In June, 500 visitors toured my garden during a Sunday afternoon. The comments ranged from “What’s that?” (Amsonia hubrichtii, Sanguisorba, Loosestrife) to “Excuse me, did you say this garden is only four years old?” Yes, that’s how old it is. “What’s your secret? Lots of fertilizer I bet.” No no, I’d insist, just free city …
The names of garden blogs are as diverse as the plant life in the garden they document. For my personal blog, MrBrownThumb, I lucked upon a name that is easy for people to remember. I think if I had given the name of the blog a lot of thought I probably wouldn’t have been able …
Last month, In the Garden Online had an excellent take-down of the forced “crimes against horticulture” meme. Blooming Writer also chimed. What is it about the whimsical and crazy-looking pruned trees and shrubs that inspire such disdain among certain groups? Elitism. I don’t get it. But then again I like topiary, and I think it …
Diana Studer gardens for biodiversity at Elephant’s Eye on False Bay. She will highlight interesting garden blog posts from around the world in a feature we’re calling “Garden Blogs Through the Elephant’s Eye.” About Diana In November 2014 we moved to False Bay (Cape Town in South Africa) in suburbia between the mountains and the …