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 …
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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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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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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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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A Quartet of Flower Histories for Winter Reading
These stories of flowers and their histories make fascinating reading especially when you cannot garden. Four Books about Floral History and Meanings Winter is the perfect time for garden reading. This year I have chosen four recent books about floral histories and meanings. Each of these …
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Munstead Wood – Gertrude Jekyll’s House and Garden
Munstead Wood – a horticultural and architectural treasure. The back of Munstead Wood, Gertrude Jekyll’s house near Godalming, Surrey, England designed by Edwin Lutyens. The gardens were designed by Gertrude. Gertrude Jekyll was an amazing gardener, garden writer, photographer, and …
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Minneapolis Seedswomen of the early 1900’s
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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Upper Midwest Roadtrip: Six States in Six Days Garden Tour
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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A Rain Garden for Every Garden
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 …
