It is hard not to fall in love with rhododendrons. My dad filled our childhood garden with as many as he could get his hands on. In 1964 Milton Walker captured the feeling well, "To see thousands of [rhododendrons] growing superbly in a natural woodland setting was a sight never to be forgotten.” His passion led him to create the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in...
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This month marks the anniversary of the death of pioneer Rachel Carson. Her book Silent Spring launched the modern environmental movement and is considered one of the most influential books of the 20th century. She spent nearly all of her adult summers in Maine, a place that inspired her work. This "garden path" shows us some of what Carson loved so much about Maine...
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“April is the cruelest month, T.S. Eliot wrote;... I think he meant (among other things) that springtime makes people crazy. We expect too much, the world burgeons with promises it can't keep, ... and we're doomed to get our hearts broken yet again. I agree, and would further add: Who cares?" Barbara Kingsolver. Read more...
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