“It isn’t that I don’t like sweet disorder, but it has to be judiciously arranged.”—Vita Sackville-West In the frenzy of planting in late...

The plant genus Impatiens, with over one thousand species, gets its name from its impatient method of seed dispersal. When a mature seed...

“I believe in God, although I live very h appily with atheists…It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so...

“The beautiful mundane is everywhere.”—Ross Gay As I drove into the valley on an early Sunday morning, I listened to an interview with...

“The genus of the sages is vast and includes a high proportion of rubbish… However, that still leaves a great deal to preoccupy us.”...

“September…what a turnover, what a watershed of the year.”—Vita Sackville-West Goldenrod, blooming throughout our fields and along our...