Biophilia

A Garden of Winter Interest

Just because it is winter doesn’t mean that nothing is happening in the garden. While many plants are dormant, their roots and stems are busy feeding the plant until warmer temperatures trigger foliage and bud growth. Some plants have bark that changes color with colder temperatures, like Twig Dogwoods (Cornus spp) or Willows (Salix spp). Read More…

Vegetables Dance with Flowers

American’s desire for better taste and nutrition, a smaller carbon footprint, and teaching children about connections with the natural world are leading people to add vegetables and fruits to their ornamental gardens according to several marketing surveys (i.e., Garden Writer’s Association, National Gardening Association, etc.). Growing vegetables and fruits in kitchen gardens or enclosed spaces Read More…

Slow Knowledge in the Garden

While I was researching for my Masters in Agriculture, one of the articles I read was entitled “Slow Knowledge” by David Orr. The article describes the dismantling of an agricultural system of the Balinese by a World Bank project using Western technology intended to improve productivity. The new system ignored millennia of ecological knowledge held Read More…

Kate’s Gardening Blog

Biophilia means ‘love of living systems’. Edward O. Wilson, biologist, professor and author introduced the hypothesis in his book ‘Biophilia,’ as ‘the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.’ Join me in exploring Biophilia through my musings about gardens, landscape design, horticulture, ecology, biodiversity, conservation and many other topics about living systems.