3rd
July
2007
A cheer for the city gardener
Posted by Margaret on July 3, 2007
posted in Uncategorized |
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!