Spring has sprung here in Boston, and with the recent advent of warm weather, the phone is merrily ringing (thankfully!) here in my office, with clients calling to set up design appointments, eager to get started with landscape renovations. And while enthusiasm is generally a highly commendable trait in the gardening game, there are times [...]
My love affair with clivias started long before I ever owned one, a case of transference from my childhood gardening hero, Thalassa Cruso. I’ve written about Thalassa before (and in fact, I’m working with WGBH to get her programs back on the air, more on that later – stay tuned!) but for the moment all [...]
A few weeks ago I went to see Julie/Julia – which was terrific by the way – and I was reminded again how much I enjoyed watching PBS when I was a boy, and, how formative good television could be on receptive little minds. But while Julia Child is certainly the best remembered of that [...]