The Wheelbarrow Archives

Articles and tips that don’t quite fit in any other category

Is the Rose the Perfect Wedding Flower?

The wedding is booked, it’s time to start the arrangements, and when you think of the flowers, what’s the first flower that springs to mind…

Creating Your Own Peace Garden

One of the popular posts on this website is about Peace Rose Gardens…

The 2006 All-American Rose Selections

All-American Rose Selections (AARS) is non-profit organization of introducers and growers of roses that evaluates new roses not only on how well they look, but also how well they can deal with various changes in climate and even how well they can ward off the peskiest of pests and disease…

The Benefits of Rose Gardening

You can find rose gardens in many places: parks, plazas, and private homes…

New Gardening Trends

Since the dawn of civilization, man and plants have worked together to create beautiful landscapes, feed an entire society, help convey messages of warmth and love, pave the way for medical advancements, and preserve the ecological balance for a more productive world…

Garden Police Online

When I first heard about the new Discovery Home Channel series the Garden Police, I was eager to see the show…

Gardeners: Update your tetanus booster shot

A scan of the weekend gardening features found a short article in the Jackson Hole Star-Tribune (WY) about the need for gardeners and others who work outdoors to keep their tetanus booster shot up-to-date…

Peace Rose Gardens

The Peace Rose, with its delicate shades of pale ivory yellow that shade to dramatic peach, is arguably the most famous rose of all time…

How to celebrate National Rose Month

June is National Rose Month in the United States…

The Perfect Garden Sundial

By Graham McClung
Is it possible for a garden sundial to tell perfect time…

Google News Alerts for Rose Gardeners

One of the easiest ways to keep up-to-date on what’s happening in the world of roses is to use Google News Alerts…

Looking for Roses: State Flower Clip Art

Finding good, free clip art on the web can be time-consuming and frustrating…

Mixed Messages: Speaking Roses

There are dozens of pages on the web about the meaning of roses…

Emily Dickinson’s Roses

Emily Dickinson, the poet, has delighted and exasperated generations of students and scholars, but Dickinson, the gardener, was relatively unknown until recently…

America’s Public Gardens

One of my favorite books is the National Geographic Guide to America’s Public Gardens…