Jenny Rose Carey
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The Subtlety of Winter Gardens The quote this month really made me contemplate one undeniable fact. This winter I want to take time to pause amid the usual end of year chaos and be still in my garden. Marion’s quote above about “winter’s beauty,” is a lovely phrase for me to repeat when I …
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Managing Fallen Leaves The memory of acrid-smelling bonfire smoke lingers in my brain. If I was lucky, I could help my grandfather build the pile. It was sited carefully so that once the ashes were cooled, they could be spread over the soil to make a wonderful alkaline addition for future …
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Seedswomen of Minneapolis A recent trip to the Anderson Horticultural Library at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, near Minneapolis was a wonderful treat on many levels. One of the best things in the Anderson Library was the display of seed catalogs in their collection that were produced by …
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Blustering October Winds Books move around my house, into bags, over to the Carriage House, and then back again. I delve into them in rather a random manner, sometimes reading for pleasure, or researching, and most often dipping in for a quick dose of fun or inspiration. These voices of …
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Jenny Rose Carey at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. The autumn is a lovely time for a garden-visiting roadtrip. This year the itinerary was Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska. I had been to Wisconsin and Iowa but the other states were on my ‘to …
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Designing with the Seasons How we arrange plants in our gardens is the work of a lifetime. Each time we think that we have figured out the best configuration, we either change our minds or the weather intervenes. The quote above is a fine piece of advice that suits any type of garden …
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The Rain Garden at Northview in summer. You may think that adding a rain garden to your own garden is not for you, but I am going to suggest that even a small one might be a good thing for you, your neighbors, and to encourage wildlife including pollinators. What is a Rain Garden? First …
The Carefree East Lambrook Manor These words, penned by garden writer Margery Fish, were written in 1966. What has happened to gardening in the intervening time period? Are we still chasing the same idea of “striving for a natural effect”? I think that these same words could easily be written …
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An early summer view of the Dry Garden at Northview in SE Pennsylvania. 20 years of Dry Gardening at Northview I have always loved to experiment with my garden designs, techniques, and planting choices. My Dry Garden here at Northview in south east Pennsylvania was one such project. It had its …
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Jenny Rose Carey at Munstead Wood with purple and pink lupins. Gertrude Jekyll’s amazing garden has just been saved by the National Trust. There is a magical garden nestled in a wood. I dream of it often, and have had the pleasure of visiting it twice. It was the garden of Gertrude Jekyll, one of …
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