A Gardener's Reading, ninth of 30 By Kim Wilson (Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2009) I’m a long-time Jane Austen fan, long before Colin Firth transformed Mr. Darcy into a hunk or film directors riffed off of Jane for movies like Clueless, Bride and Prejudice, The Jane Austen Book Club, and the fairly ridiculous movie take on Jane's life, Becoming Jane. Like a lot of Jane-ites, I enjoy the world that Austen creates—“a few families in a village,” as Austen once described it—as much as the plots of her ... Read More about Book Review: In the Garden with Jane Austen
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Urban Gardening in St. Louis
More big cities seem to be realizing the value of plants and landscaping as a way to create more human-scaled, safer and more attractive environments. Last weekend, I toured the Citygarden Sculpture Garden along the Gateway Mall of St. Louis with two dozen garden writers as part of a regional Garden Writers Association meeting. St. Louis seemed especially vibrant and lively, which may have had something to do with the beloved Cardinals winning in the National League Championship Series, but ... Read More about Urban Gardening in St. Louis
Garden Tours 2011: Raining Ideas
I’ve been on four garden tours so far this summer, and despite rain falling on every tour, the gardens looked lush and beautiful. Tours give me ideas for my own garden as well as for stories for the magazine, plus it’s fun to walk around and see how differently people create spaces in their gardens. Here are some trends I noticed while walking around in the rain this summer. Neighborly Gardens. Northern Gardener ran a feature on two neighbors in Minneapolis who garden, if not exactly ... Read More about Garden Tours 2011: Raining Ideas
Short Season Gardening
The growing season where I live would never be considered long—most folks consider my climate one that requires short season gardening. Even in a year with an unusually early spring, like 2010, the season is no more than five months long. And, with a later spring, like this year, we’re lucky to get four full months of good gardening in. But on a recent trip to the North Shore of Minnesota, I was struck about how intense a much shorter growing season is. Driving up Highway 61 from Duluth to ... Read More about Short Season Gardening
‘Praying Hands’ Hosta and the Minnesotan Who Discovered It
On Saturday, I was fortunate to be invited to Knecht's Nurseries and Landscaping in Northfield for a special visit of the Rochester-based Shades of Green Hosta Society. These dedicated hosta enthusiasts were on a bus tour that included a visit to Leif and Deb Knecht's garden and a chance to meet Northfield resident Jerry Williams, the man who discovered and named 'Praying Hands' hosta, the 2011 Hosta of the Year. Before his talk, I chatted with Jerry, a delightful almost 84-year-old, and he ... Read More about ‘Praying Hands’ Hosta and the Minnesotan Who Discovered It
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