Winter is a fallow time in the garden, a time of rest for plants and soil before another active growing season begins. For gardeners it is a time of planning and anticipation. For those who work in school gardens it is a time of preparing students for the joys and wonders, observations and discoveries to […]
As the eldest grandson of the inventor of the Ross Root Feeder, I set out to take my grandfather’s vision to the next level. From 1976 to 1990 I worked at the family company until it was sold. I have stayed closely-tied to green industry. My grandfather, father, and my uncle groomed me to become […]
Sunflower Village, a community garden in the Franklin Square neighborhood of Baltimore, has been growing strong since 2010, when the Franklin Square Community Association decided to take over a large abandoned lot. Several years before, five houses stood where the Sunflower Village now resides. When they were torn down, all that remained was the neglected […]