I moved to Philadelphia twenty years ago.  It was a hot, dry summer day and I felt far away from the cool shade of my yard in...

I’ve been thinking about birds a lot as I shovel. We’ve had two big storms in a row and my job’s been to shovel the snow off the third...

I went to the flower show yesterday and felt a little depressed until I got to the bonsai exhibit. I had seen Jane Pepper in a slim blue...

I’ve been forced to rest the past week after surgery. While I’ve been going from my house to work and back again the world has exploded...

I’ve walked away from lots of famous gardens. One spring a couple of years ago, I visited my friend Felicity in Virginia. I took the...

I just came in from snipping the bodies of tulips. The ones blooming are creamy yellow streaked with red flames. One of my neighbors...