Yesterday I received word that one of my blog posts had earned a Silver Award in the Garden Writers Association's annual media awards. The post is self-described as "A rambling discourse written over several days about dried beans, home gardens, and the creative impulse." The post was entered in a relatively new category for electronic writing. The great thing about the GWA awards is that the association announces all the silvers in spring (the number of silvers in each category varies) and ... Read More about It's a Major Award
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Terrace Horticultural Books: A Gardener’s Haven
Tuesday I had the chance to visit a St. Paul gardening landmark -- Terrace Horticultural Books, and for a reading gardener (or a gardening reader), this place is fabulous. Run by Kent Petterson, a retired electrical contractor and master gardener, the store houses about 15,000 volumes related to gardening. It's located on the first floor of a charming Victorian house in a residential neighborhood and in the summer it is surrounded by gardens. Kent is something of a celebrity among gardening ... Read More about Terrace Horticultural Books: A Gardener’s Haven
Garden Travels from Home
I enjoy visiting gardens while on vacation, but you can visit many gardens from the comfort of home through books, web sites, and DVDs. This Christmas, the man in my life gave me a trip to the gardens of Jane Austen through a just-released book by Wisconsin writer Kim Wilson. I'm a minor Jane-ite (as Austen fans are called) and really enjoyed Wilson's Tea with Jane Austen. In the Garden with Jane Austen takes readers to gardens that Austen and her family would have cared for -- mostly cottage ... Read More about Garden Travels from Home
Installing a Front-Yard Garden
Last fall, I marked off the area for a front-yard garden, something I've been wanting to do for a couple of years. Our front yard faces east and south and while we have planted some big trees, the corner in question gets baked by sun, and consequently, required watering all the time, and still the grass looked brown. Minnesota doesn't really have the right climate for growing turf grass, even under better conditions. I used the smother method to kill the grass and was only semi-pleased with ... Read More about Installing a Front-Yard Garden
Gardening Like Monet
Not many of us can garden in the fashion of impressionist Claude Monet. Lacking the 5-acre garden, help from a full-time gardener and (most importantly) artistic genius, we instead look at Monet's paintings, and sigh. There was a lot of sighing, and gasping, and general oohing and aahing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art this morning during photographer Derek Fell's talk on Monet's garden. The event was part of the MIA's annual Art in Bloom, and the auditorium was packed with enthusiastic ... Read More about Gardening Like Monet
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