On a magnificent day of bright, clear sunshine, the prestigious LongHouse Reserve Landscape Award was given to Lynden Miller, one of the outstanding heroines in my book, Heroes of Horticulture: Americans Who Transformed the Landscape, as she certainly has done. Talks followed from two others recognized, Amy Goldman Fowler and Thomas Woltz. I was honored …
So happy to have a lovely day to welcome the Essex Garden Club who arrived late morning. Above you see me with the group but for the photographer and below the whole group with my pond below in the background. They were enthusiastic and knowledgeable and particularly enjoyed being encouraged to spread out and wander …
In recent years, I only open for The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program in June when the roses are working their magic, but this year, I agreed to open also in September because George Schoellkopf, one of the heroes in my recent book and creator of Hollister House Garden was holding his symposium weekend. Happily …
I was delighted to see Alicia Whitaker’s wonderful review of Heroes of Horticulture in the North American Rock Garden Society Journal, a/k/a Nargs! Best of all, she quoted the hilarious limerick Frank Cabot wrote called The ARGS Hymn or The Alpine Gardeners Lament. Alicia is the President of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons which …
Happily, it was a lovely day when the Hardy Plant Society Mid-Atlantic Group came to Brush Hill and. after touring the garden, enjoyed a box lunch picnic. Janice Thomas organized the event and the group came mostly from Pennsylvania and Delaware where my husband grew up. They arrived in a huge bus that somehow roared …
A happy day of sunshine, a rare event this year, for the visiting group of Detroit Master Gardeners, on Saturday morning, June 22. They arrived more than an hour earlier than planned so I was barely able to rip off my dirty jeans in time to put on clean clothes and race off on my …
Thursday, June 13th was a rainy day and cold, but it stopped by the time I arrived here at the Visitors Center, new built and opened, of the Greenwich Historical Society in Cos Cob, Connecticut. I arrived earlier than the 6 PM door opening to be greeted by the wonderful Director of Education, shown with …
The day defied the weather forecasters and proved to be beautiful for a visit from a group of Garden Comm members and friends. They were once called the Garden Writers and I have no idea why the name was changed. A delightful group organized by Ellen Ecker Ogden shown above on the left with another …
Kathryn Boughton wrote a delightful article in advance of my book talk for the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon in Berkshire Style, a web based publication sharing news about happenings in and around the Berkshires. You can read the article here
On a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon, my long time admired and dear friend, Areta Warren invited me to speak at the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon, Connecticut for their Sunday afternoon series. Areta is a member of the Library’s board. My book talk was first scheduled for early March but cancelled at the last moment due …