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Through the Garden Gate: Just a typical week in the garden

Gardening is supposed to be peaceful, calming, and restorative. Most of the time that’s true, but once in a while, things don’t go according to ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, April 29, 2023 6:01 pm

Mother Nature's Garden

MOTHER NATURE'S GARDEN

Mother’s Nature Garden: In search of Twinleaf

The earliest spring ephemerals have finished blooming, but there’s still time to see twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla.) Several years ago, I was desperate to find this ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, April 22, 2023 11:34 am

Garden

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Through the Garden Gate: Butchery in the garden

Gardens seem so peaceful. We talk about them as refuges, great places to relax, read, meditate, and just escape from the hassle of everyday life. ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Sunday, March 5, 2023 12:20 pm

Skunk Cabbages

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Mother Nature’s Garden: The Skunk Cabbages are back

“If you are afflicted with melancholy at this season, go to the swamp and see the brave spear of skunk-cabbage buds already advanced toward a ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, February 25, 2023 12:54 pm

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Mother Nature’s Garden: What makes a plant native?

“Ditch lilies are native. I know they are; I saw it on the internet!” “Dandelions must be native. They’ve been here forever!” Explaining what makes ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Sunday, February 12, 2023 8:51 am

darwins orchid

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Through The Garden Gate — Darwin’s Orchid: An uncommon house plant

It’s February, that short month that seems to go on forever. It threatens us with cold, wet weather and then teases us with warm, breezy ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, February 3, 2023 5:37 pm

Mother Nature's Garden

MOTHER NATURE'S GARDEN

Mother Nature’s Garden: A much needed hike and old friends

It’s Boxing Day, and life has mostly returned to normal here at Mother Nature’s Garden. The dogs are slumped on their beds, refusing to make ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, January 14, 2023 12:30 am

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Through the Garden Gate — ‘The neighbors are gonna talk!’

If you’re of a certain age and grew up in the South, then you’re probably familiar with this phrase. It can refer to many different ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, January 7, 2023 2:40 pm

FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE

From the Ground Up — Unsung heroes of the winter garden

As Sir Francis Bacon wrote in his essay on gardens, “There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Thursday, December 15, 2022 11:04 am

Columns

Through the garden gate — The beauty of dry stacked stone walls

Throughout New England and the mountains in Virginia, there are stone walls built by farmers primarily from the mid-1700s until the early 1800s. There used ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, December 10, 2022 2:07 pm

MOTHER NATURE'S GARDEN

Mother Nature’s Garden — Japanese Knotweed: A seriously tough plant

Since the late 15th century, we humans have moved around 13,000 species of plants from their native habitats to other areas around the world. Sometimes ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, December 2, 2022 4:56 pm

FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE

From the Ground Up — Green on Green: A classic, low maintenance garden design

Traditional gardening has always been about wrestling nature into submission, an approach that’s labor intensive and somewhat like warfare. Gardeners have to be vigilant in ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:29 am

Columns

Mother Natures Garden — Goldenrods: Tenacious and beautiful

“You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, November 12, 2022 1:56 pm

Wildflower meadows

FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE

From the Ground Up: Wildflower Meadows

Wildflower meadows have been an important feature of the British landscape for hundreds of years. Nevertheless, they didn’t develop as natural features of the landscape, ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, November 4, 2022 6:19 pm

Columns

Through the garden gate — Garden envy

A few weeks ago, I escaped to Maine to explore some gardens and late-blooming native plants there. Obviously, the growing season is shorter, and the ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, November 4, 2022 3:51 pm

Columns

Mother Natures Garden — Turtleheads: Flowers with an interesting shape

Even though the days are still warm, there’s a chill in the early morning and late afternoon air. Autumn is here, so it’s time to ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, October 14, 2022 6:28 pm

FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE

From the ground up — The Joys of a Simple Garden

Farmville is blessed with many talented gardeners. Explore the various neighborhoods, and you’ll find English kitchen gardens with tidy paths, carefully clipped borders, and thriving ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, October 1, 2022 4:41 pm

Columns

Al and Betsy’s pollinator patch

Nestled at the end of a long winding driveway in Pamplin is a picturesque farm belonging to Al and Betsy Lookofsky. There’s an old smoke ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:33 am

Columns

Pickleweed: A great natural condiment

Way back pre-pandemic, when travel was easy, I spent some time in Cornwall with friends. It was a great opportunity to explore local gardens and ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 am

Columns

Through the Garden Gate — A message from Anca

Hi fellow gardeners, it’s me, Anca. My Mom is busy filling in some holes in the backyard, so I thought I would chat with you ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, August 12, 2022 1:00 pm

Farmville the Magazine

From the Ground Up — Daylilies

The Perfect Plant for the Midsummer Garden The hot, humid, potentially dry days of summer are upon us, but even those gardeners who retreat indoors ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, August 5, 2022 3:24 pm

Columns

Common grass pink: An interesting native orchid

We tend to think of orchids as fragile, delicate plants requiring pampering, but they are extremely resilient and capable of growing in a wide variety ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, August 5, 2022 12:26 pm

Columns

Mother Nature’s Garden — Magnolias bloom offering fragrant pleasure

It’s magnolia time! The sweetbay magnolias have finished blooming in the wet lowlands along the High Bridge Trail, but the iconic southern magnolias all over ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Friday, July 15, 2022 4:47 pm

Columns

Through the garden gate: Oh! Those odd names

You all know that I’m slightly obsessed with daylilies. They’re the perfect plant for hot summer days when I just can’t be bothered to work ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, July 2, 2022 12:47 pm

THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE

Through the Garden Gate — The joys of a simple garden

Farmville is blessed with many talented gardeners. Explore the various neighborhoods, and you’ll find English kitchen gardens with tidy paths, carefully clipped borders, and thriving ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Saturday, June 11, 2022 12:15 pm

Columns

Mother Natures Garden — Hexastylis: A plant with a steep learning curve

For years I’ve found heartleaf (Hexastylis spp.) all over Cumberland, Appomattox, Powhatan, and Prince Edward Counties. There are eight species of this low growing, evergreen ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Sunday, June 5, 2022 12:30 pm

Columns

Fireworks in the woods

One of my favorite spring ephemerals, the eastern shooting star (Primula meadia), has a variety of common names – pride of Ohio, prairie pointers and ... Read more

by Dr. Cynthia Wood, Sunday, May 8, 2022 1:54 pm

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