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Rembrandt Returns 23 Aug 2013 | 06:13 am
This morning Rembrandt returned to take his place with the other famous artists in the Statuary Vista Garden at work. He was knocked off his pedestal and damaged during Hurricane Irene and had been re...
Bloom Day - Summer Colors 15 Aug 2013 | 03:04 pm
I was not honestly sure what I would have to show for this month's Bloom Day. I knew there were blooms in the garden, but just have not had any time to see them. I have been away somewhere for th...
If Serpentine Walls Could Talk 7 Aug 2013 | 06:14 am
This past weekend we left the flatland and headed west to the foot of the mountains. After a day floating on the James in the simple comfort of an inner tube, we spent the night in Charlottesvill...
Trolling the Waters 25 Jul 2013 | 03:51 am
On Saturday I joined the Tidewater Master Naturalists on an expedition out of the small seaside town of Wachapreague, on Virginia's beautiful Eastern Shore. Two able bodied seamen from the Virgi...
Sixth Annual Citywide Bloom Day 15 Jul 2013 | 02:45 pm
It's once again time to celebrate one of my favorite trees, the crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia species and hybrids). Every July since 2008 my Bloom Day post has been devoted to this tree, and if you...
Private Garden Tour, Part IV 12 Jul 2013 | 04:08 am
This is the final post in my Private Garden Tour series, and I have saved the Campbell garden for last because it is my favorite. This in no way means the other gardens are something less, this j...
Private Garden Tour, Part III 6 Jul 2013 | 02:32 am
Probably the most challenging place for a garden from our tour is the Goodman garden. Not only was it right on the ocean with all that entails horticulturally, but it also has a very unusual layo...
Private Garden Tour, Part II 4 Jul 2013 | 06:00 am
The north end of the Virginia Beach oceanfront was once a place where families from elsewhere in the state had their summer homes. Come Labor Day, these cottages were closed up for the season and...
Private Garden Tour, Part I 3 Jul 2013 | 05:47 am
Last Thursday, a group of very generous gardeners in Virginia Beach offered to open their gardens to a van-load of people who work with me at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Of course, my camera an...
The Garden at Eyre Hall 26 Jun 2013 | 03:18 am
The road to Eyre Hall is a long dusty lane lined with ancient eastern red cedars and crape myrtles. The first members of the Eyre family settled here beside Cherrystone Creek in the 1660's, and a...
