Experience More Than 250 Years of History and Heirloom Vegetables in Old Salem, North Carolina
Updated 2025
Although Old Salem is just a 10-minute drive from Winston-Salem, it is centuries away from this contemporar...
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Walking Paris’s Coulée Verte / Promenade Plantée: French Ancestor of New York City’s High Line Park
The view looking down into the park from the entrance above.
Updated April 2025
I inhaled the scent of aromatic plants a...
My Private Tour Of a Secret Venetian Palazzo and Garden
Photo: Haupt and Binder
Updated February 2025
From the street, I would have never guessed that hidden behind centuries-o...
How Your Home’s Indoor Climate Impacts Your Comfort And Helps Your Houseplants Thrive
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The urban jungle’s concrete skyscrapers and asphalt streets absorb the sun’s heat during the day, then grad...
A Living Fossil in Ohio: Inside The Dawes Arboretum’s Mission to Preserve Dawn Redwoods for Future Generations
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Dawn redwoods at Dawes Arboretum. Photo courtesy Dawes Arboretum.
For millions of years, the dawn redwood e...
World Radio Garden Show – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design
Rachel’s short series on garden design for World Radio Gardening (yes, they’ve spelt my name incorrectly!)…
If ...
Bloomin’ marvellous after the rain – garden flowers update – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design
Everyone (except me) is complaining about the rain, especially my Spanish rescue dog who shelters from the showers when ...
GDS 53 – Beautiful Low Maintenance & Highly Productive Food Garden For People with NO time! – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design
What would you do with a garden like this for a family that is too busy to garden but wants to grow food?
In thi...
Chelsea Flower Show 2026 – An Alternative View – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design
I had a completely different article lined up for this week – and then I realised, belatedly, it’s the Chelsea Flower Sh...
Naturalistic Spring Planters Using Potted Tulips and Garden Clippings
A more natural approach to spring planters using forced bulbs, clipped branches, moss, and garden materials.
Spring c...