This Week In Gardening (TWIG)
Our seasonal field report. Each week I share what we’re working on in the gardens – what matters now, what’s coming, and how to think about it. This is instructive, practical guidance rooted in real work. Read it, comment on it, ask questions about it. That’s what it’s there for.
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Housekeeping [July 12, 2026]
Hello GARDEN CLUB Founding Members! Three months ago, you became GARDEN CLUB's founding members. You chose to join something that didn't yet really exist, and for that I am enormously grateful. At the outset of GARDEN CLUB, I wrote about the start of this venture being like moving into an empty ...
by Michael Ray Anderson —
Jul 12, 2026
2026
garden club
summer
OFF THIS WEEK! [July 5, 2026]
It’s the July 4th holiday weekend, and I’m taking a short break.
The year is halfway over. We’ve reached the hinge point of the garden season, and GARDEN CLUB’s Founding Season is coming to a close on the 15th.
Next week I’ll share some thoughts about GARDEN CLUB - where we are now, how things...
by Michael Ray Anderson —
Jul 05, 2026
2026
summer
TICK. TOCK. Revisited. [June 28, 2026]
Summer officially arrived this week. The solstice has just passed. The days are still long, but now, just by moments a day, they are becoming shorter again.
A few weeks ago I wrote that spring eventually stops asking ‘what am I going to do?’ and begins asking ‘how am I going to tend to what I'v...
by Michael Ray Anderson —
Jul 05, 2026
2026
summer
TICK. TOCK. [June 28, 2026]
Summer officially arrived this week. The solstice has just passed. The days are still long, but now, just by moments a day, they are becoming shorter again.
A few weeks ago I wrote that spring eventually stops asking ‘what am I going to do?’ and begins asking ‘how am I going to tend to what I'v...
by Michael Ray Anderson —
Jun 28, 2026
2026
summer
Heuchera [June 21, 2026]
This week for TWIG, I may be a little late in publishing, and bare bones in format. I'm on a long flight back from some days gardening in my project in Geneva, Switzerland, and navigating airline internet issues. Thanks for your patience with me and a TWIG written with my thumbs on my phone in th...
by Michael Ray Anderson —
Jun 21, 2026
2026
summer
Decisions [June 7, 2026]
This week in gardening we are in the midst of the spring-to-summer transition. Memorial Day in the rear-view mirror, the Fourth of July on the near horizon. It is prime planting season. We are pruning fast-growing trees and shrubs after spring bloom, pinching and cutting back perennials, mowing ...
by Michael Ray Anderson —
Jun 07, 2026
2026
summer