The opportunity to work at a world-class art museum committed to making its gardens a priority lured Jonathan Wright from the country’s gardening mecca to the Indianapolis Museum ...
IMA’s first plant exhibit features orchids
The Orchid Exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art is as rich with history as it is with blooms. As far as I’m able to tell, it’s the first formal exhibit of a plant at the ...
An epic guide to growing tomatoes
For the last few week, gardener have been thinking about the upcoming planting season. And when it comes to growing our own, tomatoes top the list. To help us succeed comes Craig ...
Celebrate a bicentennial garden with blue and gold flowers
Indiana celebrates its bicentennial this year and you can commemorate the 200th birthday by planting blue and gold flowers, the colors of our state’s flag. The Indiana ...
Tips for cut flowers on Valentine’s Day or any day
The day we profess our romantic love is fast approaching and, of course, I recommend flowers for the occasion. And in the year 2016, Valentine’s Day flowers can be given to men as ...
Orchard in Bloom ends after 25-year tradition
A 25-year tradition has come to an end. After a year on hiatus, Orchard in Bloom has been discontinued by The Orchard School. The decision was made after a year of study, said ...
IMA symposium features stylish plants and speakers
It makes sense that Kelly Norris, a guy who dons wood bowties as a fashion statement, would write a book named “Plants with Style.” Published by Timber Press late in 2015, Norris’ ...
Chef’s Choice Green for fried green tomatoes
The thing about fried green tomatoes is that we either eat unripened ones at the end of the season, when it’s starting to get cold and we know they won’t turn red. Or, we eat ...
Year of edible and ornamental alliums
Allium is the family name for garlic, chives and onion, which in their own right, have ornamental characteristics. But the bloom time and beauty of truly ornamental alliums earn ...
Take a class and let yourself grow
Back in my younger days, a high school friend who purported to read palms told me that I like learning for learning’s sake. She may not have been a palm reader, but she was right ...