Category: Gardens

Fancy Desserts

Although they are technically fruit, tomatoes are usually considered savory fare. But at the Friðheimar restaurant in Iceland, every day is Iron Chef, and the...

Bird of Paradise

I saw this bird of paradise plant in the Azores, a place which seems like paradise to me. It’s too cool where I live for...

Secret Garden

The Secret Garden was one of my favorite books growing up. So I was delighted to discover a garden hidden away on the top level...

Sweet Peas

Sweet peas are supposed to be easy to grow, but I’ve never had much luck with them. That is a shame, because sweet peas are...

Perfectly purple

They say there’s no such thing as a true blue rose. That may be true since the “blue” roses I’ve seen are all actually purple....