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The Gardens at the Bank of Springfield
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This blog was created as a resource for individuals interested in information about the plant materials used in the gardens. To aid in your research I have included a photo gallery of the gardens and a comprehensive plant list which links to photos/detail for each plant.
Recent Posts
GGW Plant Pick of The Month: Sesleria
A couple of years ago while visiting the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago I was attracted to several groupings of a striking yellow-green tufted grass that I did not recognize. It was compact in its growth habit (10-12″H x 10-12″W), and...
Flickr Photostream
See my photo collections on Flickr- Gardens at the Bank of Springfield (2009), Piet Oudolf's Nursery & Garden in the Netherlands (09/2009)....
Horticulture\'s Top 20 Favorite Garden Blogs
Congratulations to Fran Sorin, Nancy Ondra and my Gardening Gone Wild colleagues for being selected as one of Horticulture Magazine's Top 20 Favorite Garden Blogs! Click on the image below and follow a link to the article....
Oudolf Nursery & Garden- Hummelo, The Netherlands
One of the highlights of summer was my first trip to Europe, specifically to Piet & Anja Oudolf’s nursery and private garden in The Netherlands. I went for their Grass Days.Much like Fran Sorin (as she noted in her fabulous three part interview...
Facebook
I have been using my Facebook account to post links to my favorite articles, products, artists, as well as, slideshows of recent trips. Some of these posts are off topic for the Gardens at the Bank of Springfield blog, which is why I have chosen to ...
An Interview With The Master, Piet Oudolf
Fran Sorin, my Gardening Gone Wild (GGW) colleague, has posted an interview with influential Dutch garden designer and plantsman, Piet Oudolf. Oudolf's public work in the United States includes: The High Line (NYC), The Battery Park Conservancy’...

