Instead of posting regularly as I planned, I now seem to be posting when inspiration strikes—as it did last week when I read a discussion of this article from last Sunday’s Kansas City Star: I’ve lived near this house for years and have followed this story with interest. On Facebook someone commented that they liked […]
Author: mywildgarden
Adding winter interest: a visit to the Conifer Garden at Powell Gardens
Winter is coming, and that makes this a perfect time to visit Powel Garden’s conifer garden. What other options do we have besides junipers and yews?
Sticky, weird Osage oranges explained
Consider the Osage orange, also known as a hedge apple, bow wood, or bois d’arc–a softball-sized fruit that looks like a weird mash of chartreuse brains.
Gardening as metaphor
Some thoughts about gardening’s power to console and heal
Why start a blog about gardening? Plus, a visit to Loose Park’s Native Shade Garden
Why start a blog about gardening? Here’s what I hope to accomplish.
Creating a paradise for pollinators and people, with Dana Posten
Kansas City gardener Dana Posten shows us her formal pollinator garden
What to do in the garden this week
How to handle plants that naturalize
Dutch Master
If you’re like me, as you go about your day, you’re always on the lookout for plantings that are out of the ordinary, like these on the west side of Ward Parkway at 64th Terrace.
Taliesin
I was unprepared for just how special I found Taliesin. Seeing it made me want to live a better life.
How Shaggy Is Too Shaggy?
Edging can be a great way to define and control a prairie planting.