The annual “Mayor’s Garden Contest” is a citywide celebration of urban gardening in Boston. The contest recognizes gardeners who have helped beautify Boston’s neighborhoods. The contest is part of Mayor Marty Walsh’s citywide beautification initiative. Yours truly fondly remembers many years when I was honored to be a judge in the late Mayor Menino’s garden … Continue reading Mayor’s Garden Contest →

Through the years I’ve received hundreds of gift plants from friends and family members. Each was treasured, either as a houseplant or an outdoor garden specimen. Some have grown and flourished and sadly, some died off. And then, there are those that have been “rascally” and have tried “to take over the world,” such as … Continue reading A Gift to Remember →

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts celebrates the return of spring with Art in Bloom, Saturday, April 29 to Monday, May 1, 2017. For more than 40 years, the festival has paired art from across the MFA’s collection with floral interpretations created by 50 New England-area garden clubs. Art in Bloom launches with an Evening … Continue reading Art in Bloom at MFA →

Each year Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of vegetable and herb plants in North America, delivers cabbage plants across the country to third grade classrooms whose teachers have signed up for the National Cabbage Program. Bonnie Plants initiated the program in 1996 around their headquarters in Union Springs, Alabama, with a mission to inspire a … Continue reading National Cabbage Program →

We have always been intrigued by beautiful roses, especially repeat-flowering fragrant ones with pink blossoms. So, it was exciting to receive information about one of the two new 2017 spring introductions from David Austin Roses, named ‘The Ancient Mariner’. Inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the hybrid, bush-type … Continue reading David Austin Roses →