Category: Gardening
Baranyai: Gardening a balm amid world’s chaos
There is healing in coaxing food from the earth, unparalleled by any meditation app or “news holiday” one might turn to for a moment’s peace
Growing Concerns: When the forsythia bloom, rake the lawn
The yellow blooms of the forsythia are proof the soil has warmed enough that the grass is actively growing.
How community gardens serve as ‘third places’ for Detroiters
Toward the end of 2023, I was newly unemployed and living by myself for the first time.
In between jobs, searching for employment and a means of fulfillment and community, I began to reflect on how my mom got into gardening. In the dead of winter, memories of childhood summers spent pulling weeds, tilling soil and fleeing the occasional garter snake alongside her began to color my mind.
Growing Concerns: Easter lilies, hydrangeas offer early colours of spring
With Easter next weekend, here are some plants we are seeing now in stores.
Growing Concerns: Book landscaping contracts early with reputable company
I want to talk a bit about hiring professional landscapers.