Ann Loves Plants

Tag: gardeners

  • Fête de la Saint-Fiacre—and a prayer too

    This past weekend our gardening friends and counterparts in Ireland and France celebrated the Feast Day of St. Fiacre—the Patron Saint of gardening. Although celebrated by other Catholics in other countries, St. Fiacre was born in Ireland and lived his life in France so these two countries venerate him more than others. I was quite…

  • A Letter to Mr Palm (My First Gardening Mentor)

    Mr. & Mrs. Palm’s home and garden. Mr. Milton Palm: my childhood horticultural mentor. Dear Mr. Palm, I miss you a lot and it’s good that we can talk again like this even if you’ve been gone for many years. If you don’t know it already, I think about you a lot. The conversations we…