Author Archives: honeysharp

Monarchs: The Great Voyage

On an early March day in 2010, I walked into a Gothic cathedral. Not a typical one, this one was in the High Sierra of Michoacan, Mexico. As in entering Chartres, my eyes were immediately drawn towards the heavens. The ceiling though was an indigo sky and the walls and buttresses were conifers. Best of …

February 11, 2012 – 6:53 pm | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden | Comments (2)

Performing Plants

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Click the arrow to listen (it is very quiet) You can also hear more at the end of this post. When I first wandered into the The Conservatory of Mexican Plants at El Charco del Ingenio, an impressive botanical garden in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, I was …

December 5, 2011 – 11:49 am | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden | Comments (2)

Before the Snow: Fall Bloomers

  Snow is on the horizon. And we haven’t even had a “serious” frost. Two days ago I headed out to the garden on a warm afternoon to capture a last shot of my vast array of bloomers on these late days of autumn. Like the Dia de los Muertos that I will soon be …

October 26, 2011 – 5:53 pm | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden, The Berkshire Garden | Comments (0)

Bare Bones

Although our outrageous and well-touted colors are fading fast (although this has not been a banner year due to the drenching rains we experienced) other joys in the landscape persist.  I could wax  lyrical about how enticing and romantic the subtle grays and beiges appear while the warmer ochres and dark oranges disappear from sight …

October 18, 2011 – 2:42 pm | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden, The Berkshire Garden | Comments (2)

The Harvest: A Time for Transistion

  This time of year, hard work in tandem with mother nature bring us the best of the Berkshires’ bounty, from late apples and sweet corn to hearty crops like winter squash and earthy root vegetables. It’s time to savor what can’t be stored until we’re sated, then, put up, dry, store, freeze and forage …

September 25, 2011 – 6:51 am | By honeysharp | Posted in The Berkshire Garden | Comments (0)

Berkshire Open Days

Hear ye! Hear ye! I invite you all to wander through some beautiful, fun and/or traditional Berkshire gardens this coming Sunday ,the 31st. (Seekonk Farm happens also to  be included… ). Here at Seekonk Farm, we have a plethora of mid to late bloomers like the tall elegant Cimicifuga ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ and the orange …

July 28, 2011 – 11:07 am | By honeysharp | Posted in The Berkshire Garden | Comments (0)

Casa Miel in San Miguel!

¡Bienvenido a Casa Miel! Walk in through this old wooden door on a small and quiet, cobblestoned street, and you will enter a secluded jewel of a home in the historic heart of San Miguel de Allende, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Relax in the Mexican tiled living room that sits off our main courtyard …

July 12, 2011 – 4:13 pm | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden | Comments (0)

The “No Flower Zone” Garden

How can one call a garden a “no flower zone”? Aren’t gardens about flowers? Yes but…   This aphorism popped into my brain upon waking up one morning in early June and contemplating summer’s work ahead. Sure, upon arising, my wrist and back provided a keen reminder that indeed I had gained a handle on …

June 20, 2011 – 11:55 am | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden, The Berkshire Garden | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Ah … Water

What could be more soothing and delicious than walking out in your garden on a sun-packed, sweltering day and listening to the sound of water? Almost as good as a merry brook in your backyard, it’s the next best thing: a fountain. After spending years scratching my head about how to incorporate water into my …

June 8, 2011 – 8:15 am | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden, The Berkshire Garden | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Stories Orchids Tell

“Stories Orchids Tell” From the Swamps of Florida to the Cloud Forests of Peru “You can get off alcohol, drugs, women, food and cars, but once you’re hooked on orchids, you’re finished. You never get off orchids…never.” Joe Kunisch, orchid grower, Rochester, NY There are places in Peru’s rain forest where, according to Stig Dalström, …

May 28, 2011 – 12:07 pm | By honeysharp | Posted in The 2,200 Mile Garden, The Berkshire Garden | Tagged | Comments (0)