The National Gardening Association has been around for a long time and they are here to stay!  This is a great organization that focuses on: plant-based education, health and wellness, environmental stewardship, community development, and home gardening. This is what they have to say about their fine organziation: For more than 35 years, the National [...]

Botanical gardens are some of my favorite gardens to visit, and Atlanta Botanical Gardens tops the list of ones I want to see! The Atlanta Botanical Garden is a 30 acres botanical garden located adjacent to Piedmont Parkin Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is said to be a botanical garden that locals and visitors from all over the world have come [...]

Wyale Garden Centre is now known as The Garden Centre Group.  The Garden Centre Group is a chain of 129 garden centres in the United Kingdom. Prior to 2009, it was known as Wyevale Garden Centres.  It is a popular attraction to visitors and locals in the UK. In 2009, the decision was made to change the [...]

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a gorgeous botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Flatbush, and Park Slope neighborhoods, the 52-acre garden includes a number of specialty “gardens within the Garden.”  It also includes exotic plant collections, and the Steinhardt Conservatory, which houses the C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum, three climate-themed plant pavilions, a [...]

Where the Seville: Jardines de Murillo (AKA the Murillo Gardens) are located today was once part of the Alcazar gardens at the start of the 20th century. At first the gardens where called the Gardens of Talavera, but in 1918 the name was changed to the Murillo Gardens to honor the painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo. [...]

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening.  Their goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture and inspire all those with an interest in gardening.  They have a great site with a lot of wonderful gardening tips and [...]

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; however, it appears they are also the only Wonder that may have been purely legendary.  There is much speculation to this and it has never been proven as to their existence. They were purportedly built in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near [...]

Gardens of Babylon is located in Nashville Tennessee and is quite a place to see! It is the fastest-growing garden center and landscape design company in Middle Tennessee, and is anchored by an 18,000-square foot consumer facility at the downtown Nashville Farmers Market. This just happens to be the region’s largest market for sustainable landscape, [...]

One of my all time favorite movies is without a doubt Alice in Wonderland!  It is such a magical and mysterious video, that I simply adore it.  One of my favorite scenes in the movie is the infamous garden scene where they perform “All in the Golden Afternoon”. The flowers of Wonderland show Alice how [...]

On a recent visit to Portland, my husband and I stopped by the Rose Gardens in Portland. It seemed like a logical thing to do, after all, Portland is known as the city of Roses. We had a delicious brunch on that Sunday, and then headed in the direct of the gardens for a day [...]