Sundials make wonderful garden accents. Timeless and beautiful, they often serve as a focal point. References to obelisks date to 3500 BC and shadow clocks to 1500 BC. A sundial is mentioned in the ...

Sundials symbolize, romantically and nostalgically, the link between the sun, the Earth and the passage of time, and that's why so many gardeners love them. But the sundial gracing Audrey Roberts' ...

In the garden of Tudor Place, the house museum in Georgetown, an 18th Century sundial is framed by a saying that begins: “With warning hand I mark time’s rapid flight.” Except, it doesn’t. Or not with ...

There’s a lot of focus these days on solar energy, on harnessing the light from our nearest star to fuel our daily activities. Plants, of course, have been doing just that for millions of years.

Tom Laidlaw wastes no time when there’s a new skill to learn. The 80-year-old retired electrician has always been a “do-it-yourself kind of guy,” he said. For a while, it was skateboards he fancied, ...

We live in a constantly changing world, but each day, one thing remains the same: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west – although not in exactly the same spot on the horizon. Summer holds ...

A few weeks ago during a visit to a friend, I decided to take advantage of his computer and have a look on E-bay to see whether there was anything interesting being offered for sale. I noticed a brass ...

Birchwood Garden Club member Cheryl Haak, left, and club president Judy Boxx will mark the centennial of roses at Cornwall Rose Garden with the dedication of a new sundial at the garden at 1 p.m.