Anne Roberts, Feir Mill Designs

A modern garden artist who worked in the tradition of Thomas Wright until her recent death was Canadian Anne Roberts, whose Toronto design s...

Thomas Wright, Arbours and Grottos

I've just walked back from the library with my latest treasure. One of the benefits of working for a university is the ability to get al...

The first shall be last and the last shall be first,

and the winner of the Garden Bench giveaway is one Long Haul Trucker, who sent in a comment a mere 2.5 hours before the contest ended! That...

Garden Bench Giveaway!

I have heretofore resisted requests for advertising on the blog, but how could I say no to giving away something to my readers? All you have...

Seeking a publisher

Can I say that the nanobattery encyclopedia article has gone to the editor? Yes, and with relief. But it seems that my garden history writin...

Stanway

We had some car trouble and were late getting out to Stanway , so by the time we arrived there was no one in the courtyard and you never not...

On returning home

I always seem to pay a price for my vacations...the nanobattery encyclopedia article lies on my desk unfinished, the scanning electron micro...