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77 Square is the definitive arts, culture and entertainment guide for Madison, Wis., and the surrounding area.
Linda Brazill
December 1
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Artful Living: A library of garden delights
"Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design," Hayward's 10th book on garden design, is a radical departure from Gordon Hayward's previous work. more >>
Linda Brazill
November 18
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Artful Living: Put elegance, style on table for holidays
I grew up in the days when my mother, aunts and grandmothers all set beautiful tables for holiday get-togethers. more >>
Linda Brazill
November 5
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Trial plants are trailblazers
On Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day -- the 15th of each month -- gardeners post pictures and lists of what's blooming in their garden at that particular moment. Carol Michel, of the blog "May Dreams Gardens" in Indiana, is the gardener who inaugurated this great idea in February 2007 and now has a worldwide following. more >>
Linda Brazill
October 15
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Artful Living: 'In the Garden with Jane Austen' makes 'sense'
"Our young Piony (peony) at the foot of the Fir tree has just blown and looks very handsome; & the whole of the Shrubbery border will soon be very gay with Pinks & Sweet Williams, in addition to the Columbines already in bloom." more >>
Linda Brazill
October 1
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Artful Living: Relax with a (traffic) calming garden
Every day thousands of drivers swoosh past gardens kept looking good by an army of dedicated gardeners. The gardeners are volunteers and the gardens they tend are no more than islands -- "traffic calming islands" -- those raised beds running down the center of dozens of Madison streets as a deterrent to speeding drivers and an aid to pedestrians. more >>
Linda Brazill
September 18
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Jeannette Golden's plant list
The following list includes the majority of bulbs, shrubs, trees and perennials growing directly under black walnut trees -- and doing well -- in Jeanette Golden's garden. more >>
Linda Brazill
September 16
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Artful Living: Planting near black walnuts isn't necessarily nuts
The last thing I hear falling asleep at this time of year -- and the first sound I notice waking up -- is the sharp plunk of black walnuts, still in the hull, falling from the trees. When they hit the roof, it's like the crack of a ball meeting a bat. They look like lime green golf balls and do about as much damage to large-leaved plants. more >>
Linda Brazill
September 2
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Artful Living: Local gardeners can't get enough of the gorgeous dahlias
When you fall in love with a flower, it's never enough to just grow one. If one is interesting, how much better to plant 10 of them. Or 300 -- which is the number of different varieties of dahlias that Ken Wood grows in his garden in Black Earth. more >>
Linda Brazill
August 18
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Artful Living: Roadside flower stand is summer inspiration
Black-eyed Susans and purple coneflowers are glowing in gardens all over town this month -- just not mine. Truth be told, by this time of year I am ready for a steady diet of greens outside my windows. more >>
Linda Brazill
August 4
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Artful Living: Unique tulip bulbs light up spring garden
I, for one, am sitting at the computer browsing hundreds of perfect images of spring-flowering bulbs. Both paper and online catalogs have arrived, and I'm lost in a haze of trying to figure out what to order and where to squeeze in more plants -- always a confusing task in high summer. more >>