A Greensparrow Friday artwork
Greensparrow Gardens contains all the ingredients of a great blog; it’s informative, interesting, colourful and fun.
Greensparrow Gardens was created by Joseph, a PhD student who is a self confessed plant addict. He started the blog back in February 2009 and is obsessed with horticulture, plant breeding and genetics.
His garden is situated in zone 5, Michigan and is full of cross breeds and rarities he has grown from seed. He enjoys growing and tending just about anything, except for plants with magenta flowers!
Greensparrow Garden is mixture of lighthearted observations and scholarly debates, with a generous scattering of interesting photos. Regular updates ensure that you never miss a thought or observation from Joseph’s wonderfully addictive view of the horticultural world.
The recent addition of Friday artworks are particularly entertaining. The most recent sketch, ‘Gardeners vs Normal People’ illustrates the unavoidable nursery detours when travelling anywhere with an enthusiastic gardener. Joseph is also prone to plant induced diversions, as he once drove 4 hours for a Strobilanthes gossypinus!
The post ‘Why hummingbirds like red flowers (hint: actually, they don’t.)’ is a great example of why Greensparrow Garden is unique and interesting. In the post Joseph demonstrates his ability to translate academic studies in to interesting articles and add humour!
Joseph’s unique ability to mix academic enquiry with observational humour make Greensparrow Gardens our Gardening Blog of the Week.
