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Jeff Quakenbush and his wife, Mary Jo Maffei, owner of Garden Path Design, pose with their dog, Walter, on the Goshen stone wall in the back yard of their Shutesbury home on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

Shutesbury designer brings vision and long view to laying out greenspace

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderSeptember 27, 2021

The flower harvest at Many Graces Flower Farm in Hadley this August.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: A flower farm born of love

by Mickey Rathbun September 13, 2021

A pair of Lady’s Slippers. It is illegal in many states, including Massachusetts, to dig up Lady’s Slippers.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: The marvel of Lady’s Slippers

by Mickey Rathbun June 28, 2021

Nancy D’Amato by the stump that she has planted with columbine and other Sedums at the North Amherst Library garden. “I just think it has coalesced into a soup of interesting mix of colors and shapes. It either applies to you are you think what a pointless mess,” said D’Amato.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: A garden for all to enjoy

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderJune 8, 2021

Bees retrieve pollen from an azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s yard in Northampton.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Protecting pollinator populations is key for phoebes, other birds

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderMay 18, 2021

The Eastern bluebird eats mainly small fruit and insects, but especially favors mealworms.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Bluebirds and beavers

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderFebruary 9, 2021

Saffron crocuses growing and blooming as part of an experiment conducted at the UMass Extension Service. The autumn-growing perennial grows from a bulb, or corm. The lavender flower has three protruding crimson stigmas that are picked by hand, dried and preserved whole or ground into powder.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Mad about saffron

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderJanuary 21, 2021

Gypsy moth egg masses are shown on a tree June 8, 2017, in Belchertown.

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Get Growing: Good news, good riddance to gypsy moth caterpillars this year

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderApril 10, 2020

Hildebrandt’s Encephalartos grows at the Lyman Conservatory on the Smith College campus.

Turn to greenhouses for year-round bloom

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderFebruary 5, 2019

Conical yews shield Auguste Rodin’s iconic sculpture The Thinker, with Les Invalides church as a backdrop.

Discovering the plant world’s limitless joys in Paris

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderJanuary 29, 2019