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What the Hell is Horticulture and Why Does it Matter?

Jan 16, 2025 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

I am a horticulturist who works at a zoo. And this is often terribly humbling. Although the zoo where I work is also a botanical garden, and a damned good one (great plant collection, a beautiful tree canopy, colorful gardens, research, community work, conservation and an Arbnet level IV accreditation), whenever I’m out and about in public wearing my zoo shirt I know full well what is going to happen.
Gardening and Christmas Should Be Happy

Dec 18, 2024 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

Behind the posts, articles, conferences and social media, there’s a backstory. Have you kept up with the digital correspondence between Ranters Scott Beuerlein and Marianne Willburn? You can start here, or go back and find the entire correspondence at Dear Gardener. Cincinnati, Ohio December 18, 2024Dear Marianne,This letter actually started as a comment to your Christmas Tree post, but I found myself getting so wordy that it became this letter. Hey, let’s call it a Christmas letter.
Reflections on a Hard Year, A Reminder of Why We Garden

Dec 6, 2024 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

For us here in Ohio, in the middle of the continent, the weather does what it does and all of us gardeners are just along for the ride. Powerless to stop it. So, it was notable that 2024 came in like a lamb. A beautiful lamb. Not like the kind you usually see with matted wool and bits of filth clinging to it. Nope, it came in like the kind of lamb you see at 4H contests, perfectly shampooed, groomed and smelling better than you would expect.
A Conversation with Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter

Nov 21, 2024 | hortmag.com | Scott Beuerlein

Since 1993, Fergus Garrett has been the Head Gardener at Great Dixter in England, first working alongside his mentor and the renowned garden’s creator, Christopher Lloyd, and assuming the additional role of Chief Executive after Lloyd’s passing in 2006. In the autumn of 2024, he spoke with Scott Beuerlein about his background, the history of Great Dixter, and Great Dixter’s role in contemporary horticulture.
Getting It Done in November, Bone on Bone: A Letter from the Midwest

Nov 3, 2024 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

Cincinnati, OhioNovember 3, 2024Dear Marianne, I don’t know about you, but I garden a lot more productively when I’m rushed and surly. And I’ve been both lately. Having a hard deadline is why. My hip replacement will be on December 4th, so I’m feeling the urgency. And the pain of a destroyed hip. Leave the leaves? Precisely. Actually, leave them but in a precise manner. Same with spent perennials. No time for indecision. No time for clever. No time for doing things by the book. Just plow through.
"Let's Grow Local;" A Blueprint for Smart Business/Community Environmental Impact

Nov 3, 2024 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

Despite all the buzz around planting for pollinators and other eco-gardening drives, perhaps the best and easiest ways to positively impact the environment is to simply plant trees. Last week, I was pleased to participate in Let’s Grow Local, an event which planted 200 trees in the low-canopy neighborhood of Avondale in Cincinnati.
Deep Roots: There's No Such Thing As a Perfect Garden

Oct 7, 2024 | hortmag.com | Scott Beuerlein

Poor normal gardeners. They are assaulted from every direction. From magazines, bloggers, YouTubers, QVC, advertisers and TV garden shows from the Hamptons to the hinterlands, the constant barrage of perfect gardens is unrelenting. And it’s not made any better by tours of local gardens either. I know, because my yard was one of those gussied-up gardens on a recent tour.
A Harmonious Garden Born of Broken Rules; the Bustani Plant Farm Display Garden

Oct 5, 2024 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

I’ve been on a very fortunate streak of seeing many fabulous gardens over the past several years, but in early September I visited the display garden at Bustani Plant Farm in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and, weeks later, I find myself still thinking about it. Upon first impression, I was struck by its dedication to color. You don’t see that so much these days. In my opinion, this is for one good reason and also a bad one. The bad reason? It’s not what the cool kids are doing. And why not?
An Interview With Rebecca McMackin

Sep 16, 2024 | hortmag.com | Scott Beuerlein

Rebecca McMackin is a horticulturist who currently works as the Arboretum Curator at the historic Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, N.Y. She previously served as Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, a groundbreaking East River greenspace where urban ecology thrives. With a passion for biodiversity and environmental equity, she shares her knowledge through lectures, writing, consultation and design work. She can be found online at rebeccamcmackin.com.
Standing Tall (Despite it All)

Sep 1, 2024 | gardenrant.com | Scott Beuerlein

Behind the posts, articles, conferences and social media, there’s a backstory. Have you kept up with the digital correspondence between Ranters Scott Beuerlein and Marianne Willburn? You can start here, or go back and find the entire correspondence at Dear Gardener. Cincinnati, OhioSeptember 1, 2024Dear Marianne,Deep breaths, Marianne. Yes. Indeed. Deep breaths. Congratulations on winning Gold for your American Gardener Magazine column. Quite the accomplishment.