Forget the whisks and mixing bowls, the British icon is sharing her wealth of gardening knowledge after years of practice ...
Oooh! The colors of the corn remind me of sea glass!” one student said to another as she sorted through all different types of vegetable seeds. Another pinched a bunch of tiny carrot seeds ...
I am a chef by trade with a passion for organic farm-to-table dining. Growing or buying local produce is just as exciting to me as cooking it, maybe more so. Every season begins with a dream of ...
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Life lessons from my garden

“A garden is a great teacher,” wrote Gertrude Jekyll.
I have learned so much from my rose garden through the years. I have learned about roses, the insects in my garden and the value of companion planting. Interestingly, rose gardens and life teach us ...
A fusion of Buddhist retreat and science lab: That is how I characterize the garden. As if embodiments of that notion, a few of my longtime teachers — frogs, chipmunks, a diversity of birds — ...
Courtesy of Dominique Charles Dominique Charles and her okra. Dominique Charles knows her way around the garden. The founder of Plots & Pans is known as a garden expert, garden consultant, and even ...
The beginning of February, that’s when it all starts, the planning for the year’s growing season. Stacked seed catalogs, current and old, fill the living room table and all the saved containers from ...
The garden is a metaphor for so much in life. Resiliency, personal growth, nurturing—yes, but it’s not all sweetness and light. It’s the height of the season, so what better time then to connect life ...
Gardening is more than just a seasonal hobby; it’s an art form that reflects the relationship between people and the land.
Jekyll was a pioneering English gardener, designer, and writer best known for introducing a natural, flowing cottage-style ...