…She will love the smell. Pine. sage, cypress. She will love the sound…             -Patricia Spears Jones We return to a familiar theme, “Who does your garden grow?” With this theme in the past we have discussed the Cherokee chief … Continue reading →

…And houseless there the snow-bird flits Beneath the fir-trees’ crape…             -Herman Melville Beginning in December and throughout our winter we may take notice, often heretofore overlooked, of remarkable conifers throughout our landscape. Herein we grow many specimens of eastern … Continue reading →

…How interesting will our times become? How much more interesting can they become?             -Mark Jarman A retired medical school dean would appropriately interject into conversations that hearing any one’s doctor mention, “isn’t that interesting,” should not always be the … Continue reading →

Mount Auburn’s landscape is composed of a diverse array of plants and trees that come into bloom at different times and in different seasons. What’s in Bloom: Week of November 4, 2019 Japanese anemone, Anemone hupehensis, several locations Aster, Aster … Continue reading →