Did you know that May 18th is Plant Conservation Day? Likely not, as Plant Conservation Day (PCD for short) is a relatively new grassroots celebration of plants, started in 2001 by horticultural staff at zoos in the United States who wanted to make sure visitors knew that plants AND animals are important, interesting, and in many[...]
Text and photos c. 2009 Yellow Springs Farm LLC April showers bring May flowers; how comforting and reassuring this is! Despite climate change, suburban sprawl, and economic recession, the flowers are as bright and beautiful as ever. Native flowers are ready for showtime in May, just in time to provide plenty of pollen and nectar[...]
The month of May always brings with it lushness, hopefulness and overwhelming beauty. On the East coast, magnolias are in bloom and daffodils, hyacinths, tulips and narcissus have already begun to unleash their luscious colors and aromas throughout our gardens. And when early spring blooming perennials like epimedium, dicentra, brunnera, pulmonaria, wall flowers, and iris burst out from the still[...]
[Note from Adam: Susan Mahr, Outreach Specialist and Master Gardener with the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrote a piece on The Gardens at Ball, filled with wonderful photos and detailed information. Certain content in this post has been paraphrased.] For the past several years, one of the highlights of my summer has been visiting the grounds of[...]
As we get this first month of GGW’s Picture This Photography Contest under our belts, we are learning as we go. So, here are the final revisions and rules. 1. The deadline will now be through Friday, April 24th. So, if you haven’t yet entered, it’s not too late! 2. When first posted, Saxon had asked[...]