5 Plants with Heart-shaped Leaves for Your Garden-Loving Valentine
Jenny Rose Carey, garden author, loves plants with heart-shaped leaves. She selects five plants with the heart-shaped theme to give to your valentine.Read more
A Quartet of Flower Histories for Winter Reading
Four books about flowers and their histories that are so different. Some are more about illustrations and others are language of flowers, or the historical stories. Read one or all to learn more about the flowers that you grow and loveRead more
Munstead Wood – Gertrude Jekyll’s House and Garden
Munstead Wood – a horticultural and architectural treasure Gertrude Jekyll was an amazing gardener, garden writer, photographer, and garden designer who lived in England from the 1840s to the 1930s. She is a personal garden mentor for me especially for the way that she combined the artistic and practical approaches to gardening. Gertrude’s gardens at…Read more
Minneapolis Seedswomen of the early 1900’s
Seed catalogs of early seedswomen in Minneapolis in the late 1800’s and early 1900’sRead more
Upper Midwest Roadtrip: Six States in Six Days Garden Tour
Jenny Rose Carey is an avid garden traveller. In this blog she visits American Gardens in the Upper Midwest, WI, MN, ND, SD, IO, NERead more
A Rain Garden for Every Garden
Learn why having a rain garden benefits you, your neighbors and wildlifeRead more
Northview Dry Garden – 20 Years and Growing
Inspiration for starting your own dry garden.Read more
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Munstead Wood – Gertrude Jekyll’s Garden
Munstead Wood, Godalming, Surrey, England, was the house and garden of the well-known artist, gardener, and writer – Gertrude Jekyll. Join Jenny Rose Carey as she explore the timeless elegance and future possibilities of this amazing place.Read more
Chelsea Flower Show 2024 – Observations
Jenny Rose Carey visited the Chelsea Flower Show in London England in May 2024. Here are some of her observations of the trends and popular plants that she observed. The Main Show Gardens were as stunning as ever and there was plenty see in the smaller gardens and Great Pavillion.Read more
Mount Vernon, Virginia – Spring Blooms in the Upper Flower Garden
The Upper Flower Garden at Mount Vernon is a spring treat with old-fashioned tulips, daffodils, and other bulbs intermingled with perennials and biennials. The beds are lined with short boxwood hedges and backed with walls and fences. Fruit trees provide part shade. A greenhouse and garden house add to the picturesque garden.Read more
