I recently completed the Healthcare Garden Design course at the Chicago Botanic Garden and now have professional certification in Healthcare… Read more »

Visiting Illinois this past May and seeing a small piece of the Black Oak Savanna/prairie intact at Black Oaks, and… Read more »

Today is the first day I have not consulted on, hauled, planted, moved, seeded, mulched, composted or put together anything… Read more »

An hour and a half south of Chicago is the Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Living in Pembroke Township, Illinois.… Read more »

I’ll be speaking at the Chesterfield council on aging next Monday the 23rd as part of their luncheon program that… Read more »

These plants may appear only briefly during the year, but their presence, like dear friends, reminds me of the sweetness… Read more »

The raised steel beds have arrived. Bryan our metal/wood artist did a fantastic job with details like the hoop house… Read more »

From my time working for the Smithsonian at the Sackler Gallery, the experience I reflect on most often, was watching… Read more »

Out walking this morning I arrived at the little stream I somehow always return to when I have no intended… Read more »

It is spring and most of the snow has melted off the terraces. It is amazing to see them revealed… Read more »