From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Nan Ondra: Garden Writer and Garden Blogger

January 29, 2008

Nan with her two alpacas, Duncan and Daniel. Photo by Rob Cardillo, used with permission.

Yesterday I reviewed Fallscaping by Stephanie Cohen and Nancy Ondra. Knowing Nan is a fellow garden blogger, I thought it would be interesting to learn more about her as a writer and gardener.
This is your second book co-authored with Stephanie Cohen. [...]

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Fallscaping: Book Review

January 28, 2008

Inspiring Ideas and Photos Take the Autumn Garden to the Next Level
I’d read several books by Piet Oudolf and by Wolfgang Oehme, but I never really “got” the fall garden until I read Fallscaping, by Nancy Ondra and Stephanie Cohen. Somehow those two American women made gardening in the fall accessible to me in a [...]

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The transitory rustic garden arch: Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop

January 24, 2008

I have long fantasized having a substantial arbor dripping with roses. Ignoring the fact that there aren’t too many repeat-blooming climbers hardy enough to take my climate, I realize with dismay that my most favored place to site an arbor turns out to be on a slope every time I leave my dream world and [...]

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Poppy Seed Queens

January 20, 2008

Just about half a year ago, I was lamenting the loss of my favorite pink peony poppy. Thanks to one of my readers, I learned that these beauties are being sold on eBay. EBay! I had known that seeds and plants were sold on eBay, but had never thought to look myself.
Julie Calhoun and the [...]

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Garden Bloggers Spring Fling 2008

January 18, 2008

Just in case you’ve been hibernating and only now have begun to amble around the garden blog community, the Austin garden bloggers are organizing a meet-up for April 5, 2008. It will be a chance to solidify the friendships that have formed over the internet, enjoying some great gardens and Texas hospitality.
As I understand it, [...]

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: January 2008

January 15, 2008

I did not go outside to look for blooms today. Today looks like this:

Last Friday, on the 11th, it looked like this:

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How well do you know Brit Garden Lit?

January 4, 2008

“Test your knowledge of books set in, or inspired by, gardens. All the books are listed on the EnCompass database, so you could do a bit of clever searching to find the answers!” I only knew one answer without searching the database. I hadn’t even heard of most of the authors or titles. How about [...]

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How New Media is Impacting the Future of Gardening

January 3, 2008

One nice thing about the GWA Symposium is that most of the meals are donated by various member businesses. But we all know there’s no such thing as a free lunch, or a free breakfast, for that matter, so you probably already guessed that the business that pays for breakfast thereby procures the opportunity to [...]

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New Year’s Eve sunrise

January 1, 2008

For those of you who think my snowdrops will shortly be rocketing from the earth and bursting into bloom: fear not. The snow came back. More predicted tomorrow.
Happy New Year.

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