From the monthly archives: July 2009
Ladew Topiary Gardens is said to be “the most outstanding topiary garden in America” by The Garden Club of America. Now I’ve certainly not been to too many topiary gardens in this country, but this one is pretty amazing! I thought it rivaled a lot of the different topiary gardens that I saw when I [...]
Continue Reading →As a group, the interns had a chance to visit the Emery Knoll Farms nursery last week. On the way down there I found out that it was a green roof plant nursery and that it was owned by Ed Snodgrass. Ed Snodgrass!!! He and his wife Lucie are the ones that wrote the book [...]
Continue Reading →Random fun facts: – Oxydendrum is from the Greek word oxys, meaning acid and dendron meaning tree. So in this case referring to the acidic taste of the leaves – hence ‘Sourwood’. – Henrietta’s Herbal Homepage says that “Fever patients will find a decoction of the leaves a pleasant, cooling, and diuretic drink.” The Specs: [...]
Continue Reading →I’d never heard of this garden before I came to Longwood. I did know the word Chanticleer, because of the ornamental pear or Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’, but from what i can tell they isn’t any connection. The gardens are pretty amazing though! Most of the gardens and places we’ve been visiting have focused more on [...]
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