Member profile for BotanicalBrain

Gardening since 1973

I'm a professional horticulturist, garden writer, photographer, kitchen gardener, botanist, mother, and traveler. Gardening is a longtime family past-time that I first learned as a child and continues to ground me.

Mid-Atlantic Garden Retreat Wilmington, DE

I have many diverse gardens at my home landscape as well as a community garden plot where I grow vegetables. » more
  • Last updated: April 16, 2012
  • Garden type: back yard

Working Mom's Vegetable Garden Wilmington, DE

I grow food to feed my family and teach my kids. We preserve as much as we are able for the winter months when average grocery store veggies taste like card board. » more
  • Last updated: May 21, 2012
  • Garden type: vegetable
  • Last updated: March 07, 2012
  • Garden type: garden visit

Jessie's Mid-Atlantic Veggie Patch Wilmington, DE

Each year I grow at least 15 new varieties while hanging on to tried and true cultivars I cannot live without. This garden story will focus on new additions, most notably heirlooms. » more
  • Last updated: April 13, 2012
  • Garden type: Grow It Forward: Heirloom

Our Grounds Des Moines, IA

Ornamental, beds and borders where evergreen conifers and deciduous shrubs mingle with perennials, bulbs, and a few favorite annuals. Some Iowa prairie plants such as side-oats grama grass. A still-water, self-maintaining...

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

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Favorite gardening books: RHS Dictionary of Gardening
Favorite vegetable: Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant
Favorite flower: Cool obscure ones, xerics, fun new veggies, gourds and squash, hardy cacti
Favorite tree / shrub: Cool obscure ones
Gardening organizations: Local community garden, Local Botanical garden, Local Arboretum, School garden project, Local conservation group, Garden Writers Association, American Community Garden Association, American Horticulture Society, and Other
Favorite park / arboreteum: Longwood Gardens, Chanticleer, Morton Arboretum, Morris Arboretum

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  • krandolph replied almost 2 years ago
    Beautiful flowers & gorgeous kohlrabi, too... thanks for posting the great pix; your color combos are lovely.
    BotanicalBrain replied almost 2 years ago
    @krandolph: Thanks! I just created my account this morning and have lots more shots to add. I love Michigan, BTY. I'm a MSU grad and my family has an old summer cottage on a lake way up north. Great state!
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