I’ve been reading a great book lately entitled PAWPAW – In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit by Andrew Moore (see cover below).  I’ve always enjoyed growing and observing pawpaws (Asimina …

I had a presentation at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, WI yesterday.  I loved the entry pots (directly above) with the creative use of fresh “trimmings” from the garden. It …

It’s been a crazy week with lots of frantic preparations for when this slow moving spring finally pounces on us!  We’ve had great volunteer turnout throughout the week.  The weather …

Today was beautiful and sunny with a high near 60 degrees F.  Plants are really starting to awaken out in the gardens now.  Daffodils (Narcissus) are starting to bloom with …

It was another productive day at the gardens.  The grape hyacinths (Muscari sp.) pictured throughout this blog are still 2-3 weeks away from blooming but are one of my favorite …

The white forsythia (Abeliophyllum distichum) is one of the earliest blooming shrubs I’ve ever observed and photographed.  We don’t currently have a specimen at RBG but we will some day.  …

I think I’ll let the photos in this blog speak for themselves.  I took all of these photos at Keukenhof (Netherlands) a couple of years ago and thought we could …

While it’s not unusual to have some late March snow showers, we don’t see it so often in April.  This spring I’ve seen late snow showers across a wide range …

This bulb featured in the blog today wont be blooming for another month or so but will emerge quickly over the coming weeks.  The summer snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) is a …

The lack of photos in this blog doesn’t reflect the amount of activity out in the gardens today.  We had a very busy day for both grounds staff and volunteers.  …