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Sultry weather. Southern magnolia. Scent for the soul. Summer's compensation.  Compensation: 2 oz gin  1 oz fermented strawberry syrup* ...

The lily is 'Madame Butterfly' (bought from The Lily Garden , in Washington). Petite-flowered and chic but slender and wild enough f...

July roars into New York City farmers markets as though June never happened. Suddenly, it is all there. (Although - speaking locally - not t...

Summer Saturdays have a rhythm. Well, one of two: One - much faster - would be a plant walk with last-minute picnic prep. But on Saturdays ...

Serena Bass's garden in Brooklyn begins on the sidewalk. I didn't know that, the first time I visited, almost exactly a year ago, on...

A potful of Silk Road lilies has opened. The darker it gets, the stronger their scent grows. And salads are luscious with farmers market pro...

Evening time. After leading a friendly pack of 15 people on a plant walk on the 4th of July - none of us feeling celebratory - and feeding t...