The post below is from my Adventures In Gardening column archives and originally appeared elsewhere on January 19, 2013. While it has a gardening theme, it is also about falling in love for the first time, although in a perhaps unconventional sense, and it seems fitting to revisit it with Valentines Day arriving a week from today. It is also one of my favorite posts that I have ever written! I've had a follow-up of sorts in the works, which covers my first brief visit to Charleston in 2012 overall. My longing to return to Charleston arrives every February and March now. One day I will get there. Until then I have my memories and my Camellias. Adventures In Gardening: Love Struck! Filed under #GARDENWALK , ADVENTURES IN GARDENING As gardeners, we fall in love over and over again. Every time we flip through a catalog, make a trip to the nursery, or take a walk in a new garden. Often, many of these new loves get pushed out of our minds and onto the “...
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