“The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.” – Gertrude Jekyll
- GARDEN PHOTOS -

phila muralist Ras Malik (1935-2007)

malus (apple) and golden groundsel

oxeye sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)


wayne harris, son of muralist Ras Malik

Grace and Glory Yoga Workshop

Ken Schapira (North Standard Co)

Amy Perez - phillyjawnslovetagooo


native (ground and cavity nesting) bee


wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) & blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis)

andrew kintner prior years of endless brick/debris removal


back from the nursery


asclepias tuberosa (shorter 'butterfly' weed)
surprise birthday dinner


jesse and ed white

couple in the garden - 2019

jean barrell at bowman's wildflower preserve


tiny house by ed guion of manheim pa

jesse sheppard ( guitarist, elkhorn )

jayme guokas (craftwork home) & deborah solo



eastern red columbine
woodland sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus) at night

swamp milkweed (w/seed, Asclepias incarnata)


atlantic ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Joanna Doberstein mass planting Beebalm


artist bob bender -sketching light/shade times


new england aster, white snakeroot, black-eyed susan p sunflower, snakeroot

lilah

2017- horticulturist maggie tran from england - here on fellowship at longwood, giving a two hour presentation about native plants/woodland gardens
horticulturist maggie tran

muralist Ras Malik, in front of ~Forest Green~


paul & catherine

ode to west philly - mural by Ras Malik

philly tree authority - owner - hasan malik


missy meyers - 1st day making a flowerbed
broadleaf plantain- a difficult friend- healing but invasive
good host plants - Kensington beginnings


blue mistflower, Conoclinium coelestinum

janet finegar, co-leader of liberty lands in n.libs

phlox

mt. cuba - magic drift of Houstonia (Quaker ladies)



indian pink (Spigelia marilandica)


the amazing root systems of native plants


st. john's wort (Hypericum)






























india pink (Spigelia marilandica) at Mt. Cuba


rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium)


rocket cat stoop delivery, transport by thunderbird salvage




Canada anemone


native fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia)




northern sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)



early days, first bed



jayme guokas - craftwork design, 1st front bed




Canada anemone, Anemone canadensis
