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The Call of the Prairie

by April 19, 2009 – Posted in: Miscellaneous

[Note from Fran: We are delighted to have Andrea Kramer join us as a Guest Contributor on GGW. Andrea is Executive Director of the U.S. office of Botanic Gardens Conservation International based at Chicago Botanic Garden. Prior to taking up her current post with BGCI in January 2008, Andrea worked for 8 years in the conservation [...]

A Different Slant on Dead Plant Material

by July 5, 2007 – Posted in: Garden Design

So, two friends of mine were over for dinner last week. One friend who has photographed my garden over the years gave the other friend a garden tour while I was tossing the salad and throwing some chicken on the b-b-q. I saw them standing near my southern sloping hill garden (whose soil has never [...]