Beth Chatto

Book Review–Beth Chatto: A Life With Plants

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The latter half of the twentieth century produced a bumper crop of great gardeners, garden designers and garden personalities.  I have been inspired by many of them, especially British born Beth Chatto, 1923-2018, who shone brightly in that horticultural pantheon.  Now, an authorized biography, Beth Chatto: A Life With Plants, presents a fond, but unvarnished … Read more

Winter Solstice

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The winter solstice, now just past, is an annual event that has resonated with people in the Northern Hemisphere for thousands of years.  Though the change is almost imperceptible, small fingers of light are beginning to unravel the edges of the fabric of winter darkness.  The optimist in me rejoices.  We haven’t yet celebrated the … Read more