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Learning in Wisconsin from Melinda My...



Learning in Wisconsin from Melinda Myers’ Borrowed Garden Views Melinda’s city front yard was graced with the disease resistant sergeant crabapple Candy Mint filled with pink blooms and serviceberry Princess Diana which bloomed later. (Photo by Melinda Myers) The first time I met Melinda Myers was at Hawks Nursery in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in 1999. She was signing copies of her book, The Garden Book [...]
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William Radler – Rediscovering ...



William Radler – Rediscovering the Wisconsin Garden of a Rosarian William Radler’s garden has much to see in the middle of May in Wisconsin. (Photo by Chris Eirschele) I remembered the first time I saw his garden. I stood in the road, which wound past his house from the wooded parkway and the residential neighborhood bordering a busy Milwaukee street. You would have to know that he bred a rose special [...]
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Returning to One of My Wisconsin Gard...



Returning to One of My Wisconsin Gardens A towering maple tree gives shade to the gardens in summer. (Photo by Chris Eirschele) My garden in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, began as a clean slate of top soil and compost in early 2000s. I was the first person to plant anything in it and I chose primarily perennials. The garden faces eastward, set on an incline, and surrounds the trunk of a [...]
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The Arboretum Celebrates with a Penst...



The Arboretum Celebrates with a Penstemon Festival and Plant Sale at Flagstaff Near The Arboretum’s Willow Wash, the garden is constructing a wetlands. (Credit Chris Eirschele.) I tried to fool myself by thinking I was in Wisconsin but no, I wasn’t. Though, the July temperatures were cooler and the scent of pine was in the air, I knew I was still in Arizona. Joy of joys, I came away from Flagstaff loving the town [...]
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Old Trees at the White House



Old Trees at the White House Pink Magnolia Flowers in the Shadow of the White House (photo credit Chris Eirschele) A Borrowed View from South Lawn of the Washington Monument (photo credit Chris Eirschele) Old North Lawn Magnolia Thriving at the White House (photo credit Chris Eirschele) Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica) is a Monument on the South Lawn (photo credit Chr [...]
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