When I was working on “The Writer’s Garden” for the April issue of Martha Stewart Living, I received a box in the mail from Susan Haltom, the garden designer and preservationist who spearheaded the rehabilitation of the Eudora Welty garden in Jackson, Mississippi. She had overnighted a bunch of Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ to me. [...]
Each winter I look forward to attending Wave Hill’s horticultural lecture series. I always learn something new, plus it’s a chance to look at pictures of beautiful gardens while outside the landscape is cold and quiet. Wave Hill’s director of horticulture Scott Canning opens each talk with a show and tell of a few snips [...]
We’re inspired by gardening styles that are as light and easy as summer itself. Remember, you are weeding and pruning, not tarring the roof. If the garden is an extension of a home and a life, so too should gardening clothes be. We love the sentiment behind the editor and writer Katharine White tending her [...]
This spring I planted our vegetable garden in Columbia County, New York. My nephews Milo (age 5, left) and Gideon (age 3) helped. In early spring, we started prepping the beds. We weeded, tilled the soil, and added fresh compost. One of the first seeds we planted was sugar snap peas. Last year they were [...]
