It is so satisfying to bring the garden into all aspects of our lives. We read about gardens, display flowers and start plants indoors, revel in cooking with our freshly harvested veggies and herbs, and pore over stacks of seed catalogues every winter. Here we’ll explore all the ways the garden influences our lives.
Fresh Posts
The Good Morning Glory
Discover the difference between good morning glories and very bad morning glories.
I’m Hooked on the Mystery and History of Heirloom Plants. You Can Be Too
A gardener’s initiation into the mystery and romance of heirloom gardening.
Fresh Garden Reads: Summer 2022
Choose a fresh summer read from this garden-inspired list of books.
Meet Iris ‘Loreley’
Bearded irises are the party girls of the spring garden. Meet ‘Loreley’, who has resided in my gardens for several decades.
How to Grow a Life Long Gardener
Find out how six-year old me got hooked on gardening.
The Secret Garden
Find The Secret Garden in books, movies and poetry.
Whose Garden Is It?
In which the line between garden owner and gardener are blurred.
A Gardener’s Transformation
A big move takes me into brand-new gardening territory.
I Get So Emotional: An Exploration of Our Attachment to Plants
Explore our emotional attachment to plants from the past.
And Way Down She Goes: Going Down the Gardenista Rabbit Hole
Gardenista makes it way too easy for us to go down the gardening rabbit hole.
Antique Seed Illustrations: How to Pin Seed History
Pinning my addiction: we explore vintage seed packages and catalogues
The Quotable Gardener: March 2022
Celebrate March and the beginning of another gardening season with a timely quote.
The Quotable Gardener: Roses
Celebrate the beauty of June and old roses with these quotes and photos.