The Traveling Gardener

There's something jubilant about daffodils. Just when the bleakness of winter seems as though it will never end, they erupt into blo...

January brings an increased number of birds to my backyard. Last week an infrequent visitor, the Baltimore Oriole, stopped by. I am sorry to...

Hampton Park hollyhock, Charleston, South Carolina Success in growing hollyhocks has eluded me thus far. Maybe this year? As I anti...

Fallen leaves With all the extra rain that descended on the Lowcountry during the summer of 2013, I wondered whether we would get a hig...

This temple dragon near Taichung's Botanical Gardens faces a convenience store across the lane In public spaces here in Taiwan I f...