Posts Tagged ‘Josephine Baker’
Josephine Baker
Path to Paris It’s the birthday of Josephine Baker, one of the greatest entertainers of the past century.  Josephine’s path led her to Paris where she became an instant sensation. By 1929, she was the highest-paid entertainer in Europe.  Baker bought a Château just outside of Paris and she loved to garden there.…
Read MoreJune 3, 2019 Half-Hardy Plants, Aristides Simoni, David Douglas, Josephine Baker, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Kiftsgate Court Garden, Vanessa Berridge, Perennials for Wet Areas, Ardenoir, and Charlotte to Grace O’Brien
Half-Hardy Plants. That’s a term you don’t run into very often – but when you do, it can be confusing. Just this morning, I swung by a garden center to check out their clearance plants, and I ended up chatting with a gardener who had running to a label that had that term: Half-Hardy Plants.…
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