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Native Son: Top Five Reasons NOT to Plant a Garden

By Steven Chamblee • March 18, 2020

What’s with all these maniacs and their gardens? Life is complicated enough without all this soil toil, this botanical bother, this horticultural hullabaloo. Who needs it?!?! I humbly present to …

Native Son: Big Ideas, Bad Ideas, and Little Red Wagons

By Steven Chamblee • February 18, 2020

My brain is still buzzing from attending the annual conference of the Texas Association of Botanical Gardens & Arboreta (TABGA). This year’s host was the Dallas Arboretum, and, like everything …

Native Son: Everyday Miracles

By Steven Chamblee • January 13, 2020

Do you believe in miracles? I mean…other than the obvious ones, like surviving a little drive up Hwy 75 in Dallas on any given Friday. I mean little miracles, everyday …

Native Son: December 19, 2019

By Steven Chamblee • December 18, 2019

Mere days before Christmas and I haven’t bought a thing. No jewelry for my wife, not a necklace, not a ring. Yesterday, I got a phone call from the fabulous …

Native Son: Grateful

By Steven Chamblee • November 20, 2019

I was feeling pretty bummed out this morning because someone intentionally cut down the little Tulé Tree clone that I planted my first day at the Longview Arboretum. I had …

Native Son: Retrouvailles

By Steven Chamblee • October 23, 2019

There is nothing quite like the moment of discovery. Sometimes it happens in a glorious moment, like watching the sunrise at the Grand Canyon. Other times, it’s finding your favorite …

Native Son: Waves

By Steven Chamblee • September 19, 2019

Turning 60 on Saturday. Left my job. POD is packed. Cleaning up and selling the house. Closing on new house September 27. The move awaits like Kilimanjaro. New job starts …

Native Son: A Garden You Love

By Steven Chamblee • August 15, 2019

People tell me they love Neil’s e-gardens because it’s so up-to-date. You have no idea… 3:13am Tuesday as I write this. Farewell party’s at 3pm Wednesday. This article will go …

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