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Developmental Articles
The following major articles relative to our work are made
available for devotees, students, researchers and archivists.
As each was written as a stand-alone article, there is some
repetition of general information, but each contains fresh
information and insights as our work developed.
Minor revisions or additions have been made to a few articles,
as originally published, to correct or update.
1946 - Lillie Tower - Our Inspiration
1952 - Gardening For Our Lady - Why Grow a Garden?
- Flowers of Our Lady - Garden Work Philosopy
- Honoring Mary With God's Artistry - Garden Design Basics
1953 - Mary's Gardens - History of Mary Gardens
1953 - Mary's Gardens - Assessment from Ireland
- Man in God's Garden - Gardening History
- Flowers of the Madonna - Scholarly Corroboration
1955 - Mary's Gardens Research - Documentation of Names
- Cape Cod Shine Mary Garden - First Mary Garden Visit
- In Mary's Garden - Family Mary Garden
- Garden Catechism - God's Instructional Creatures
1956 - Flowers for the Fairest - Diocesan Paper Article
1958 - In Search of a Mary Garden Statue - Marian Symbolism in Art
1960 - St. Joseph, Patron . . . - Patron of Our Work
- Gardening With Mary - Ascetical/Mystical
1961 - Gardening With St. Francis - Overview after 10 Years
1962 - Mary's Gardens - Comprehensive Overview
- A Garden Full of Aves - Mary Garden Missionary
1963 - God's Flowers - Another Overview
1964 - Galega officinalis, An Adventure - Plant Naturalization
1964 - Mariana I - Research Update
1965 - Flowers of Our Lady Growing at The Cloisters
1971 - Indoor Mary Gardens - For the House-Bound
1977 - Mary Gardens - Love of Mary Gardening
1982 - Coming Mary Garden Jubilee - Woods Hole 50 Yr. Review
1983 - Mary Garden Jubilee - Jubilee Celebrated
- Herbs & Flowers of the Virgin Mary- A Horticultural View
- Our Lady's Solar Greenhouse - Mary Garden Way of Life
1984 - Flowers of the Virgin Mary - For Anglican Gardeners
1985 - Medieval Countryside in a Garden - English Wildflowers
1986 - Paradise Of Our Lady - Inspiration after Mass
1987 - Knock Mary Garden - National Shrine Garden
- The Mary Garden - Our Lady of Knock
1988 - Knock: Flowers of Mary's Presence - Our Lady in Her Garden
1991 - Annapolis Mary Garden - Superb Parish Garden
1994 - Garden of Remembrance - Burial Plot Mary Garden
1995 - Seeds of Devotion - Garden in Parish Life
- Flower Theology - Flowers as Mirrors
- The Garden Way of the Rosary - Garden Rosary Mysteries
1996 - The Mary Garden Story - 1950 - 1996 (long)
1996 - The Passion Flower - A Documented Naming
1996 - The Blessing of Mary Gardens as Holy Places
1996 - Mary's Month of May - Recent, Yet Old
1996 - Mary's Gardens Grow on the Internet - Review
1996 - The Discovery of Old Religious Plant Symbolism
1996 - Mary Garden Summer Solstice - The Heavens Above
1996 - Honoring Mary, 'Model of the Church' - A Unique Sculpture
1997 - Providential Images and Symbols - In Nature & the World
1997 - Mary Gardener of Love - Bonnie Roberson (1907-1983)
1997 - Flowers of the Queen of May - British Mary Garden Initiative
1997 - Niche Mary Gardens -for small places
1997 - Wayside Flowers and Shrines of Our Lady
1997 - Plant Life and Social Renewal - Virtue Formation
1997 - Parish Mary Garden Establishment - Mary Garden Guilds
1997 - Introductory Slide Lecture - Mary Garden Devotion
1998 - Garden Catechism - God's Instructional Creatures
1998 - Two Books For Mary Gardeners - A Review
1998 - Flower Theology II - Christian Archetypes
1998 - Patio Container Mary Gardens - Gift Mary Gardens
1999 - Tour of Convent Mary Garden (long)
1999 - Tour of Woods Hole Mary Garden (long)
1999 - Flower and Human Symbols of the Trinity
1999 - Parish Mary Gardens of Devotion and Prayerful Work
1999 - Garden Consecration to Jesus Through Mary
1999 - Bible Gardens Revisited
1999 - The Cloisters - Mary's U.S. Botanical Garden
1999 - U.S. National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Mary Garden
1999 - Garden Devotion To Mary - Union With Mary Through Her Flowers
1999 - Parish and Shrine Mary Gardens
1999 - Flowers of Mary's Appearances
1999 - Parish Mary Garden Websites
1999 - Book Review: "Mary's Flowers, Gardens, Legends and
Meditations" by Mary's Gardens Associate, Vincenzina Krymow
1999 - Flower Symbols of Mary on Earth and in Heaven
1999 - It's a Quiet Little Spot - Court Mary Garden
1999 - How does your Mary Garden grow? - Court Mary Garden
2000 - Seasonal Flower Reflection: Candlemas Bells
2000 - Mary's Gardens Grow - University of Dayton Quarterly
2000 - Mary's Gardens Press Files Listing 1946-1994 (Pre-Internet)
2000 - Church Bible Gardens
2000 - U.S. National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Mary's Garden - Progress Report and Perspective
2000 - U.S National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Mary's Garden Dedicated
2000 - New Website E-mail Chat and Photo-Sharing Section
2001 - Establishing and Maintaining a Parish Mary Garden
2002 - Flower Symbols of Mary's Sorrows
2002 - 4 Mary Garden Articles from The Catholic Press
2002 - Serenity Pines Mary Garden, University of Dayton
2002 - Peace on Earth - Fatima revisited
2003 - Baby Talk - Tip-toeing to Mary
2003 - Talking with Mary in the Garden
2003 - Assisting Children in Moving from Garden to World
2004 - From Mary Garden to Eternal Kingdom
2004 - Ann Ball's Home Mary Garden
2004 - Flower Meditations on the Five Luminous Mysteries
of the Rosary
2005 - Book Review - The Flowers of Exeter
by Michael W. Tisdall
2005 - Book Review - The Liturgy of Flowers In A Mary Garden
by Andrea Oliva Florendo
2005 - Parish Rosary Gardens - in depth study
2006 - Reparation Through Flowera