My daughter photographed this owl today at a local “box store” and I got a kick out of this new approach to gnomes in the garden!  Just wanted to share …

Above is a wonderful image from yesterday that Marsha M. shared with me this morning.  I was out sick yesterday and have been playing “catch up” all day.  Yesterday we …

While it was a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine, the air was still crisp with temperatures only reaching the lower 30 degrees F mark. That didn’t dissuade Ron R., …

All the photos in this blog were taken at Olbrich Botanical Gardens (Madison, WI) last evening before a presentation that I gave on the importance of foliage in the shade …

It was another chilly day with suspended disbelief that Spring is actually here.  The birds are still chirping but the snow is still here for now!  Above are some of …

The snow continues to melt today and hopefully will be gone by the end of the week with warming temperatures and possible scattered rain throughout the week.  Not much happened …

Winter reminded us today that it can still show up and did so with 5″ of snow over night and in to the late morning.  The roads were a mess …

Above is Kris K. (RBG Education Coordinator) with Peter Hatch, one of our speakers at the annual Rotary Botanical Gardens Spring Symposium today.  Peter was Director of Gardens and Grounds …

I always been a fan of yuccas and am most familiar with Yucca filamentosa which has a long history in our gardens.  While the green form has that nice rigid …

Today was another sunny and cool day with lots of action at the Horticulture Center and out in the gardens.  Pat M. went out for more serious pruning which involved …