Chocolate Chip Pie

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No, this is not the name of a new plant!  Sorry.  I have avoided posting about food up to this point because this is, after all, a garden blog.  But… Read more

Autumn Reprise

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I sat down at the computer today prepared to blog about Hedychium, or ginger lily, but as I was scrolling through my photos this iris (cultivar ‘Total Recall’) caught my Read more

Pump-Kintastic!

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On Friday, we loaded up the van and took the Volunteer Gardener (www.volunteergardener.org) television cameras down to Jackson, TN to visit my friend (and the horticulturist for UT’s West Tennessee Read more

A Chill Is In The Air

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We’re getting our first taste of winter this weekend. I know that sounds funny to some of you who have had winter weather already, some for several weeks! There are Read more

Good Things Grow at Montrose

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As part of last week’s garden tours at the annual Garden Writers Association symposium we had the distinct pleasure of visiting Montrose, the well-known garden and nursery of plantswoman Nancy Read more

I Beg Your Pardon…

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A star-studded turnout for Nashville’s new rose garden. On September 29, 2009 a group of honorees, friends and special guests gathered in downtown Nashville to dedicate Nashville’s newest public garden Read more

A Good Snail For Your Garden

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Last week’s trip to Raleigh, NC for the annual Garden Writer’s symposium was successful on several fronts, but perhaps most successful in my being able to capture some great images Read more

Blogging To You From…

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the Garden Writers conference in Raleigh, North Carolina! What a fun week we’ve had so far! There are only a couple of times a year when I get to become Read more