Wedding Voyeurs at Mendota Lake
After spending our first day in Madison at the Olbrich Botanical Garden, we settled in at the Edgewater Hotel and planned the rest of our stay, but got something unexpected - not just one wedding, but three
Farmers Coop Plant Nursery Ruled by the Queen of Cram
Jeff Budine, Manager of the Greenfield Farmers Cooperative Exchange, now celebrating its Centennial Anniversary, told me that the plant nursery with its current offerings of everything from trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables and herbs began about 50 years ago in the open space where the warehouse now stands. In those days there were fewer nursery plants, and they were all sold out by Memorial Day, he said. Nowadays, the plant nursery is a big operation and includes a…
A Texas Garden with Rooms, Blooms – and Art
A Texas garden may be different from New England gardens, but gardeners all share the desire to create beautiful spaces. I spent a week in Texas visiting my daughter and her family, and joining ninety-two other garden bloggers touring gardens in the Austin area. We visited big public gardens like the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Zilker Botanical Garden. We also visited unique private gardens. The garden created by David and Jenny Stocker appeared to be a…
Bridge of Flowers Annual Plant Sale
While on my recent weekend of touring amazing gardens in Texas, I found that three of my fellow tourists, from New York and Rhode Island, had visited the Bridge of Flowers. Not only did my new friends appreciate the beauty of the Bridge in joyous bloom, they admired the way the Shelburne Falls Area Women’s Club, and their Bridge of Flowers subcommittee, have cared for the Bridge, and enlisted the support of a wide community to create a…
Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – May 15, 2018
The Texas sun seemed to be shining on these glowing golden primroses on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. The garden had hardly any blooms when we left for Texas on May but our return on May 8 was astounding. I am going to give a thorough pictorial record of our May 15 blooms. I'm behind on my spring clean up and weeding so you'll likely see plenty of weeds. These primroses are increasing nicely. The tall Japanese primroses will…
Greenfield’s Energy Park – For the Community and the Environment
Greenfield’s Energy Park is a gem in the center of town. Main Street is all bustle and work, but a short stroll down Miles Street takes you to the peaceful gardens and shade of a town park created in 1999. Sandy Thomas was the director of the Northeast Sustainability Energy Association (NESEA) housed in the former railroad switch house building in the blighted area left by the demolition of the railroad station. In 1999 the town had a…
Deep in the Heart of Texas Garden Tour
I am returned from Austin, Texas Garden Tour where we saw succulents small - and LARGE. This agave was at the Nature's Garden organic nursery. We didn't even mind that it was still raining (pouring) as we wandered among the gardens - and the plants for sale. We saw Art in the garden - LARGE and small. I am just teasing now but soon I'll show you wonderful public gardens like the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and…
New and Interesting Perennials This Spring
What new perennials will you plant in your garden this year? I don’t mean brand new on the market, but new to you. Last fall I planted more than 100 crocus bulbs: white, yellow and purple. These are not new varieties, but I have never planted crocus before. In my new garden I can’t plant many bulbs because the garden is wet and bulbs would rot. But the bit of lawn in front of the house allows a…
Groundcovers – Base for the Layered Garden
The layered garden is created by arranging plants from the ground up beginning with groundcovers ranging from delicate tiarella, epimediums, and lamium to taller plants like ferns, and even low growing shrubs like cotoneaster and very spready junipers. The layers continue upwards with an herbaceous layer of perennials and annuals, followed by a shrub layer and ending with trees. Layers will spread out across the garden space. For example, I have planted two river birches in one of my…
April National Poetry Month – The Bridge of Flowers
April is National Poetry Month and Carol Purington, Colrain's noted haiku poet has donated a matted set of poems describing the Bridge of Flowers through its seasons. It is available by writing to bridgeofflowersmass@gmail.com. Carol has written several books of haiku describing life on a family farm, the essence of the seasons, the love of family, joy and sorrow. Carol, and her friend Susan Todd also put together an anthology of poems, Morning Song: Poems for New Parents.…
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