A giant purple globe of Allium is blooming, early Epimedium is full, and Polygonatum (Solomon’s seal) is going strong. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
My dad would say that it takes a good three years for gardens to grow into themselves. To stay gardening is to take one’s time and after each season stand back and observe, and take [...]
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Late Spring Garden Matured
A giant purple globe of Allium is blooming, early Epimedium is full, and Polygonatum (Solomon’s seal) is going strong. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
My dad would say that it takes a good three years for gardens to grow into themselves. To stay gardening is to take one’s time and after each season stand back and observe, and take [...]
Fairy Gardens are Small Worlds for Gr...
Boerner Botanical Gardens’ Herb Garden used wattle fencing and chive plants as barriers in creating their Fairy Garden. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
While visiting Wisconsin’s Boerner Botanical Gardens in late spring, I found the center planting bed in their Herb Garden had been planted with a Fairy Garden.
Fairy Garden with Herb Plan [...]
Getting Reacquainted with Boerner Bot...
The beloved Garden House serves as a backdrop to many mixed flora plantings. In May, tulips were blooming en masse. (Photo credit Chris Eirschele)
This is the first of a series about Boerner Botanical Gardens. I visit the Gardens each time I am in Wisconsin, but some years I keep my notes to myself. These three posts are a compilation of what [...]
Learning in Wisconsin from Melinda My...
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 [...]
Returning to One of My Wisconsin Gard...
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 [...]
