​Blog Topics

​Place Based Learning
5/1/2018
Trap Pond State Park and Cape Henlopen with the Professional Gardening Students from Longwood Gardens
Stoneleigh:
​A Natural Garden
4/19/2018
The Garden Capital of the U.S.
​Just Got Bigger
Seed Libraries: Preserving Genetic Diversity 
2/20/2018
The Concept of Seed Saving,
​Seed Sharing and Seed Swapping Is Not a New Concept
Five Seasons:
​Gardens of Piet Oudolf
12/8/2017
"On September 8th my colleague and I went to Lewes, Delaware for a fundraiser for the new Delaware Botanic Garden."
... Great Large Shrub
​ or Small Tree 
8/23/2017
​Eastern Wahoo, Burning Bush, Spindle Tree
​(Euonymus atropurpureus)
​Mushrooms:
​A Hot Topic in Horticulture
6/30/2017
Field trips are an integral part of the university experience and probably the highlight of the semester for students and faculty, especially in the horticulture field.
The Philadelphia
​Flower Show
3/5/2016
100 Years of Our National Parks
Lessons From a Trade Show
1/10/2016
"Louise Clarke and I set out for MANTS (Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show) on January seventh in the wee hours of the morning."
​A Nursery Visit is
Good for the Soul
11/29/2015
"I love visiting plant nurseries because I know the potential
they hold for the future
​of our environment."
 Visits to Arboreta
​Reinforce Learning
11/15/2015

​"​This past week I took my graduate Native Woody Plants class on a field trip to Tyler Arboretum."
Forest Bathing
​in Standard Time 
11/3/2015

​"Today was the first day of standard time.  This time of year is always special to me – a transition between fall and the coming of winter, and an extra hour of sleep!"
Nature and Her Miracles
10/22/2015
"One thing that I never take for granted - nature and her miracles that appear each and every moment if we are willing to take the time to stop and gaze..."

​Fall is a Special Time
10/9/2015
Fall is a special time of the year! ​