Native Son: Ode to the 2021 Snowmageddon

By Steven Chamblee • February 24, 2021

I took a long stroll to take a solemn toll,Of what winter did to my garden.My neck turned red and much of what I saidIs unpublishable; beg my pardon. I …

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Native Son: This Is Our Year

By Steven Chamblee • January 19, 2021

Nothing like new beginnings. Fresh start…clean canvas…blank slate…whatever works for you. There’s that chance to write the first words in the next chapter of your life. Thrilling for some folks …

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Native Son: The Horticultural Grinch

By Steven Chamblee • November 18, 2020

Note from Neil…This story, a great one, first appeared in e-gardens in November 2018. It’s even more fitting in this year of the pandemic. Many of you did not see …

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Native Son: Homecoming

By Steven Chamblee • October 15, 2020

Got asked to do some Master Gardener Intern training back at my old stomping grounds, Chandor Gardens. I’m always happy to oblige when asked to do anything for the Parker …

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Native Son: My New Old Friend

By Steven Chamblee • September 16, 2020

“Time is too long to those who mourn, too short to those who laugh,but to those who love, time is eternity.”—Theodore Klein Once in a great while, I get lucky …

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Native Son: Top Ten Reasons to Visit the Longview Arboretum

By Steven Chamblee • August 19, 2020

(I can’t believe I’m writing the first seven words of this article…)Since the mid-August cool down began, things are looking up at the Longview Arboretum & Nature Center. Sooooo, if …

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Native Son: July 16, 2020

By Steven Chamblee • July 16, 2020

Preface from Neil…I got a call from my dear friend Steven Chamblee first thing this morning. He’d been up since 3, and figurative wads of paper were all over the …

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Encounter With Grace

By Steven Chamblee • June 17, 2020

So I’m buzzing around the arboretum on the Gator, hauling pine straw bales and other supplies to keep the volunteers happy and on task, when I stop to fill a …

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