21. Messervy is currently collaborating with cellist Yo-Yo Ma on plans for a possible public garden that would be structured to evoke the six movements of the First Bach Suite. 22. One is to help develop a public garden for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 23. Public gardens generally tread a traditional path, esthetically speaking, retreating to the safety of crowd-pleasers like old roses and banks of azaleas. 24. Pull on the gardening gloves for a visit to this rosy Web site, which offers rose searches, info on public gardens, rose essays and club links. 25. Public gardens are responding by zeroing in on a lucrative niche that not only boosts attendance but memberships. 26. Public gardens and squares were untended, decay rampant. 27. She is in a public garden. 28. So visit your public gardens with a pad and a pencil to note what various plants really look like in full summer growth and among their friends. 29. Take time off from your own garden to visit some of the spectacular examples of fall-blooming public gardens. 30. Take plenty of walks around your neighborhood and in the public gardens to follow the glorious procession of spring. |