Most of you are probably familiar with my friend David Culp’s book The Layered Garden that describes ...
Beauty is Therapy
I believe nature can heal. Apparently, I’m not the first person to think this. The Friends Asylum in ...
Hot and Stinky
We experienced our first heat wave in the Philadelphia area last week. I felt the tropical humidity ...
Growing Wild
I stumbled upon the show Growing Floret a while back. I was hooked by the middle of the first episod ...
Preserving the Past
I recently learned about an amazing cherry tree located in West Chester, PA just minutes from my hom ...
Wait and See
We had a pretty mild winter in the Philadelphia area this year. No measurable snow fell, and tempera ...
Green for Luck
It’s Saint Patrick’s Day and that means everything is turning green: milkshakes, the Chicago River, ...
Barking Up a Tree
People like me who work in the landscape industry relish the winter as a time of year when we can ob ...
In with the Old
It’s a new year and that often means we discard the old and ring in the new. January 1 typically ser ...
Cheery Winter Containers
I like to use perennials in containers with a few annuals for seasonal interest. This technique enab ...