garden at Heritage Museums and Gardens today, making sure that this bed that I designed was doing well. I’m hoping to record a message that visitors to this garden can access by cell phone, so I...
Jun 6, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 6 In preparation for a attending the annual croning ceremony held by the WomanSpirit group at church, I made some flower crowns. Every year we crown those who are being honored with a wreath of flowers. Over the years...
Jun 4, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 4 I spoke to a customer at the garden center who was frustrated that all the lupines that she’d planted over the past few years have died. I was sympathetic, because many gardeners in this area have trouble with this...
Jun 3, 2011 | plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 3 Every week I start off GardenLine with I Love This Plant/I Hate This Plant. Yes, there have been several plants that I’ve admitting disliking, but the majority of those selections that start of the show are in...
Jun 2, 2011 | Life's Gardens, plants I hate, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 2 In several past posts I’ve written about my love/hate relationship with iris. Yes, when they’re in bloom they are stunning. But they flower for about fifteen minutes, truth be told, and the clumps need dividing every...
