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  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...

Mary Vaananen's second guest rant takes us behind the scenes of public horticultural presentations. I will never forget my first presentation to a large group. I...

You can’t be a gardener these days, not a serious gardener, and not notice some shifts in the climate. These vary with the region, but...

Congratulations to GardenRanter Scott Beuerlein for winning not one but TWO Silver Writing Awards from GardenComm (formerly Garden Writers Association). Scott's post "Gardening for Health"...

Who knew the life of a gardenblogger could be such a social whirlwind? Or that through blogging I'd meet and get to socialize with...

I’ll never consider attempting a rock garden again. Not after visiting the superb spaces of Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder, all part of a...

  I go back a long way with the award-winning Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. My first experiences at Bernheim were grade school bus trips...

So, OK, I’m lucky; not every driveway offers 300 feet of "Welcome Home." I understand that. What I’m talking about here is concept; the...

Anyone else gardening around poison ivy? How to Remove Poison Ivy Oil on your Skin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyoDRHpQK0 I've been wondering what to do about the poison ivy in...

Yeah, that’s about describes my Spring.  Yours? It all started with a misguided nod to appear on our Township’s Garden Tour. Did this sometime last...

“You can’t talk about conservation on one hand and development on the other as if they were two unrelated issues because they’re not.”—Tom Hoyt...

I've become a fan of the Maryland Horticultural Society, which attracts big-name speakers and puts on the very best garden tour in the Mid-Atlantic,...

My friend Mary Vaananen records sounds made by plants in the dead of winter. Seems weird, doesn’t it? It is weird, but when you...