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Let me introduce Van Eugene Gatewood Ham, a native of Greenville, Mississippi, with a soft spot for okra. Gene Ham visits Central Kentucky every Thanksgiving...

Did you know that Washington, D.C., with 1.2 million square feet of green roofs as of 2014, won bragging rights as the greenest U.S....

A reader of Susan Harris’ recent post about the display of Synlawn synthetic grass at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. asked about...

Readers, this post is a nakedly self-serving attempt to get free garden design advice. To wit: what are good plants along high-traffic and high-visibility...

Printed explanatory matter is a thing for Buffalo gardeners, because so many people are on either the Garden Walk, Open Gardens, or one of...

If I wasn’t part of a huge garden tour every year, I wouldn’t make too big a deal of plants that don’t perform at...

Only avid, bordering on obsessed gardeners like myself watch a documentary about John & Yoko and pay more attention to their garden than to...

America co-founder Ben Franklin never got to Indiana – but his tree did, the fabled Franklin Tree; aka Franklinia alatamaha. It’s blooming here in...

The National Building Museum in D.C. has a tradition of installing a "Summer Block Party" exhibit in June, and this year it's called “Lawn.”...

Guest Rant by Marianne Willburn  Given the choice of dinner companions at an industry event, with fourteen topics on the table and the wine flowing...

Ever look up at a grand old tree and marvel at the randomness of its branches? They dodge and weave. They angle off. They...

The other day I was listening to a podcast about anxiety - an interview with a Dr. Bill Knaus, author The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook...

  I am 68 years old and have been gardening for almost 50 years. For more than a third of this long garden row—18 years—I...

Buffalo's Darwin Martin Complex, designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright, no longer needs any fixing up. Three buildings (Martin House, Barton House, Gardener’s...

Back in 2013 I wrote approvingly of DC's "Phantom Planter" and his planting of flowers in public spaces without permission - guerrilla-style.  But with...