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And the Winner Is…
Dear Readers: I’ve been so busy gardening and with the Garden Club of Irvington Flower Show that I haven’t had time to post. Alas! I’ll post lots of pictures of our beautiful flower (and plant) show very soon, but I … Continue reading
It’s Not Tough to Make a Trough Garden
It just takes a little patience. The Garden Club of Irvington is having a flower and plant show next May and I’ve entered the category called “Alpine Garden Troughs or Containers: A collection of three or more of the following … Continue reading
Propagate your Plants!
This is the big clean-up season before winter sets in. We’re all raking leaves, cutting back perennials, cleaning pots and tools and putting them away until next spring, and tossing out annuals. But wait, before you toss all the plants … Continue reading
I Left My Heart [at the Green Wall] in San Francisco
I went to San Francisco for ten days to meet my new grandson. Of course I fell in love with him. On Saturday afternoon I took a break from family to visit the newly reopened San Francisco Museum of Modern Art … Continue reading
The Tree Man of Holbox Island
I was touring Holbox Island on my bike. I just had to stop. The signs were so intriguing: “Adopt a Tree” in more than a dozen languages and “Vivero Plantas Endemicas” (garden center for native plants). I got off my … Continue reading
Dahlias, Dahling
This is the season for those spectacular blooms that mark the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Here they are in a garden I spotted on a bike ride in the Remsenberg section of Westhampton, New York. If … Continue reading
Posted in Horticulture, Private Gardens, The Hamptons, Travel-USA Northeast
Tagged Annual Flowers, Cleome, coneflowers, Dahlias, Echinacea, Flower Gardens, Westhampton
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A Tall Tale
In Canadian and American folklore, Paul Bunyan is a mythical, superhuman lumberjack. He could out-chop, out0-saw, out-talk, out-roll a log, and climb a tree faster than any other man at any other logging camp. When a friend recommended Chris Niemiec … Continue reading
Posted in Horticulture, In My Garden
Tagged pruning, tree care, tree services Westchester NY
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A Visit to the Connecticut College Arboretum
This place is deceptive. It’s advertised as a native plant garden, and you expect to see unusual, colorful plants. At first you think that there’s nothing much here. Then you look closely, and among the dappled light and shade, small … Continue reading
A Friend at Hampton Court
Garden Club of Irvington horticulture co-chair Renee Shamosh is traveling in England and France. A few days ago, she visited the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, in East Molesey, Surrey, about 30 minutes south of London. Renee sends her greetings … Continue reading
”Blue” Entry Wins Blue Ribbon
Part of the joy of being a member of a garden club is growing plants and creating mixed plantings for horticulture competitions. With Renee Shamosh, I’m a horticulture co-chair of the Garden Club of Irvington-on-Hudson, NY (GCI), which in turn … Continue reading
It’s Spring! (in Northern California)
The snow is falling again in the Northeast, and I look out at the fading light in my garden, which is two colors: the gray of the tree trunks and branches and the white of the snow. In San Francisco, … Continue reading
A Chinese Garden in a New York Backyard
At the end of May, I took my daughter-in-law, Yan Zhang Miller, to see the garden of the newest member of the Garden Club of Irvington, Dongkai Zhen. Dongkai, left, has lived Westchester County, New York, for 24 years. She … Continue reading
It’s Not Tough To Be a Trough Gardener
I joined fellow members of the Garden Club of Irvington on a recent visit to Oliver Nursery in Fairfield, CT, where we got an expert demonstration on how to plant troughs. Although “trough” is one of the weirder one-syllable words … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design Projects, Horticulture
Tagged container gardening, easy garden projects, garden club horticulture shows, Garden Club of Irvington, Oliver Nursery, Oliver Nursery Fairfield CT, rock garden plants, Semperivum tectorum (hens and chicks), shade-loving perennials, succulent plants, trough garden, trough gardens
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A Visit to the Philadelphia Flower Show
The theme of this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show, which runs through Sunday, is ARTiculture. Art museums, including the Guggenheim, the Getty, and the Smithsonian, have teamed up to produce spectacular exhibits. The show is crowded, commercial, expensive ($32 per ticket … Continue reading
Gone to Pot
All kinds of interesting plants are growing in pots on the deck. Many of them are here via Kent Russell, “The Garden Guru,” who spoke at a Garden Club of Irvington meeting in April. He brought a truckload of container … Continue reading
God Is In the Details
Was today the most colorful day of the year, or was it yesterday? Or maybe it will be tomorrow. It’s the season of clean-up (especially after Hurricane Sandy), and noticing the miraculous details—seed heads and the last blossoms among the … Continue reading
Tuteurs, Obelisks and Obsessions
A field trip on a drizzly day last spring to the Cloisters Museum and Gardens in Upper Manhattan has kept me busy all summer. The Cloisters, devoted to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe, is surrounded by walled gardens … Continue reading
Garden Party in The Hamptons
A beautiful Saturday evening in late summer, a lovely setting, reflections in the pool, a sunset over the water, clinking wine glasses, and good conversation. In the Hamptons, a region noted for spectacular gardens, this was a garden to remember, … Continue reading
OMG
I woke up very early yesterday and went out on the deck at about 5:30 am. I opened my eyes. The fan iris had 20 blooms. They lasted one day. But what a day.
Posted in Horticulture, In My Garden
Tagged Apostle Plant, Fan Iris, Twelve Apostles Iris, Walking Iris
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I’m a Fan!
Four or five years ago my friend Jean Schon gave me small plant she called Fan Iris. This has truly been the gift that keeps on giving. It’s ten times its original size and has been transplanted and divided several … Continue reading
Posted in Horticulture, In My Garden
Tagged 12 Apostles Iris, Apostle Plant, Fan Iris, Neomarica gracelis caerulea, Walking Iris
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