Here's a radical notion: Let's rethink the cult of homeownership in America. Why, a sensible person might ask, do we need to do this when millions of homeowners faced foreclosure in the last year alone, and an estimated 15 million more own homes worth less than their mortgages? Clearly, one might conclude, the bloom is already off the homeownership rose. ...more

November 29, 2009

I thank God that he led me to study horticulture. I was a senior in high school and planning to be a school teacher when I got a flier in the mail about the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. My folks took me to see one school where I could study education (God made it rain that day and the place looked depressing) and then to see the School of Horticulture where the sun was shining and it looked like paradise. ...more

November 25, 2009

Dear Hibiscus: By now, surely, you've realized that it's over between us. You've been dumped, literally, and I'm sorry. It's not you, it's me. ...more

January 11, 2009

Kim Levell is an exterior decorator: She creates outdoor living spaces "with something beautiful to look at everywhere your eyes fall." ...more

December 7, 2008

The owner of this suburban community's signature golf course wants to make the area more beautiful. ...more

October 8, 2008

PEBBLE CREEK - The Pebble Creek subdivision is known for its golf course and casual suburban living. Now the owner of the golf club wants to help it become a more lush community. ...more

October 3, 2008

Hold the vinaigrette - that's not a giant bowl of salad sitting outside the library off Vonderburg Drive. A hardy bloom of water lettuce has infested Clayton Lake, and it may take some time to wilt the wily weed. ...more

October 1, 2008

That's not a giant bowl of salad sitting outside the library off Vonderburg Drive. A hardy bloom of water lettuce has infested Clayton Lake, and it may take some time to wilt the wily weed. ...more

September 30, 2008

Neoregelia concentric hybrid ...more

September 18, 2008

I've been a gardener for about a dozen years, but it wasn't until we moved to Tampa that things got so out of control. I lost track of what I'd planted where and how long ago, and when I'd last fertilized it all. ...more

August 7, 2008