Author Archives: julielwitmer

Rose ‘Scepter’d Isle’ and many others have burst forth in the heat this week in the Cottage garden. 💕 . My heart is still really grieving for the Black community this week, as we continue to hear more newly-shared, first-hand stories from daily lives. I have heard so many generous voices, some old and someContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRrm2DAAW9/”

Passing my mic to fellow gardener @hiltoncarter 🌱 #repost • Life is fragile. As it unfurls, the environment that it’s in can dictate whether it will grow strong and full of vibrancy. Any shift can disrupt that growth, stunting its true potential. Please protect its fragility and remember to handle it with care. You shouldContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBCFb2gTlK/”

Passing the mic to @brownicity 💕#repost • Sympathy is a natural response, but LOVE is hard work… • #brownicity #racialhealing #undoingracism #justice #renewal #humanity

Passing the mic to @laylafsaad 💚#repost • • Don’t let the black square become a symbol that you post but don’t back up with any action. It’s one thing to post a symbol. It’s an entirely other thing to do the life-long work. One requires entirely zero risk, the other requires you to put yourContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8qRZ-HLWE/”

Passing the mic to @freedom.apothecary 🌱#repost • • the right to speak, act and think. the right to BE without restraint. the right to move easily in our black and brown bodies. • • • if it was ever unclear to you about who we are and what we stand for, this is it. blacklivesmatterContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8J68Fgcty/”

One of the most dramatic ornamental onion, Sicilian Honey Garlic 💚Nectaroscordum siculum (formerly Allium s.) in the Cottage Garden. . #nectaroscordumsiculum #cottagegarden #havenwoodgardens #junegardens #bulbs

End of May 💚 #cottagegarden

All but one type of our bearded irises have been gifted by friends 💛 This delicate yellow iris, which has multiplied fantastically, was found in a dump by a dear friend who is a Dorothy L Sayers scholar and my husband’s (@jamesdwitmer) favorite English prof – Dr Janice Brown. So this iris looks like aContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1TLtrAfbB/”

One of the toughest and most beautiful of perennials out there: “False Indigo,” Baptisia australis. When placing it in the garden, I think of it as a summer/autumn shrub, rather like a grass, because it will die back to the earth until early summer. It is a North American native, from Pennsylvania to North CarolinaContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0JuRbg0wx/”

A shade-loving shrub I look forward to every spring: Sweetshrub, Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ 💚 . . #havenwoodgardens #shadegardens #calycanthushartlagewine #nativeplants #lowmaintenanceplants