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Reports on the Off Off Broadway showing of Susan Roth's play, "Bye, Mom!" Plot of the play; Career history of Roth; Challenges encountered by Roth in moving from writing in gardening magazines to writing plays; Books published by Roth.

Reports on the public parks being constructed around New York. Trends in landscape architecture embraced by the landscape artists in the area; Michael Van Valkenburgh as the landscape architect heading the Brooklyn Bridge Park project; Features of the Queens Plaza project.

Presents an obituary for nurseryman Allen C. Haskell.

Features the plastic boxwoods and face rocks used by architect Ken Smith for the artificial roof gardens he designed for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Materials used for the ornament; Description of the gardens; Profile on Smith.

Highlights the artificial roof gardens designed by architect Ken Smith for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Materials used for the design; Details of the design; Profile on Smith.

Reports on the planned renovation of the Queens Botanical Garden in New York City. Budget allocated for the project; Designer of the proposed renovation.

Presents an obituary for New York City-based horticulturalist Carl A. Totenmeier Jr. who passed away on July 3, 2004 at the age of 77.

The article discusses the landscape restoration of an overgrown cornfield in rural Virginia by the retired oil and gas industry lobbyist Wayne Gibbens and his wife Beth Gibbens. The role that the Gibbens' desire to restore the ecology of the Virginia played in their landscape design, including in regard to the assistance of the landscape designer W. Gary Smith, is discussed. INSET: A Landscape In Your Pocket.

The article discusses the uses of Sylvester manor, a 17th century estate and plantation on New York's Shelter Island, as of April 11, 2013. Topics addressed include the exhibition "Sylvester Manor: Land, Food and Power on a New York Plantation" at New York University, landscape historian Mac Griswold's research on the plantation, and its operation as a farm.

The article focuses on the landscape of the rain garden of associate professor and architect Mary E. Myers located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The article discusses the inclusion of various salvia flowers in gardens, arguing that various types of salvia can serve to flatter other plants and flowers in a garden. Topics addressed include salvias such as blue anise sage (Salvia guaranitica), Lady in Red (Salvia coccinea), and Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha), as well as salvias planted by gardner Allen Lacy at the Linwood Arboretum in Linwood, New Jersey.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of visiting the Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City.

The article presents the author's evaluation of the architectural design of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, located in Brooklyn, New York City and designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh in collaboration with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation.

The author discusses her plans for designing a garden at her new home. She highlights her preference for vegetables and flowers such as Syringa vulgaris (Ma dame Lemoine), Jersey Knight asparagus, and Spotted Aleppo lettuce, and special attention is paid to considerations of soil preparation. She also mentions her plans to plant an apple tree.

The article examines the growing number of predators targeting the brown marmorated stink bug, which is responsible for damaging millions of dollars in crops since its first reported sighting in the 1990s in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Noted predators of the stink bug in the U.S. include the Argiope aurantia spider, praying mantises, and wheel bugs. Comments from entomologist Michael J. Raupp of the University of Maryland are included.

The article discusses the garden at the Roxbury, Connecticut home of interior designer and artist Peter Wooster. Topics addressed include gardener Rob Girard's work on the garden and his views on the variety of plants featured, the role of the garden in Wooster's recovery from a stroke suffered in 2007, and Wooster's work on collages following his stroke.

The article discusses a passive-solar house in Kinderhook, New York designed by green architect Dennis Wedlick. Topics addressed include the house's role in beginning Wedlick's career as a green architect; the energy efficiency of passive houses; and efforts by Wedlick and his partner, Curt DeVito, to grow a lawn and garden for the house.

The article disucsses the garden of David Kulp, the vice president of sales and marketing at Sunny Border Nurseries, located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Topics addressed include Kulp's history of involvement with gardening; the wide variety of plants featured in the garden including pink Sarha Van Fleet roses, lace-cap hydrangea, and onopordum; and his advice for starting a garden. INSET: Seeds Of Wisdom.

The article discusses the display of plants native to New York at the Native Flora Garden in New York City's Brooklyn Botanic Garden as of June 12, 2013. Topics addressed include the management of the garden and collection of plants by horticulturist Uli Lorimer, and various plants found in the garden such as prickly pear cactus, river birch trees, and wild ginger.

The article discusses the growing of grafted fruit and vegetables in home gardens, focusing on the ability of grafted plants to resist disease and produce quality fruit and vegetables. Topics addressed include grafted heirloom tomatoes and the late adaptation of grafting in the U.S. relative to other countries. INSET: The Procedure Explained.

The article discusses the use of horses in agriculture in North America as of May 15, 2013. Topics addressed include farmer Stephen Leslie's use of Norwegian Fjord horses on his Cedar Mountain Farm in Vermont, the sustainability of using horses for farm work, and Leslie's personal background and attitudes.

The article discusses the Plasmopara obducens downy mildew disease threatening Impatiens walleriana plants in the United States and Canada as of April 18, 2013. Topics addressed include the economic impact of the mildew on the annuals industry, prior outbreaks of the disease, and the popularity of Impatiens walleriana flowers. INSET: Alternative Sources of Color.

The article discusses indoor gardening as a way of being around plants in winter months, commenting specifically on the conditions best suited to encouraging growth in indoor plants. It addresses using decorative pots to add visual interest to plants, the importance of accounting for plants' individual light requirements, and the need to regulate temperature and soil moisture.

The article discusses how Jackie Heinricher and Randy Burr of B & B Laboratories in Washington State created Boo-Shoot Gardens, a company that supplies bamboo plants to nurseries. It took eight years to find a process to propagate the plants. While modern society has found a variety of uses for bamboo, it had previously been considered one of the most difficult plants to propagate.

The article reports on the gardens and gardening potential of Whidbey Island in Puget Sound of Langley, Washington. This area was settled by farmers and loggers and has attracted various artisans since the 1960s. The island's devoted gardeners are considered similar to those of the East End of Long Island, New York.

The article discusses the various types of roses that are proven to grow in most areas with little maintenance and no spraying. Wilhelm Kordes III from Germany took over his family business and changed the tenor of his trial gardens. He refused to spray any chemicals and worked with the few plants that survived insects and fungus infections to create a line of hardy and fragrant roses. Other roses varieties and trials are discussed.

The article reports on a 2.5 acre garden which is located at the Coliseum Park Apartment Complex on Ninth Avenue in New York. The garden and apartment complex were both created in 1957. By 2003, the garden, built over a parking garage, was in need of redesign and repair. Landscape designer Laurie B. Eichengreen was called. She came and commenced the modernization and repair of the garden and courtyard which surrounds it. Her work, while not understood or appreciated by all residents, continues today.

This article reports on the legendary flower farm of Margaret Thomas in Herndon, Virginia. In 1974, Thomas began raising bearded irises, selling them by the roots, or rhizomes, for 75 a clump. Thomas, now 84 years old, wants to retire and sell her garden to an organization that will maintain its collections and keep it open to the public.

The article presents a review of "Enchanted Spring: A Tribute to Mother Nature," the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's 177th Philadelphia Flower Show. The history of the event is reviewed. The article includes comments from show designer Sam Lemheney. Lemheney comments on how his work as a flower designer at Walt Disney World in Florida has influenced the show in Philadelphia.

This article is a report on efforts by New Orleans gardeners to revive a number of public gardens which were devastated by flooding following Hurricane Katrina. Work is going on in the New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park and Longue Vue House and Gardens. Many groups around the country have contributed time or money. $1.2 million was donated to the cause by the Azby Fund. Volunteers have come from as far away as Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The article presents the author's views on ordering special seeds and plants for the 2006 growing season. It is suggested that some seeds and plants are in short supply this year. Comments from Mark Sellew, owner of Prides Corner Farm, a wholesale grower in Lebannon, Connecticut, and other nurserymen are included. Recommended varieties offered by Heronswood Nursery, Plant Delights Nursery, Renee's Garden Seeds, North Creek Nurseries, High Country Gardens.

The article discusses ways in which Thanksgiving celebrations have changed through aging parents, divorces in the family, the appearance of step children, and other factors. Focus is placed on the impact of an aging or sick parent.

Focuses on the property of Janet Mavec and Wayne Nordberg in Pottersville, New Jersey. Description of the property, a 100-acre farm with an 1800's farmhouse and two post-and-beam barns; Description of how the couple renovated and redesigned the property with the help of bold visions of garden designer Fernando Caruncho; Discussion of the Spanish influence of the new design based on the geometry of the circle and the ellipse; Comments from Maven and Nordberg regarding the master plan of the property.

Focuses on the islands in Puget Sound just west of Seattle, where nurseries and their catalogs disseminate plants from all over the world, and where gardeners are using them in original ways. Impact of the climate, where the temperature rarely dips below 40 degrees, and the adventurous gardeners themselves, whose influences have spread across the country; Examples of some of the gardeners and their gardens; sunny cliff garden of Daniel J. Hinkley and Robert Jones.

Focuses on the work of landscape architect and preservationist Charles Birnbaum. Discussion of how may significant historic landscapes across the United States are abandoned and neglected; Focus on the Nations Bank Park Plaza in Tampa, Florida; Proposal for a museum expansion and parking overhaul at the park; Comments on the issue from Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Other landscapes designed by significant landscape architects at risk, such as Freeway Park in Seattle.

Focuses on a public disagreement over the appearance of Gramercy Park in New York City. Why the trustees of the private park ordered the felling of four big trees; Background on the long dispute over the landscape; Perception of the debate as a classic New York battle of wills among the privileged class; History of Gramercy, a private park for the owners of the surrounding town houses; Comments of residents and board members.

Discusses gardening, specifically the mixing of roses with other garden plants, with Stephen Scanniello, former rosarian at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Examination of Scanniello's gardening career and his experience with growing roses; Report on Scanniello's latest gardening book entitled "Rose Companions."

Focuses on the efforts of garden designer Edwina von Gal to restore parts of Panama to create a biodiversity museum with Frank Gehry and tourism minister Ruben Blades. How the death of her husband Jay Chiat left her with the resources to pursue the project; Populatiry of Panama; Respect for the ecology of the place.

Describes sights, flowers, other plants and flower shows at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Description of flowering plants at "The Fragrant Gardens of Spring: A Flower Show" at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory; Leucojums, Clematis durandii and other flowers at the Perennial Garden; Arisaema sikokianum, columbine, primroses and peonies and daphnes at the woodland shade.

The article reports on the transit of the garden constructed by garden designer and blogger Marie Viljoen and husband Vincent Mounier in an apartment in Harlem, New York City to Brooklyn.

The article offers information on the Discovery Garden designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. located at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn, New York City.

The article talks about the couple Kerry Trueman and Matt Rosenberg, highlighting their roof-top garden at their third-floor walk-up in the West Village in New York City. INSET: How to Begin..