So glad you are recognizing this great Garden editor and savior to alot of Nursery causes AND to PF who chose not to keep honoring her and instead went with a new, larger donation and built another garden right over her!
This is a fascinating post! Unearthing the stories of women who contributed to gardening (and so many other pursuits) is so important. Thank you for highlighting Ms. Jones. Definitely subscribing.
Fascinating! I love your posts! - and it brought me back to NY garden scene in the 70s. I had just come from living on an organic farm and studying landscape architecture in Hawaii- came home to NY and everything was chemical based. The arguments for chemical usage were everywhere.
Thanks! I enjoyed meeting Bea via her columns and I hope someday to find that booklet somewhere (a long-shot) And yes, she seemed adamant about using chemicals... even referring to a study done by a professor-friend, which, as the organic gardeners pointed out, didn't really give organic a chance. It was a one-season study in which nothing was done to the organically grown vegetables besides adding some manure to the soil.
So glad you are recognizing this great Garden editor and savior to alot of Nursery causes AND to PF who chose not to keep honoring her and instead went with a new, larger donation and built another garden right over her!
Another intriguing garden lady! Thank you!
Awesome article! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!
This is a fascinating post! Unearthing the stories of women who contributed to gardening (and so many other pursuits) is so important. Thank you for highlighting Ms. Jones. Definitely subscribing.
Thanks. It's a fun project.
Fascinating! I love your posts! - and it brought me back to NY garden scene in the 70s. I had just come from living on an organic farm and studying landscape architecture in Hawaii- came home to NY and everything was chemical based. The arguments for chemical usage were everywhere.
Thanks! I enjoyed meeting Bea via her columns and I hope someday to find that booklet somewhere (a long-shot) And yes, she seemed adamant about using chemicals... even referring to a study done by a professor-friend, which, as the organic gardeners pointed out, didn't really give organic a chance. It was a one-season study in which nothing was done to the organically grown vegetables besides adding some manure to the soil.
I remember having those conversations with my ag professor! Quite heated- 1972. I would like to tell you what happened at some point….