Tag Archives: NC
Growing a Greener World
In June of 2012 Moss and Stone Gardens became the focus of a fantastic television series, Growing a Greener World. Hosted by Joe Lampl’ and broadcast nationally on PBS stations, GGWTV has become known for it’s appealling coverage of a … Continue reading
Love A Fair
One of my favorite movies is Love Affair from 1939 starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. It was remade as An Affair To Remember in 1957 with Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant and again as Love Affair in 1994 with … Continue reading
High Hopes
I spend a fair amount of time observing the small and tiny features in the landscape. I suppose that comes with the territory of being a moss gardener. To fully study mosses it is necessary to see them up … Continue reading
Dividing and Fragmenting Mosses
The best way to propagate moss is by taking a larger piece and dividing it into smaller pieces, then transplanting them apart from one another and encouraging them to grow together. Once moss has covered a surface it will begin adding … Continue reading
Southern Living – My mossy roots
This month we are celebrating being featured in a little magazine you may have heard of…Southern Living! Be sure and check out “Roll Out the Green Carpet” (page 68 if you must know). This is especially gratifying … Continue reading
Moss Rocks!’s David Spain on GardenLine Radio with C.L. Fornari
The ever enthusiastic moss man, David Spain recently talked moss with gardening enthusiast, C.L. Fornari on Gardenline, It was mossome! Check it out. C.L.’s interview probed moss in general, plus how Moss Rocks! came to be. David Spain is a passionate … Continue reading
The Moss Farm at Moss and Stone Gardens, Raleigh, NC
At noon, when I pulled into the driveway of The Moss Farm, in Raleigh, NC, the newspaper still sat by the curb. Moss does that to you; the news of the day can wait until solitude and serenity from the … Continue reading