Centuries ago in the gardens of the Imperial Palace of some long-forgotten Dynasty, a gardener lovingly tended the beautiful peonies that flourished under his watchful eye, and in the ancient temple gardens of Kyoto, these lovely flowers have perfumed the air for many...
As the poet John Keats once said in his famous “Ode to Autumn,” the months of September and October are indeed “a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” The flowers in the garden may be waning, but the woods are sporting their fall colors, and there is respite from...