Tag Archives: gardeners

Thou Shalt Not Garden

Posted on Fri 25 January 2019 by newtreeguy

Winter is in full swing and that’s when I catch up with my philosophy reading for the year. I mean, the only thing you can do outside is hardscaping and planting bare saplings, so why not. Reading a collection of … Continue reading →

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A few quotes

Posted on Sun 2 July 2017 by newtreeguy

This is from Plutarch’s Life of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder (died 149 BCE) One should buy land for tilling and grazing, not to make into gardens, where the oblect is merely to sprinkle the lawns and sweep the paths. … Continue reading →

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Memory Garden at Peachtree and 16th St Atlanta

Posted on Thu 25 May 2017 by newtreeguy

I got a chance to visit this garden in Atlanta’s First Presbyterian church. A little history of the designer: The only landscape designer I know of back in the early 20th Century around Atlanta, Edith H. Henderson (1911-2005), lived with … Continue reading →

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I miss Lee May

Posted on Sun 14 May 2017 by newtreeguy

Going through a bunch of bookshelves (no matter where I am, I’m pruning something) and found our copy of the late Lee May’s Gardening Life. Actually, my wife knew him and it’s inscribed to her, but she said she would … Continue reading →

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