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Current Issue of The Fringed Gentian™
Spring 2019
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Garden Plant of the Week
Selected from the many species in, or historical to, the Garden.
Veiny Pea
Lathyrus venosus
Click link on name for information and photos of this plant.
The May storm of 2011
The tornado of May 2011 caused extensive damage around the Garden and Wirth Beach. Here are a number of photos and a first hand account. The wild looking area on the NE corner of Glenwood Ave and Wirth Parkway is a remant of the storm.
A Seasonal Poem
Love on a day, wise poets tell,
Some time in wrangling spent,
Whether the violets should excel,
Or she, in sweetest scent.
But Venus having lost the day,
Poor girls, she fell on you:
And beat ye so, as some dare say,
Her blows did make ye blue.
How Violets Came Blue by
ROBERT HERRICK, English (1591-1674)
Reflections
"It is true as Leopold said that to those lacking imagination, blank spaces on a map suggest useless waste. Others welcome these as possible hotbeds of the unexpected. Frame of reference is important here, notably an appreciation of the broad arc beneath which seasons cleave and yield. To some a red-winged blackbird with its bright epaulets is a red-winged blackbird with bright epaulets, while to others its sudden appearance signals that changes are afoot, winter to spring, or fall to winter."
Dennis Anderson
Garden theme items for sale
Downloadable PDF format books.
1907-1933. Companion book to The Wild Gardener
Martha Crone and the Wild Flower Garden
1933-1958. Companion book to the Crone History
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