WHEN I FIRST started gardening, it wasn’t unusual to hear other gardeners lamenting the shady areas of their landscapes – wishing for more, more, more sun. But my friend Ken Druse never looked at the lower-light areas that way – well, maybe when he wanted to make room for a few tomato plants each year, but otherwise not at all. Instead he collected botanical treasures of the woodland floor, and set about making shade gardens—and even writing a couple of books about the subject. Shade plants we have loved – and continue to love – is my topic today on the show, with Ken as my guest. Ken gardens in the shade in New Jersey, and before that he did so in the shade of a Brooklyn brownstone. Along the way, among the 20 books he has written, were “The Natural Shade Garden” in 1992 and in 2015  “The New Shade Garden: Creating a Lush Oasis in the Age of Climate Change.” Ken will be the guest expert on Thursday May 15, 2025, when I’m hosting an entire shade garden webinar, and meantime he’s here to talk about some of his favorite plants. Plus: Comment in the box near the […]

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