My son Ivan, age 13, asked to build a garden at the start of quarantine. He is an avid runner and follows many Kenyan athletes who have farms on their property in Kenya and was inspired by this to build one of his own. We live in Haworth, NJ, and have a lot of deer, squirrels, rabbits, […]
Come autumn, my mother starts acting like her seventy-something year-old self – that is, grouchy, itchy, and nostalgic. The season has always been an anomaly to her tropical body and soul. What was up with the brightly colored leaves? Taunting her with their false heat of oranges and reds while the wind blew brisk on […]
The Van Vleck House & Gardens originated as a 12-acre private estate more than 140 years ago when Joseph Van Vleck Sr and his family moved to Montclair from Brooklyn in 1868. Like many successful businessmen of the era, Joseph Van Vleck Sr came to the suburbs seeking a refuge from industrial living and brought […]
Our family began gardening in 2008 and in 2016 we took it to Facebook to help other amateur gardeners. It is our passion, growing heirloom tomatoes, herbs, squash, and other vegetables. Blackberries and blueberries grow alongside the house and our front bed is a melange of perennial flowers, which gets added to each year.
Motivated by Mahatma Gandhi’s famous quote “you must be the change you wish to see in the world,” Trenton-based artist collective and non-profit organization S.A.G.E. Coalition (“Styles Advancing Graffiti’s Evolution”) transformed an abandoned lot next to their artist studio into a community garden. The most prominent artwork in the garden is its namesake, the mural […]
I have built a raised garden bed out of previously utilized pallets. This garden is approximately 46 square feet in surface area and raised approximately 20 inches. Currently started there are beets, radishes, bush beans, carrots, cucumbers and ‘Cascadia’ snap peas. Though my eventual goal is provide a bounty of vegetables for my friends and […]