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The article profiles horticulturist Allen Bush, highlighting his garden at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. Topics addressed include the origins of the Iris Swertii flowers in Bush's garden, Bush's career history operating a perennial plant nursery and working in the seed industry, as well as his approach to gardening.

The article discusses a garden designed and built by port engineer and U.S. Navy Reserve Commander Ryan Benoit and his wife, writer Chantal Aida Gordon, at their house in San Diego California. Topics addressed include a blog that the couple created about their experience with the garden, and their personal backgrounds. INSET: You Don't Need to Mow AstroTurf, and Other Tips.

The article discusses a dispute between the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (H.P.D.) and community gardeners in New York City over community gardens planted in vacant lots. Topics addressed include opposition to the H.P.D.'s proposal to build housing on the lots that have been used for community gardens, legal aspects of the licensing for community gardens, and the community benefits of the gardens.

The article discusses the gardening advice from garden designers Susan Cohan, Rizaniño (Riz) Reyes, and Janet Draper regarding how to utilize a neglected 10-by-10 foot space in a home's yard. Topics addressed include the planning of a shade garden using various hedges and taller plants, as well as the use of plants such as Agave parryi, Arctostaphylos densiflora Sentinel, and Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus).

The article discusses the garden of marketing executive James Golden, located in Kingwood Township, New Jersey, highlighting Golden's focus on the aesthetic and emotional aspects of the garden rather than its practical use. Topics addressed include Golden's experience as a gay man in New York City, and his approach to letting his plants compete and grow naturally.

ADELE HAEG, age 6, looks adorable with bangs. Just not the bangs my daughter cut into Adele's long, straight hair last spring after the two sneaked into the bathroom with a pair of safety scissors. In my daughter's defense, she got the idea from ''Betsy-Tacy and Tib,'' a wholesome (read: deviant) children's book from the 1940s. As copycat barbering accidents go, I suppose, it could have been worse. I'm keeping my girl away from ''Sweeney Todd.'' Adele's parents, Mary and Andrew Haeg, accepted my apologies with grace. But I sensed an opportunity to make things right when I heard that Andrew, a 38-year-old co-creator of a journalism crowdsourcing platform, was searching for an indoor tree for his new home in St. Paul. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]