“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation of goodness.” — The Dalai Lama When Labor Day comes rolling in, regardless of the weather, I think about fall, harvest, and the land. There is a certain sweetness to feeling the rich, crumbly soil in my hands. Knowing that the days of digging[...]
How to create privacy in the garden? There are several options if you have a large area. But take a narrow garden, add in a small urban space, and you’ve got yourself a challenge. So is the case with my rooftop garden in Tel Aviv. It has no privacy on 3 sides. The front of[...]
In the first video, Dan took us on a tour of the Entryway and Tea Cup Garden. In this video, before leaving the Tea Cup Garden, Dan shows us one more silver element, rosemary willow – Salix elaeagnous – a small tree or shrub. Dan cut it back hard this year to re-introduce light, heat,[...]
“Garden making is fundamentally not an intellectual enterprise. Most people come to gardens to experience some form of beauty.” Chris Woods Chanticleer, a 47 acre garden in the suburbs of Philadelphia, was the personal estate of Adolph Rosengarten, Sr. and was passed down to his son, Adolph Jr. and daughter, Emily. As Adrian Higgins writes[...]
Green roofs and walls, urban agriculture, planting trees, and large swathes of native plantings are what most gardeners discuss when the topic of gardening in urban areas arises. What often goes unnoticed is small space gardening – window boxes, containers, and entryways. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a celebration of color with a variety of[...]