Tuesday was a beautiful day at my farm in Bedford and it was perfectly splendid weather for a tour of the gardens, so I was quite pleased that the Hortus Club paid us a visit. The Hortus Club is a rather prestigious group of professional horticulturists, which has been around for about 55 years. The group is small and manageable, comprised of only 30 members, and as you can imagine, it is quite difficult to join. The organization meets once a month at the National Arts Club in New York City, located in the magnificent historic Tilden Mansion at Gramercy Park. And of course, they discuss all things horticulture. Every member of the club is assigned a responsibility, such as arranging guest speakers or organizing garden tours. Each year, they partake in a summer expedition and 2 years ago, the group visited Skylands, my home in Maine. Come and see a bit of the tour!
The shade garden is really lush and beautiful.
This group is admiring the Ligularia japonica, which has giant, glossy green leaves and tall, aster-like flowers.
Pierre made rich chocolate cookies from my new Martha Stewart’s Cookies
book and flaky blueberry scones, with blueberries from the garden. Can
you believe that this French chef had never baked a scone before? They
were yummy! The recipe can be found on my Web site HERE
My housekeeper, Laura Acuna, made her refreshing herbal tea with fresh
fruit and of course, berries from the berry patch. It’s so quenching.
Here’s Laura serving a guest.
Here I am posing with Yue Yin and Chun Lu – they’re exchange students
from China and are spending the summer at Atlantic Nurseries in Dix
Hills, NY.
This is Kristin Schleiter – she organized this day’s visit to my garden
and Richard Weir – president of the Hortus Club. Kristin actually
worked on my old television show as a garden producer.
Everyone went home with the latest edition of Living magazine. It’s a beautiful summer issue.
Read some of my recent Blogs!
Time for a trim?
Come see what I picked this weekend at my farm
Paw Paw's grandsons -- help me decide!
More of my photos from last weekend
Come see how I groom my dogs
hi martha...in malaysia i can watch your show, but i am not very sure it is the old show or new, but i enjoy it very much.last week i've visited my mother home town in indonesia, it's small town tea plantation.it was superb and the food are great.do you have any plan to visit small or little farm in indonesia? my mother home town is just an hour from toba lake in northern sumatera.ok thanks for being sooo nice with your voice and smile...
Posted by: rudy rahman | July 17, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Hi Martha!
Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us!
You have a great blog, which I enjoy very much...
Hugs - a BIG fan!
Posted by: From Denmark | July 17, 2008 at 01:36 AM
Sounds interesting. I want know details about it.I think this will help me a lot. Thank you very much.
Posted by: Car Hire Spain | July 17, 2008 at 05:39 AM
Love the look of that tea!! Is there a recipe available anywhere? Also, that is the most beautiful cover of Living you have done. I've subscribed for many years and that one is my favorite because of the greens and blues.
Posted by: Cheryl | July 17, 2008 at 01:34 PM
Hi Martha!
You have a very beautiful garden.Especially the soil is really good.I never see this kind of soil.We enjoy too much in your garden.Thank you very much.
Posted by: Yue Yin | July 18, 2008 at 07:59 PM
Got the new issue of Living and I must say i love the serene cover.
I wish I have a farm.
Posted by: Norbie K. of Las Vegas, NV | July 19, 2008 at 02:42 PM
DEAR MARTHA: WHEN DOES YOUR SHOW
COME ON IN BIRMINGHAM, AL I MISS
YOU SO MUCH AND YOUR DEAR MOTHER
WANT TO SEE YOUR SHOW AGAIN EVEN
THE RE-RUNS
Posted by: BARBARA CUSHMAN | July 21, 2008 at 03:08 PM
Oh, Martha! So glad I stumbled on this blog! I have wanted to tell you for so long how badly I miss your old program.....the one without the studio audience. We used the field trips for homeschooling lessons, too! Miss it terribly. We hardly ever missed an episode. Don't care much for the newer format. Thanks for all you do and share with us. Been a Living subscriber for years!
Posted by: Gayle | July 26, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Hello Martha, Enjoying your blogs. You don't know this but I was a guest at your house too. A couple of weeks ago I dreamt I was in your town. (I don't usually dream either or rarely seldom if ever remember them) Any way the houses looked like old Philadelphia ..maybe. Clapboard houses close to the street at an intersection. Yours was brick. I think you let people in to tour.I remember ringing the door bell and you invited me in and for dinner. We sat at a very very long wooden table. Then when it was time for me to go I remember having to leave to catch the ferry as it was getting late. When I got to the ferry the ticketmaster told me the trip would be 4 hours. It only took me an hour to get to your house but for some reason going back the only way was by ferry an it was a four hour trip back and I was worried I was going to be traveling home all night and being late for work. When I woke up I remembered this and had myself a chuckle. Maybe you had talked about having dinner guests on the show that day or the day before. who knows where this came from.
Posted by: Chris | July 30, 2008 at 07:35 PM
Martha:
It looks like everyone had a great time in Bedford.
Laura's herbal tea looks very refreshing, particularly in the white punch bowl. Is it part of one of your product lines? I don't remember seeing it in Macy's or KMart.
It's nice that you are able to give back as often as you do. We reap what we sow!
Posted by: Joseph Brennan | August 04, 2008 at 01:05 AM
Hello Martha..i realy like u.you are so good person. i'm from malaysia..now, i'm still studying in my country,when holiday or midsem..i always watch ur program in television. for me, u like my mother, so great person and can do anything where u are..congratulation.
Posted by: cyiqin | August 13, 2008 at 11:44 PM