Entries Tagged as 'Gardens'

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Linden Hall Gardens

 
                                                Photo taken by Dara
I don’t know how much TheGardenLady’s readers enjoy visiting garden nurseries, but when TheGardenLady visits a really good nursery, she is like a child in a candy store. And when TheGardenLady recently visited
Linden Hill Gardens, she was in garden nursery heaven.  Here one can buy rare and current varieties of perennials [...]

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Chicago: The Flower City

 
Chicago is one of the prettiest cities in the World. It is not only pretty because of the stunning location, the city edges Lake Michigan, and the interesting architecture both in the city and along the shoreline; but the city is beautiful because of all the flowers. It is a garden lover’s dream city. Flowers [...]

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The 2008 Perennial Plant Conference

One of the best ways to learn about gardening is to learn from the Masters. And one of the best way to hear the Masters, if you cannot attend Horticulture Schools, is to attend plant conferences. These conferences are given all around the US as well as other countries and are generally open to the [...]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Spigelia Marylandica

In the July 15th post, TheGardenLady wrote about her visit to Chanticleer. One of the pleasures of touring a garden is to discover “new” plants. TheGardenLady and her friends found a plant that they had never seen before.
Chanticleer has, at each of their gardens, a list of all the plants that are located in that [...]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Chanticleer

Photo by Bluberd
TheGardenLady loves to visit gardens both public and private, and this summer she has been doing a lot of garden visiting.
Last week TheGardenLady went to tour a favorite garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania called Chanticleer. This 30 acre garden was donated by the owners’ son for the public to enjoy. It is a delight [...]

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Topiary PowerPoint Presentation

 
TheGardenLady received an amazing PowerPoint presentation of topiaries, but doesn’t know who created it and would like to give credit for it.   Click this praxim1.pps,  hit open and then enjoy.
Does anyone know the location of these topiaries?
Does anyone know other photos of great garden sites?

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Growing Plants in Containers

 
TheGardenLady received this question from Yoonsin Park:
I live in a condo with a small patio.  Due to that I can only have container plants.  I don’t want to get larger & larger containers as the plant grows.  I just want to get one container and the plant to retain itself in it.  What is the best [...]

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

A Great Garden Site: Plants Free For Life

                                                                         
TheGardenLady is fortunate to have her column read by people around the world.  One comment on my post Acid Loving Plants, was from Chris who lives in England. Chris has a lovely free website called Plants Free for Life that I think readers in any country would be happy to discover and read. Chris and his [...]

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Looking for a Beautiful Garden Tour?

                                                                                   
One of the things TheGardenLady enjoys is visiting places with plants or plant related material. These include gardens, parks, arboretums, nurseries, farms, flower shows, farmers markets, etc.  These places can be private or public. If TheGardenLady is in the vicinity and the places are open to the public, TheGarden Lady will try to visit. [...]