September 25, 2026
IN THE INTRODUCTION to her latest book “A Forest Language,” Hannah Fries acknowledges a fascination with the words we use to talk about trees—organisms...
September 18, 2026
I LOOK AROUND the garden and I see it happening everywhere, on so many different plants: seed is forming. Seed is the start of...
September 11, 2026
WHAT MAKES a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your...
September 4, 2026
WHEN I HEARD that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners, I...
August 28, 2026
IS A GREENHOUSE in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their...
August 22, 2026
IHOPE YOU’LL join me for this fall semester of the Virtual Garden Club’s ‘Garden 2.0’ series as we get an inside look at the...
August 21, 2026
THE OPENING PAGES of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed...
August 14, 2026
RATHER THAN digging in, let’s wade into our topic this week—because the subject is water lilies. How did I know so little about these...
August 8, 2026
WHEN WAS THE last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown...
August 8, 2026
WHEN I ANNOUNCED in June that the Virtual Garden Club would take a summer break, I promised we would, however, get together in a...
July 31, 2026
IDON’T RECALL who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed...
July 24, 2026
TRIGGER WARNING: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest...