Fall came to the Garden this week. Yes, we’ve had some cooler weather for a while and a few trees here and there had some leaves turning color, but the autumn season seemed a little lackluster. Then, with all the cool damp weather this past week, the color started coming out on the trees. I…
What a scary couple of weeks! A couple of Saturdays ago, I was all set to enjoy a nice relaxing birthday. All of a sudden there came a huge crowd of people for something one of them called a “Pull and Plant” day. For some folks, Halloween is the time for all things scary, but…
Tomorrow is my birthday. I am always grateful for that nice honeybee that introduced my father to my mother. Without her help, my parents would never have gotten together. Along with my brothers and sisters, I was conceived here in the Garden and ‘Ecuador’have enjoyed my entire life here. So far, it’s been great. The…
After I dried out from all the wetness of last week, I moved to the Matson Garden. It’s only a short walk for most people and the journey is not that bad for me as well. I’m not going to tell you how I move, because you might tell a gardener and then ruin my…
Last weekend I picked up my roots and headed to the Sarah Lee Baker Perennial Garden. With the arrival of all the wind this week, I think I made a great decision. Today a nor’easter must be coming through. The yaupon hedge surrounding the garden is perfect protection for a little guy like me and…
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in the Butterfly Garden and the Wildflower Meadow. Like a kaleidoscope, wherever you turn you will see a variety of beautiful colors in an ever changing pattern. Zinnias in shades of pink, red, yellow and orange; Pentas in white, lavender and red; purple gomphrena; deep orange firecracker plant;…
After having a nice two week vacation in the tropics (Tropical Garden, that is) I headed north. I stopped in the All-America Selections garden, near NATO Bridge. Last spring this area was filled with flowering tulips, but now some winners of the All-America Selections are commanding the space. The All-America Selections is a long running…
August is the month for vacations so I wanted to go see some new plants and get away from the gardeners. I headed to the Tropical Garden yesterday. Since I am from a more temperate region, tropicals are not plants I know well and I feel very much like a tourist here. Unfortunately there are…
It is funny how two different random events can start you acting on a completely new idea. I was sitting in the AAS beds the other day and saw a parent pointing out some of the vegetables to their child and the child seemed totally amazed how the vegetable was growing in the ground. It…
I am in the Sensory Garden today. It’s a nice spot – lots of pretty flowers, plenty of people walking by and most important of all, irrigation. Having been in the Butterfly Garden recently and now here, I have had a chance to spend some time with many of the summer annuals. I like having…