A New Leaf & Becoming
March 20th, 2021A New Leaf Today is the first day of Spring 2021. So much has happened since last spring. Our world is changing, “turning over new leaves”. New leadership bringing welcomed changes, new healings with vaccines, new light as spring begins. But there is still much darkness with 2.8 million Covid deaths, new Covid strains, inequality, […]
Can We Speak in English Flowers – Old (1760s) and New (2017)
October 9th, 2017Can We Speak in English Flowers – Old (1760s) and New (2017)
London to Missouri and Back. Coloring Book and Garden Visits
Sacred Lotus Love – Mandalas
June 21st, 2015In years past I’ve received emails from the Missouri Botanical Gardens saying “the sacred lotus are blooming”. I haven’t seen the email yet this year. I hope it isn’t too late. Lotus is one of my favorite plants. Not only for its beauty, but for its spiritual meanings.
A Trip to the Garden
August 15th, 2013If you live in St. Louis and you say you are “going to the garden”, it only means one thing. You are going to the Missouri Botanical Garden.
This Week in the Garden – Ginormous Lantern Festival
July 5th, 2012Missouri Botanical Garden – Largest Chinese Lantern Festival ever in the United States. These are not small lanterns, some are three stories tall. The 137 foot long entrance dragon welcomes visitors to the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Lantern Festival. It is called Art by Day and Magic by Night. And it certainly is. I first saw […]
This Week in the Garden – Sacred Lotus
June 28th, 2012Missouri Botanical Garden
Springtime Speechless
March 26th, 2012