MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Ecological horticulturist Andy Brand can’t help himself. He just has to look closely at everything outdoors: every plant, every insect, every process that’s unfolding. And he has to take camera phone pictures, too—lots and lots of pictures.  These up-close observations... Read More ›

I’ve never had a rock garden, I confess. But a new book about a modern and extreme form of the art caught my attention recently.  It’s called “The Crevice Garden: How to Make the Perfect Home for Plants from Rocky... Read More ›

Hot and dry: That’s the lament of gardeners in most regions in high summer, and also of many plants in their flower gardens. The author of a new book called “The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide” is here to suggest which... Read More ›

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles. You know, the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits and yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing... Read More ›

I recently hosted a shade-gardening webinar featuring my friend, Ken Druse. The enthusiastic registration and the outpouring of audience questions that evening reminded me how popular a topic shade is, especially the challenge of dry shade, so I asked Ken... Read More ›

I’ve been undertaking more native-plant-focused garden transformations in recent years, as I know many of you listening have, too. Today’s guest is a naturalist with a background in landscape architecture who’s been making wildish gardens for decades, both at home... Read More ›

You know how the vegetable garden goes. One day, there are just two green beans ready to pick, and then there are 62 all at once. Famine and then feast.  Some of that can be moderated by growing different varieties... Read More ›

If you think that managing invasive plants in a garden is a challenge, imagine that on a larger scale—a much larger scale, like Angela Sirois-Pitel faces in the name of supporting native habitat on Nature Conservancy land.  From barberries and... Read More ›

More than 20 years ago, artists Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano started a botanical garden in the backyard of their Hudson Valley, New York, home. Today, the Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens has grown to 11 acres of diverse collections.... Read More ›

The lecture that he’s been giving for a number of years is not so subtly called “Kill our Lawn.”  Ecological horticulturist Dan Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone.... Read More ›