For those of you who attended my workshop on Saturday, October 16 at Annie’s in Amherst, MA, you learned that there are many wonderful options to consider for the fall garden. Not only are there perennials with bloom times from September through November, but the foliage of many of our spring and summer perennials and [...]

Sunday, October 3, 2010 2:00 – 4:00 PM “Reflections on North Hill and its Two Renowned Gardeners” I was honored to be invited as Keynote Speaker at this event, hosted by Friends of the UMass Amherst Libraries. To those of you who came out on Sunday, October 3, 2010 to support the Friends of the [...]

(written 10/1) Note: I try to use the most popular names of plants that I think people will recognize – most often the common name and sometimes the botanical name. The garden is beginning to put on its cloak of fall colors – burnished golds of grasses, rich burgundies of frost-touched leaves, and the glorious [...]