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3rd July 2007

A cheer for the city gardener

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Walking around the Highlands yesterday, I was amazed by this purple clematis:

Then again, if you walk a lot around Lowell, along side of some of the urban blight you might expect, you will also see many beautiful gardens, well-tended yards or even just a striking tree or flowering bush by the side of a busy road.  I seem to recall that the late, great gardening writer, Henry Mitchell (author for 25 years of the “Earthman” columns in the Washington Post),  gardened on a narrow, shady city lot, plagued by poor soil and the roots of maple trees, not to mention all the other slings and arrows which the gardener is heir to.  City gardeners, I applaud you!

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