Jenny Rose Carey in pink and on a pink chair at Chelsea Flower Show 2025. My Favorite Garden – The Glasshouse – Jo Thompson – Gold Medal The Glasshouse Garden by Jo Thompson – just admire the planting. My favorite garden was the first exhibit along Main Avenue for The Glasshouse …
June 2025 Newsletter: Roses by Every Name
Roses by Every Name Those of you who have read a few of these newsletters will know that I love gardening books that are organized by months or seasons. I love being able to dip into them and see the garden through the eyes of the author. What did they love at this time of year? Do I love the …
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May 2025 Newsletter: Have A Gardening Question For Me
May Is Here! As John Forti so wisely reminds us, it is a time for celebrations. The weather is finally warming up in the temperate zones of the Northern hemisphere. May in my garden brings lushness. The aura of fresh greenness prevails. The light takes on a different quality. Days are longer …
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A Mother’s Day Tradition – Planting Seedlings out
When I moved to Pennsylvania many years ago I was told that American Mother’s Day – the second Sunday in May – was the time to plant out your summer seedlings. I still keep to that tradition in honor of my mother-in-law, and grandmother-in-law. I make sure that on Mother’s Day I think of the lovely …
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April 2025 Newsletter: Pondering Your Garden
I love this quote from a beautiful new book by Marina Schinz (see review below). I also love weeding. I agree that weeding can be mindless in some ways, but it also requires your brain to decide to pull one plant while leaving another. Weeding is an editing process that affects your future garden in …
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The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring – Tra La…
Jenny Rose Carey in the pink with pink tulips. A spring garden full of flowers at Keukenhof in the Netherlands. Spring Gardens Full of Flowers I am a flower lover. That should not be a surprise to you if you have heard any of my lectures or read my books. Flowers make me happy – …
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March 2025 Newsletter: The Promises of My Garden
Month of Promises March is the month of promises. The plants are declaring their intentions to grow. “All will be well,” I repeat to myself, “The plants are telling me so. They will keep their promises.” I always think of March as the beginning of the year here at Northview. It has many more …
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4 Easy to Grow Cutting Flowers from Seeds
Nasturtium seeds are so easy to plant because they are large and easy to handle. Here are some of my seed packets – each containing many seeds to sow. Every year at this time I write about seed sowing because I am passionate about it – it is so much fun. It is an inexpensive way to add lots …
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February 2025 Newsletter: Finding Delight in Wint-pring
Discovering Wint-pring The quote this month is by Vita Sackville-West, the owner and creator of the famous garden, called Sissinghurst, in the English county of Kent. The quote is from this wonderful anthology and commentary by her granddaughter-in-law, Sarah Raven, the well-known flower grower …
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5 Plants with Heart-shaped Leaves for Your Garden-Loving Valentine
Jenny Rose Carey loves heart-shaped leaves and encourages you to give ‘hearty’ plants to your valentine. Are you struggling to find a unique garden-related present for your valentine? How about giving them one of these plants that have heart-shaped leaves. I grow all of these plants and LOVE them …
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