Month: March 2014
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New for Spring: Gardening Seminars Sponsored by Walker Farm in Vermont
Springtime, Garden Dreaming: Garden Design by Michaela Harlow, Stonework by Dan Snow It’s been a maddeningly cold and dreary late March here in New England, and like many green-thumbs, I am beginning to feel more than a touch of cabin fever. I want to get out and get going in my garden! But with wintry […]
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Planning, Scheming & Garden Dreaming: While We Wait for the Thaw . . .
Calla Lilies Blush on the First Morning of Spring Spring may have officially arrived, but Winter isn’t giving up so quickly. Snow squalls wrapped my hilltop in a swirling, downy-white blanket this morning and wind whipped my clanking compost bin down the walk. Oh White Witch, won’t you loosen your chilly grip and leave us […]
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Welcoming Spring!
Anticipating the Spicy-Sweet Fragrance of My Favorite Springtime Blossom: Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Welcome Spring! The Vernal Equinox —day and night of equal length— occurs at 12:57 pm EDT today, March 20th, signaling the official start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. And although my Secret Garden is coated in yet another fresh layer of […]
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Indoor Eden: Tulips, Hot House Flowers & Intoxicating Floral Fragrance . . .
 Indoor Eden: Moth Orchid Beside the Bedroom Window (Phalaenopsis) I truly love all four seasons, and I do find winter to be especially beautiful in New England.  However, enough is enough. It’s been a particularly cold March thus far, and I am more than ready for spring. It’s nice to get a bit of a […]
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