Nearly extinct American chestnut – a vision from America’s past – at UW Arboretum
by July 15, 2022 I lagged behind our fast-talking and even faster-walking tour guide at the UW Arboretum, a stop on the Madison Garden Bloggers Fling, …
Category: Garden
Allen Centennial Garden on UW–Madison campus
July 16, 2022 Allen Centennial Gardens, a free public garden at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, offers a lovely garden stroll around a Queen Anne mansion. …
Constellations of clematis at Janet Aaberg Garden
July 17, 2022 Glorious clematis vines greeted us at nearly every garden we visited during last month’s Madison Fling, but Janet Aberg’s garden kicked it …
Shady oasis with folk art and inviting central patio
July 20, 2022 Jim Otney and Jay Hathaway have hideaways in the lushly planted and decorated gardens. Located at the end of a dead-end street …
A sun-to-shade retreat in the garden of Rita Thomas
July 25, 2022 “The garden has been my retreat, my laboratory and my playground,” Rita Thomas told us at the Madison Fling, a 3-day tour …