So close! This time of year, it’s good to take a delightful daytrip. My destination? The National Arboretum in Washington D.C. It is less than ten miles from Reagan International, and feels a world away from many of the other popular sites in the nation’s capital. Getting there From Charlottesville, Virginia, it’s an easy trip […]
There are many reasons to visit the beautiful children’s garden in the National Arboretum, Washington,D.C. Exploring in D.C. This is a description and list of the many reasons I had fun exploring the Washington Youth Garden in D.C. It’s only minutes from Virginia, so exploring at the National Arboretum (where the Washington Youth Garden is […]
My first stop at this museum within the National Arboretum did not disappoint! Unexpected delights Travelling to see the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum was an unexpected delight. Located adjacent to the administrative offices at the National Arboretum on the Northeast side of Washington, DC. I’d not spent much time on that side of the […]
An awesome Old World Estate finds appreciation and rebirth in a New World A long time ago (last century, even) I lived in Richmond. Agecroft Hall (also in Richmond) Virginia just didn’t seem worth it. There was a place that wasn’t far from where I lived. That had promises of a magnificent garden and an […]
A perfect garden road trip destination in Boyce, Virginia! Mid-summer Garden Dreams By the time July hits, most gardeners are usually second-guessing most of the ambitious plans they had last December when they ordered seeds. We are either up early weeding and watering those ambitions, or saying we WILL be up early…tomorrow. Sometimes, it is […]
This year (Back in 2007, Ed.) Michael and the girls asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day/ Since we’d fenced the front garden in, I could no longer see the big pond (which, if you read my post on Drought, has been pretty low anyhow), so I wanted a smaller, more aesthetically pleasing pond. […]
There are no longer horses at our place here in Scottsville, a farm we’ve come to call “Horseshoe Hill.” Our barn did use to be home to several pampered horses, and in ode to them, Scottsville’s location at the bend of the James River, and perhaps the spot of good luck we had at finding and […]
I profess to have dreams of walking out my back door in the morning, strolling along a merry path just feet from our home, and picking strawberries, cherries, and raspberries. Or, if its later in the season, there are peaches, blackberries, and blueberries. Later, there are cantaloupe, apples, and pears. Anyone that grows fruit knows […]
In our early twenties, fresh out of the city with two small children and another on the way, my husband and I purchased a tiny house. It was a 700 square foot “cottage,” because when things are tight, you can call it a “cottage” and it somehow makes it seem more romantic. It was in […]
PLANTING A BUTTERFLY GARDEN Many years ago I edited a newsletter for the Master Gardeners in Virginia Beach called ‘Gleanings’. I often asked other gardeners for submissions, since not only was I new at assembling a newsletter, but also at growing things. Occasionally, generous people obliged, which is how I learned of an excellent idea […]
