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The American Rose Society is an educational nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to the cultivation and enjoyment of the rose. Learn more about their services and activities.
Date: June 16, 2009
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners

For more than 10 years, a Florida-based group called the Garden Fairies has helped neighbors through community gardening projects. Read about them, see photos and get inspired.

Date: May 04, 2009
Categories:  Dig Deeper  .   Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners  .   Smart Gardening
At the Rhinelander Area Food Pantry and Community Garden, in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, volunteers grow food for low-income and unemployed neighbors and teach the community about gardening. This is an interview with one volunteer.
Date: February 26, 2009
Categories:  Dig Deeper  .   Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners  .   Smart Gardening
"A Man Named Pearl." I mean it. At least read about it if you're not going to watch it immediately!
Date: February 04, 2009
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners  .   Kiss My Aster
An interview with Anne Nagro, a Master Gardener, school-garden volunteer and the author of Our Generous Garden (Dancing Rhinoceros Press, 2008).
Date: December 30, 2008
Categories:  Dig Deeper  .   Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners  .   Smart Gardening
A cook recalls how one famous chef led her from stove to garden and back
Date: May 16, 2008
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners
Among the plants and ideas he championed in Horticulture were a number that have since become staples of the gardening scene: cannas and dahlias, hot colors, see-through plants (like Verbena bonariensis), bold foliage, and of course, the mixed border, the everything-goes style that he epitomized.
Date: May 01, 2007
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners
A prairie ecologist and nurseryman, Neil Diboll has worked ceaselessly to raise awareness about prairie plants and ecosystems and to further the cause of prairie restoration.
Date: May 01, 2007
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners  .   Midwest  .   Regions
The fable of great gardeners is that they swallow a nasturtium seed during their first exploration of the backyard and are instantly and forever transformed into hortaholics. In Polly Hill's case, the seed took far longer to germinate.
Date: May 01, 2007
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners
Shadow is known around the world as one of the most connected of plantsmen and as the most active acquirer of unusual plants. The letters strewn across his desk come from across town and around the globe. People write with pictures of possible introductions.“Send cuttings, send seed,” he responds. They write for advice on what to do with a new plant that’s been discovered in some remote swamp or hollow. “Send cuttings, send seed,” he responds. They write looking for the rarest of the rare and the oddest of the odd. “I’ve got cuttings, I’ve got seed,” he responds...
Date: March 24, 2008
Categories:  Gardens and Gardeners  .   Great Gardeners
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