Carver Food Park Community Garden, at the corner of Gale and Lealand in the 12South Neighborhood, was certainly a raised bed of controversy. But is this any way to resolve it? I don’t know all the whys and wherefores behind today’s destruction of Carver Food Park Community Garden. The disagreement, apparently, roots deeper than topsoil:…
A stroll through the Halcyon Garden on an early-April morning Come in the side gate, up a flagstone path that passes through a redbud and Japanese maple grove, and pass through a rusty metal arch covered with climbing hydrangea: Follow the flagstones as they curve left around the deck towards a circular brick patio. You’ll…
Nashville’s cherry trees seem more spectacular than ever to me this year. Maybe that’s because I’ve been paying attention to them more than I used to. There’s something particularly poignant this spring about those clouds of white-blushing-pink, a botanical legacy of Japan. This week NPR’s Morning Edition aired a story–Japan’s Cherry Blossoms in Brief, Beautiful…
What’s blooming now in Nashville? Redbuds, cherry trees, phlox, & crabapple.
“Transitioned” – Stories of people in our community adapting to an economy in flux, on Nashville Public Radio I’ve had a lot of conversations in the past year about the economy. In those discussions, folks don’t tend to talk about unemployment numbers, the TED Spread, or the Dow. Most of us don’t experience our financial lives…
For me, spring comes to Halcyon Avenue…when the first human emerges from hibernation, and the first sun-warmed porch swing finally rocks into life again.
What’s blooming today in Halcyon Garden?
The Greenery 