travel Archives - Growing With Plants

Experiencing Appalachian Spring

May 3, 2017

Redbud trees along the Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Parkway seem to glow through the early, budding trees on my trip back from North…

My Icelandic Immersion Ends

April 9, 2016

In my last post from Iceland, and before I return back to more traditional gardening posts, here are some of the various images from…

Exploring Planet Iceland

April 7, 2016

Our land speeder made traversing this planet rather easy, and…it played gay disco music from the 70’s (which the native population apparently enjoys). It’s…

A Trip To Iceland

April 6, 2016

It’s easy to see Iceland makes the top ten remote places to visit both with Lonely Planet and Unesco site lists. We reach…

HOW VERMONT HAS BECOME THE ‘NAPA VALLEY’ OF CHEESE MAKING

July 22, 2015

Cheese makers from the Von Trapp Farmstead in Waitsfield, Vermont offer samples of some of their award-winning creations. Oma was our favorite, a distinctive…

SANTE FE – BOTANIZING THE SUB ALPINE ZONES WITH NARGS MEMBERS

September 3, 2014

A just past prime Spotted Coralroot or Corallorhiza maculate blooms near the Santa Fe Basin Ski area. One of the best things about attending…

WHAT SNOWBOARDING, RUMEX AND AN ENDANGERED SNOWDROP SHARE

February 9, 2014

Krasnaya Polyana? Yes, it’s where Snowboarding in Sochi currently rules…..but in the summer, these hills are alive with the sound of plant people botanizing….