âBy the Light, of the Silvery Moonâ was top of the charts in the early 1900s; a vaudeville standard that young lovers crooned to each otherâŚgiven the chance, which was often taken beneath a full moon to the gentle strum of a ukelele echoing across a gardenâs shrubbery depth, accompanied by a girlish giggle and […]
For more than twenty-five years, with few time-outs, I have attended Seattleâs Northwest Flower & Garden Festival. This year, in the gardens created on the show floor, I was struck by the tawny shades of winterâtan, brown, gray, and almost blackâapparent in many of the displays. Not that the gardens didnât show off massive amounts […]
In an increasingly uncertain world, food security is high on the national agenda â but sowing, growing and saving our own seed sparks a virtuous cycle that lets gardeners take back control. What if I told you that the adaptability and resilience weâll need to navigate the growing uncertainties in a future of profound climatic […]
