Tuesday Tools: Gardens & The History of Gardening

Nature is fantastical.

• A view in the Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, BC, Canada.  

I would love to be a gardener. But I am not. It is not for lack of trying, but it’s just not my art form. It doesn’t come naturally to me. Sure, I can grow a little kale, but all the poppies I have ever planted are still beneath the soil. Luckily there were some established gardens here before …