Published April 22, 2018 Orchid Art Today is Earth Day, and it is also the last day of the 16th annual orchid show at the New York Botanical […]
Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]
Published September 13, 2015 Looking Glass Falls This falls is named for nearby Looking Glass Rock, a massive monolith almost 4000 feet tall named for the way its granite […]
Published August 17, 2015 Bear Time This spring there was a large fire of over 700 acres on the mountain above where I live in North Carolina. Because […]