Dirty Thoughts: A Gardening Life

Legend has it that the Danes decided to sack Scotland—and did so in a most un-chivalrous manner: by attacking under the cover of darkness. ...

I learned this morning of the 17 September death of one of the great contemporary American gardeners, Wayne Winterrowd, after a brief illnes...

(subtitle: Color in the Garden: Ruby) Oh, Margaret Hamilton. Who can forget her delivery of that iconic line, her hands arched perfectly...

This is an auspicious day: the coinciding of the autumnal equinox and the Harvest Moon. Auspicious. That word takes me back in time… I work...

The gardens at 410 became the unexpected site of a funeral this morning, I the impromptu officiator of funeral rites. I plunged into the ...

So often the visitor and casual observer of the garden asks of the gardener friend, “which is your favorite flower?” The question has the s...

If summer is the full throttle of gardening life, then autumn is not many a gardeners’ friend. Crops are harvested, seeds begin to set, plan...