Inspiration at the Miller Botanical Garden
There is much to admire at the Miller Botanical Garden . Although I visit at least twice annually for Great Plant Picks meetings I doubt I would ever walk away uninspired. Each encounter is a new day and a new frame of mind. Each visit I try to see the garden a little differently. I let myself be drawn by whatever force my head and heart are cooking up, a kind of stream of consciousness of traversing through a garden, especially this trip where my mind wanted to wander. It was moss, textures, and unusual flowers this encounter. And while March is not a typically inspirational month in the garden, I think the Miller has such great bones from which the creative people caring for it are able to work, they make magic even in late winter. Pyrrosia sheareri is a quintessential plant when I imagine the Miller. This fern inspired me to add one to my own garden last year and it gives year-round pleasure. Here in a container out on the deck it is the star lineup in a row of pots leading you o...
