Ancient Sicily and the Amalfi Coast April 15-28, 2015 (with an optional Amsterdam extension, April 28-30) While winter weather sets in across much of the country, my mind is on traveling! 2014 found me leading groups to England, Scotland and Tuscany and 2015 is setting up to be even more exciting! We will…
I know, I know. I’m behind–again. Bad blogger. I’m having a moment of inspiration, though, because out of all of my travels so far this summer (more on those in upcoming blog posts), the past 3 days in Chicagoland hanging out with buddy and fellow partner in horticultural crime, Shawna Coronado (www.shawnacoronado.com), have been some…
Well, as is typical here in Tennessee, spring officially arrived last Thursday and today it snowed! It snowed so hard, in fact, that when I was driving home around lunch time you couldn’t see from one telephone pole to the next. Near white-out conditions! 20 minutes later, the sun came out and as quickly as…
I have another exciting opportunity for those of you who love to travel and see beautiful gardens and historic sites, but maybe couldn’t work our earlier trip to England into your schedules. We still have several spaces left on a spectacular trip that starts in London, makes its way through northern England and ends up…
Good Morning, All! It is frigid here in Nashville again and my mind is on beautiful spring flowers and warm summer temperatures as we take the polar plunge once again. I’m not sure how the garden is going to fare. I have some plants that are looking pretty poorly after reaching 0 degrees here a…
As I write this, we are facing some of the coldest weather we have had in nearly 20 years at the beginning of next week. Now, I know that all over the world there are places where it gets and stays much colder than it will be here, but a high temperature of 13 degrees…
I have been a bad blogger this year. I admit it. But writing two books in a year’s time and getting the travel business off the ground has taken a considerable amount of my time and has turned my attention, for most of the year, elsewhere. And so, I’m making at least one New Year’s…
Join us in Provence and Cote D’Azur! September 20-October 1, 2013 www.troybmarden.com For more information, email tbmgardens@gmail.com Sept. 20 Fly to France (Nice) Sept. 21 After landing in Nice, we will meet our private coach for the trip to Villa Ephrussi Rothschild for lunch, and a tour of the garden and Villa. http://www.villa-ephrussi.com/en/home …
Greetings, everyone! It has been very quiet here for a very long time. I’ve been working feverishly at finishing my book and writing magazine articles for the upcoming year and it has really cut into my time for posting to the blog. The good news is, the book is very nearly finished and will…
Ever wonder what to do with those leftover pumpkins from the fall display on the front porch that seemed like such a good idea at the time? As long as they are still firm and fresh and haven’t turned to mush (this obviously doesn’t apply to the ones you carved for Halloween and…