If you’ve ever looked at a seed catalogue, you’ll be bombarded with more options than you know what to do with. But what are the different lettuce greens you find at the store? Can you grow those yourself? Today, I’m breaking down…
Just in time for the holiday season, Phaidon has released a sumptuous and comprehensive survey that celebrates the beauty and appeal of flowers throughout art, history, and culture. Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom takes readers on a journey across continents and…
At the Chelsea Flower Show last month one plant kept popping up again and again, dotted through show gardens and on nursery stands and displays. Atriplex hortensis—or orache—is an edible salad crop that is increasingly being grown in borders, too, and at…
Each year, the start of summer reveals itself through Mother Nature’s bounty, be it juicy peaches, homegrown tomatoes, or sweet, crisp melons. Across the South, fragrant lavender quilts the countryside in patches of purple every June. To amble among the trembling blooms…
Interested in learning how to make cards with pressed flowers?
Get the whole family involved in holiday cards this year! While posing for a family photo does have a certain caché, making your own ow botanical greeting cards with pressed flowers is…
Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum It seems most of us gardeners love mint—as long as it’s in other people’s gardens, in tea, or in mixed drinks. In our own yards, plants from the Mentha genus—be it peppermint, spearmint, chocolate, or apple mint (yes, there’s…