Written by Noel Kingsbury My office in rather more of the white stuff than we’re used to As a visitor to the US I am always slightly bemused by the discussions of hardiness zones, overhearing conversations amongst gardeners like “I’m 3a and I can’t grow lady’s mantle, but friend is just a few miles[...]
The Fragility of Time
– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings January 22, 2011It is rare after looking at a piece of art that I feel compelled to return to it, not just once but time and again. Such was the case with Ignacio Canales Aracil , a Spanish sculptor, who wanted to share his work with me. To say I was awed by what I saw would[...]
Daylighting
– Posted in: Bulbs, Garden Design January 20, 2011Written by Tovah Martin Turning heads isn’t a cakewalk in my little New England town. Take the tulips, for example. Less than 200, and you’re whistling in the dark. Sure, I get the occasional glad hand. But it takes numbers to raise the eyebrows. I claim that I don’t care, but when the first Schnauzer[...]
Breathing Life Back Into A Blog
– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings, Miscellaneous January 14, 2011Recently I tackled the challenge of energizing an established blog. The back story: In 2007, garden author Nan Ondra and I launched Gardening Gone Wild. (Photographer Rob Cardillo introduced us.) Nan and I wrote passionately about natural, free-flowing gardens. We loved writing without publishers and editors hovering. When comments came in from all over the[...]
Time for The CHOP
– Posted in: Garden Design, Perennials January 12, 2011Written by Noel Kingsbury We’re delighted to have Noel contributing to GGW. Alot of you are most likely familiar with his name. He has written several books; I have more than a few of them on my bookshelf. As well as being a prolific writer, Noel is a lecturer on plants and gardens. He has been in the[...]