I enjoy plants — foliage, flowers, and relationships of plants with humans, relationships often reflected in names. English plant names, for...
Visitors to Betsy Feick’s garden on this year’s Forbes Library Garden Tour in Northampton will not be surprised to learn that she is an artist. The...
Among the many popular community events that COVID canceled over the past two years is the annual plant sale of the Garden Club of Amherst, a...
Spring is here (at least by the calendar if not the weather) and the first crocuses and daffodils are blooming everywhere. Meanwhile, under the...
This time of year, my entire body yearns for spring. A few days of warmish weather tease me into thinking that we’re done with winter. But March is...
Grow Food Northampton Seed Swap: March 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Winter Market at the Northampton Senior Center. All donated seeds, plus extras...
Gardening, like knitting and quilting, is often portrayed as a harmless hobby for frail retirees: genteel ladies in flowered dresses fussing over...
My dear friend Cercie Miller recently asked me what I could possibly write about gardening when there’s snow on the ground and the temperature is...