This winter I’ll be sharing photos of gardens I saw in 2013, especially ones within day-trip distance from Behnkes customers. Hope you’ll be inspired to visit some of them in 2014! First up, the under-visited but fabulous National Arboretum in…
This past weekend I ventured to Virginia to a place I’d never been before – the Pentagon memorial to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack. It’s a short walk from the Pentagon subway stop – easy to get to…
One of the team blogs that I follow is called the Garden Designer Roundtable, where designers from the U.S. and U.K. weigh in on a common topic. Recently they tackled the issue of maintenance, which is a hot topic among…
While I was visiting New York City earlier this month I didn’t JUST visit the High Line. Also on my agenda was the Native Plant Garden at the New York Botanical Garden which I’d read so much about when it…
I recently traveled to New York City for the sole purpose of seeing the now-world-famous High Line Park – a mile-long elevated park on what was once a freight rail line running along the West Side from the Meatpacking District…
This shouldn’t be a hard thing to do – finding somewhere to volunteer my services in the Metro DC area. I’m hoping to put my knowledge of gardening to some good purpose, do it with other people, and be active…
My financial adviser is telling me to travel now, while my health is good. (As a young-old person I have to be reminded that it won’t be long before I’m plain old old and maybe not up to traveling the…
The American Horticulture Society’s book awards for 2013 are out, and here’s the one winner that I might just buy: A Rich Spot of Earth by Peter J. Hatch. The AHS notes that it’s “unquestionably a superb work of scholarship,”…
Greetings from California, or at least just off the (red-eye) flight from there. I was there for the 6th annual Gardenblogger Fling, held in SF for the first time. Having not been there since the ’60s (remember Haight-Ashbury?) I went…
Like so many of you, I’ve been following the famous White House Kitchen Garden these last four seasons, and here’s what it looked like two weeks ago. There was no special tour for gardenbloggers (I wish!), just the usual twice-a-year…
Another installment in what’s turning out to be a series of articles about fall color in the garden, this one the result of my trip to the Mall over the weekend. So what better place to start admiring the gardens…
We love Brookside Gardens, but especially this time of year. Who wouldn’t? Photos taken April 13 of this year (2012). And one last shot showing nothing in blooms – just some faded tulips. But this evergreen for shade is at…