Archive for July 2008
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Gardens are always changing. As the trees grow, your sunny spots turn into shady locations. With the demise of a shade tree, your luscious shade garden is exposed to the harsh summer sun and you will have to rethink that area of your garden.
The Terry Shane Teaching Garden experienced this dramatic type of garden change with the loss of the Malus hupehensis this past weekend. The crabapple lost the first section of its multi-stemmed trunk in 2005. The Collections Committee decided to leave the remaining portion of the tree despite the realization that it was in decline. They took the opportunity…
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Last week the Scott Entrance Garden and Terry Shane Teaching Garden served as a source of inspiration to a number of talented young women. The girls were participants in the class led by Joanne Sutton-Smith and Karen Winward of the Swarthmore Writer’s Room. The class entitled Drawing, Painting and Poetry in the Crum integrated their field experience with artistic expression.
The following poem was written by eleven year old, Melinda Rossi of Swarthmore:
Moonlight Hydrangea
So small and delicate,
Your tiny green dots, upside-down Christmas trees,
Your ivory heart-leaves, Japanese lanterns.
Their fiery glow lights the lake beneath.
You feel velvety, like the outside of a peach.
My…
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
By Richard Preston
Richard Preston’s The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring is a story of Northern California’s redwood forests and the exceptional people who have devoted their lives to their exploration. This book is rewarding as an information source about these magnificent trees, and the technical aspects of their exploration, but also as a narrative describing the characters who are so in love with them.
Preston gives us an in-depth look at the amazing individuals who pioneered the exploration of trees taller than 350 feet and who proved to be incredible athletes, risk-takers, scientists, and adventurers. The reader quickly realizes…
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