Like a lot of Midwesterners, I enjoy a winter escape to the west coast of Florida. I’m not sure why this area is so popular with people from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, but those are the out-of-state license plates you are likely to see in Naples and Fort Myers. One of the places well worth a visit in Naples is the Naples Botanical Garden, a recently remodeled 170-acre facility located just south of Olde Naples. I visited the garden in 2008 during one of my regular vacations to ... Read More about Naples Botanical Garden
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Olbrich Botanical Garden
I've visited Olbrich Botanical Gardens several times in summer and even into November, and each time I've found something new to appreciate. These photos are from my visit in August 2017. I loved how the garden looked, but a friend from Madison told me the garden was stunning in spring as well and that the best time to see butterflies in the garden was late September. Time to plan another trip! Olbrich Botanical Garden is located just a few minutes off of I-90/I-94, which skirts the ... Read More about Olbrich Botanical Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden
Over the past four years I've made many trips to Chicago because my oldest daughter goes to school at Loyola University there. (She is a very happy, soon-to-be alumna.) Whenever I can, I take a detour from our moving-in, moving-out trips to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden, located outside of the city on the line between Lake and Cook counties. At 385-acres, the garden is impossible to see in one visit. It has 24 permanent gardens and constantly changing displays and special events. One year, I ... Read More about Chicago Botanic Garden
Three Lessons from Garden Tours
This past month, I have been really lucky to attend several garden tours. I started with tours around the Quad Cities in Iowa as part of a Garden Writers Association event, then hit the Northfield Garden Club tour, followed by my trip to Buffalo, N.Y. for three days of nonstop garden visits. In the past two weeks, I've been to three more tours. First, the North Oaks Garden Tour, followed by an MSHS event at the wonderful garden of Soni Forsman, water gardener extraordinaire, and this past ... Read More about Three Lessons from Garden Tours
The Power of Gardening in Community
If there is one thing I took away from my weekend in Buffalo with my fellow garden bloggers (other than a serious case of plant envy -- which will be discussed at length later), it is the conviction that gardens really do have the power to bring people together. Gardening in community builds community. We bloggers toured several gardens in different neighborhoods that will be part of the Buffalo Garden Walk the last weekend in July, when about 350 gardens in the area are opened to visitors. (A ... Read More about The Power of Gardening in Community
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