The "Living Light" show at the Tompkins County Public Library is still going, until March 26th. It is definitely worth the visit. Compliments to the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society for coordinating the exhibit, and to the 52 artists who contributed their artwork. I want to call them photos, but one of most of the photos are better labeled art.

This photograph is the best my Sony Cybershot could... read more

This year’s member tour showcased starkly different gardens–urban, suburban, country, and commercial–whose common theme was the expert intertwining of rock, native, and traditional plantings.

Sunday was the ACNARGS member garden tour. I saw three of the four we were invited to: David Mitchell’s urban garden in downtown Ithaca, Nariman Mistry’s suburban garden on Ellis Hollow Road, and Susanne Lipari’s country garden in Alpine. I missed Deb Lapman’s commercial enterprise, Bedlam Gardens, in King Ferry, but will make a trip to see her soon.
All three are gardens to aspire to and be inspired... read more

There are finally enough flowers in my yard for it to feel like spring. My early spring bulbs are mostly eaten by critters, although the scilla bifolia colors the whole yard early.  And I gorge on Hellebores since the deer don't eat them.  My Daphne is just hanging on.  But now I have primroses, pulmonaria, cyclamen, and tonnes of bulbs.  Better yet, the natives are really showing up.  Toothwort is... read more

Today was warm and weekendy enough to do something in the garden, so I got my first chance to implement something I learned at the Designing With Native Plants conference a couple weeks ago. Steve Kress gave a rundown on things you can do in your landscape that will help the birds.

I am not a birder. One of the things we love about our house - indeed one of... read more

I started something new today: a 13-week course in how to be a Cornell Plantations tour guide. “Docent” sounds so weirdly formal, but they call it a living museum. Since I’m going to be there now every Tuesday until the end of May, it seemed like a good way to catalog the change from winter to summer. [...]

Nice post by Elizabeth Licata at GardenRant on the native plants conference at the O-lab, Kudos Dan.

The weekend saw the year's first garden action with a chance to rake up the hordes of maple seeds that had fallen off the trees over the winter.

"Garden time" then shifted to my new virtual garden, this web site. First thanks to everyone who has joined and sent input. After years of being a professional web developer, it is a great pleasure to be able to serve a community... read more

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