Barbara Robinson With the beautiful new mahagony arbor for the Rose Walk, the crumbling ancient stonewall had to rise to the occasion. Voila! A handsome, but cement free, stone wall was produced by re-assembling the stones that were there. That made the split rail fence on the outside of the adjacent Moon Garden suddenly …
A surprisingly warm winter has allowed some major structural projects to carry on. The Rose Walk’s Cedar Posts have been slowly decaying over the years and finally had to be replaced. They are the second generation of Cedar Posts that have provided structure for the Rose Walk and also acted to separate the areas of …
On a perfectly beautiful day, a delightful group came from the Center for Continuing Education in Mamaroneck, New York. Donna Leftwich, who serves on that Board of Directors, led the group and is shown here with me. She overcame the challenge of figuring out how to maneuver their large bus to get in since cell …
Despite the threat of bad weather, the garden was open from 10 AM to 4 PM along with others in Litchfield County for the Garden Conservancy Open Days Program. I always choose this time of year because it is the peak of the Rose Walk and this year the Foxgloves added a spectacular touch. Fortunately, …
Patricia Kalba brought a delightful group of members of the New Haven Garden Club came to visit on Wednesday, June 17; she wisely had postponed the visit one day to the rain day she had arranged and the weather was perfection. All had been organized to to perfection by Patricia who came a few …
Our friend, Candace Taubner arranged to bring members of her Book Club from Pelham New York for a garden tour on a lovely day in June. Since this was a book club, I was delighted that several members wished to buy my book! Charlie and I met Candace on a wonderful cruise with the …
The Weather Gods certainly smiled on the St. Paul’s Church benefit held at Brush Hill for a first time offer of a stroll with wine and food in the gardens. Mariana Daniels first asked me if they could use Brush Hill as a venue, after I gave a book talk for St. Paul’s awhile ago. …
The Noanett Garden Club arrived on a beautiful day in late May, thanks to the fine organizing done by Amy Beckwith. They first enjoyed a box lunch picnic on the terrace, enhanced by Charlie’s pouring wine, and then to stroll through the gardens. No doubt the wine added to the enthusiasm! One group sat at …
I was so delighted to be invited to speak to the Fort Worth Garden Club by Nancy Hallman and here I am with Nancy and Taddie Hamilton, President of the Club. The program took place in the handsome building of the Botanical Garden of Forth Worth, a building that was built thanks to the hard …
Columbus Day Weekend is always the height of the “leaf peepers” arriving in our part of Northwestern Connecticut. This year they enjoyed a particularly colorful show. The long wet, cool August and then the dry, rather hot September setthe stage for a blaze of color. It is now quite late, and although the temperatures dropped …