Jenny Angel

Jenny Angel

Jenny Angel writes about gardening and the outdoors for The Belmont Voice.

Garden Gems: When Less Is More

October 15, 2024
Along with the pink-washed night sky of a rare aurora borealis last week, we started seeing the first true signs of fall around Belmont: yellow ash trees, orange sugar maples, and lots of front porch mums. Will it soon be time to…

Garden Gems: Back-to-School Dahlia Pyrotechnics

September 26, 2024
Pompom. Cactus. Mignon. Waterlily. What seems like a random bunch of words could, in fact, make up a foursome in the New York Times Connections game—each one describes a distinct form of dahlia flower. (There are maybe a dozen forms in all;…

Garden Gems: Why and How to Tackle Black Swallow-wort

August 18, 2024
Even if you don’t know its name, you’ve likely seen black swallow-wort around town. This twining vine with narrow, glossy leaves is as likely to lurk in shadow among the branches of a privet hedge as sprawl across a chain-link fence. When…

Garden Gems: BHS Native Plant Garden, One Year In

July 25, 2024
When Belmont High School students Shea Brams and Francesca Kitch were in the Climate Action Club back in 2020, they had the germ of an idea: a garden of native plants on the grounds of the newly built school. They didn’t imagine…