Perhaps it was because I had just spent two and a half months with my 90 year old father in Philadelphia, who spoke more about death with me this visit than he has his entire lifetime, that I made time to watch A Will for the Woods. If, like me, you’ve had mixed feelings about how [...]
When a few of the Drexel students working with me at Lombard Center Community Garden told me that I needed to check out the latest in Philadelphia’s Pop-Up gardens down at the waterfront, I knew it was a ‘must see’. Spruce Street Harbor Park Although it’s described as a ‘summer pop-up park complete with a [...]
Every Saturday morning when I stroll over to Rittenhouse Square, I’m starstruck by the plethora of zinnias that greet me with their dazzling array of colors and flower heads. There are 3 or 4 flower stands at this weekly market but one grower, Triple Tree Flowers, has a flare for displaying flowers that woos passer-bys [...]
The crown jewel of Philadelphia is the Benjamin Franklin Parkway – flanked on one side by the Philadelphia Museum Art with a straight view of Philadelphia City Hall several blocks away. In the center of Philadelphia’s magnificent mile is Logan Circle, an open-space park, one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city [...]
The winners of Gardening Gone Wild’s Book Celebration 2014 has been announced on FB and personal notes written to 7 lucky folks. They are: Katrina Bohrer, Anita Taylor, Shane Kaufman, Charles Ward, Jeanie Skibiski, Gini Huffman, and Melinda (Mel123info). For those of you who have not yet responded to my e-mail, you have until 12 [...]