- Adrian Higgins
- Columnist
Adrian Higgins has been writing about the intersection of gardening and life for more than 25 years, and joined the Post in 1994. He is the author of several books, including the “Washington Post Garden Book” and “Chanticleer, a Pleasure Garden.”
- How to nurture your garden in the spring
- Genius loci: What does it mean to the modern gardener?
- Classical garden elements
- Mount Sharon, a classical garden in Virginia
- A Garden Festival at Ladew Topiary Gardens
- Daffodil varieties give the common flower uncommon colors and forms
- Landscape architect Richard Arentz’s Va. home seamlessly blends interiors and landscape
- National Gallery of Art’s exhibit on Japanese painting shines
- Frances Benjamin Johnston’s photos will debut online at Library of Congress site
- Spring with a cherry on top
- Gardening ideas: Tips for having a sweet-smelling garden
- Sally Boasberg, landscape designer and advocate for District’s green spaces, dies at 74
- Rediscovering the Lenten rose
- Beyond Washington’s cherry trees, how did so many Japanese plants find their way into American gardens?
- Clearing out the garden for a spring that’s already here
- The orchid collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post at Hillwood Estate
- A pruning primer
- It’s seed-starting time
- How gardens grow during a mild winter
- CANCELED: New plant map: How should you adjust your garden?
- New plant map shifts area to warmer zone
- New plant hardiness map revealed
- Garden journal Hortus marks 25 years
- Botanists agree to loosen Latin’s grip
- Tomato talk: Pro gardeners’ favorites
- Where to place a bird feeder
- For 2012, a mission to find a better tomato
- In search of a better bee
- How to keep a moth orchid alive
- Wolfgang Oehme, innovative landscape architect, dies at 81
- Going green, diplomatically, at the British ambassador’s residence
- How to care for poinsettias
- The car Christmas wreath hangs on
- Making rosemary last indoors
- Photographer Robert Llewellyn gets up close with plants
- Frank Cabot, 86: Financier turned leading garden preservationist
- Leaf-raking, the right way
- A fabulous fall for leaf fans
- British TV host Jimmy Savile dies at 84
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden
- When gardening, how to beat the beast of dry shade
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden
- Gardening: Hydrangeas Madonna could love
- Community garden: A museum of living art
- CANCELED: Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden in the fall
- The best bulbs to plant for spring
- Tips for planting bulbs
- The mysterious mushroom, sign of a healthy garden
- Peach grower’s fight against stink bug comes to an end
- Gardening tip: Early fall is time to plant trees and shrubs
- Apple country harvest: A Mid-Atlantic tradition
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden in the fall
- Making your grass look good
- Gardening tip: Eliminating poison ivy
- Gardening tip: Dealing with bearded irises’ faded foliage
- Gardening tip: Shore up shrubs and trees damaged by Hurricane Irene
- County and state fairs don’t do fruits and vegetables justice
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden in the summer
- Shared yards: How three D.C. homeowners created a common urban oasis
- Many frog species call D.C. area, and possibly your garden, home
- Gardening tip: Basil replacement
- Gardening tip: Summer care for annuals
- When the government regulates your garden
- Gardening tip: Watering plants to withstand the heat
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden in the spring and summer
- Gardening tip: Harvesting zucchini and squash
- Rain garden: A beautiful solution
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden in the spring and summer
- Don Riddle, founder of renowned Md. nursery and garden center, dies at 63
- Blueberries provide benefits to gardens beyond fruit (so don’t hate the birds)
- Tip of the week: Time to plant cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli
- Gardening tip: Keep your cucumbers healthy
- Waterlilies, hardy or tropical, can lend a touch of magic to ponds
- Gardening tip: To keep tomato vines upright, remove suckers
- Gardening tip: Get roses to bloom again through careful pruning
- Backyard hideaways: A home away from home, but not far away
- Zoning laws and costs of a backyard escape
- Gardening as you age: How to go low maintenance without losing beauty
- Gardening tip: Tailor your summer watering to your types of plants
- Gardening tip: How to help your plants survive your summer vacation
- Gardening tip: Best practices for watering potted plants
- As bee colonies die, beekeepers face challenge finding replacements
- George Washington’s Mount Vernon pleasure garden revamped for authenticity
- Victory gardens: a model for a more sustainable food future
- Gardening tip: Dealing with aphids
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on grooming your garden in the spring and summer
- Buying better impatiens
- Plants for the summer shade garden
- A conversation with ‘Founding Gardeners’ author Andrea Wulf
- Gardening tip: Repotting houseplants
- Best peonies for the D.C. area
- Herbal gardening at community plot and in containers
- Appreciating the beauty of azaleas at the National Arboretum
- Adrian Higgins gives advice on nurturing your garden in the spring
- Gardening tip of the week
- A landscape architect’s rules of thumb
- Orlean House grounds get a makeover
- Conservancy formed to rescue Dumbarton Oaks Park
- Tip of the week: Spring lawn care
- April is not too late to start a veggie garden
- At Longwood Gardens, the clivia houseplant is anything but ordinary
- Cherry blossoms signal spring
- How to deal with bare patches in lawns
- How to prepare a vegetable garden
- Getting the vegetable garden ready
- Gardening tip of the week
- Primroses can get you primed for spring
- Tip of the week: Preparing the garden for spring
- An appreciation of Tom DeBaggio, herb cultivator and writer
- Thomas DeBaggio, Va. gardener who wrote poignantly about Alzheimer's, dies at 69
- Scottish landscapes to i n s pire us all
- Thomas DeBaggio, Va. gardener who wrote poignantly about Alzheimer's, dies at 69
- Allan Pollok-Morris' 'Close' encounters
- How to replace trees downed by winter storms
- How to replace trees downed by winter storms
- Arboretum reverses decision to destroy azalea display after public backlash
- Arboretum reverses decision to destroy azalea display after public backlash
- Virginia operation is one of the world’s largest tulip producers
- Virginia operation is one of the world's largest tulip producers
- A gardener eases out of hibernation
- A gardener eases out of hibernation
- Ship wreck reveals ancient secrets of medicine
- Groundwork: Winter (a)musings
- Finding her way in the suburban jungle
- Garden Tip: Planting amaryllis bulbs
- Conservatory's a tropical paradise in Chevy Chase
- The school garden: Digging up a fallow field of study in D.C.
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