Posts Tagged ‘chinese scholar garden’

The Luxury of Water in Your Garden

  I was interviewed on a blog radio show last week and the topic of water came up. The interviewer said that she had put a waterfall and pond in her backyard garden and that it brought her much joy. And then it hit me! I've been talking about doing that for so long – ...Read more.

Chinese Rocks Carved by Nature

I took this photograph of a curious-looking rock during a visit to the Chinese Scholar Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Gardens last year. Well, I found out a bit about the rock last night, while watching a wonderful new show “Treasures from the Past” on Wealth TV channel.   The rock, called Taihu stone, is ...Read more.

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