The Sensual Rose Garden Experience

Visual Explosion of The Garden

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses ~ Hanna Rion   Your garden will engage all your senses if you are open to the power that surrounds you there. Five senses will be enrapt, certainly. The 6th perhaps. You can experience your garden on Continue Reading

Presidents’ Day Pruning & Mr. Lincoln, The Rose

Mr. Lincoln in Full Bloom

Presidents’ Day Pruning? Presidents’ Day and Ground Hog’s Day have something in common. They can be false indicators of an early spring. For three springs I have written about Pruning Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PPTSD). I will sum this disorder up for you. It’s real and it caused me enough Continue Reading

Signs of Spring and How To Plant A Bare Root Rose

Signs of Spring Daffodils

“It seems that Canadian Geese are one of the most followed bird groups in the US. Their overhead migrations are a sure sign of the changing of the seasons.” ~ Lisa Shea

The Birds And The Bees

Bee on 4th of July Climbing Rose Bush

“Let me tell ya ‘bout the birds and the bees And the flowers and the trees And the moon up above And a thing called ‘Love” Remember the song The Birds & The Bees?  “It was released on Era Records and sung by Jewel Akens in 1964 for whom Akens Continue Reading

Roses, What’s In A Name?

Uncle Joe

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Juliet                                                             William Shakespeare   What’s in a name? The name of a rose adds to the intrigue and delight of rose gardening. Everyone giggles when they observe Dolly Pardon on the Continue Reading