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Dave Coulter

Rough Edges


I have been a horticulturist for thirty years working in the Chicago area and beyond. I have lived in Oak Park for over thirteen years. My writing has recently appeared in the journal Ecological Restoration and I was a contributor to The Field Guide to Surreal Botany. Apart from my own blog I have also contributed to the online sites Gapers Block and A Prairie Journal. I often find myself hugging trees, squinting at stars, cutting buckthorn, or focusing too late on a bird that got away. I've been told I do a pretty fair imitation of a cicada song- but that all of my other animal calls sound alike.

News Articles

Not sure how I feel about the passing of Borders

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 10:00 PM

I generally take a market approach to business news. If some big business failed I would usually chalk it up to a series of logical reasons and move on. I didn't shed a tear when Marshall Field's became Macy's, or when Blockbuster stores started to get shuttered. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about the news that Borders will be closing. Books are near and dear to my heart, and there once was a time when Borders was the cool bookstore.

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Blogs

Mother's Day on New Palin - The 2090 Crop is Shaping Up

Monday, May 14th, 2012 5:55 AM

Irises

Sunday, May 13th, 2012 6:01 PM

A bed of Irises were aglow Sunday afternoon at the Cheney Mansion.

Waxwings, Exclamation Point

Friday, May 11th, 2012 3:15 PM

Walking in Circles - The Migrants of May

Monday, May 7th, 2012 5:55 AM

Thunderbolts and Moonbeams

Friday, May 4th, 2012 1:11 PM

In Bloom

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 7:42 PM

A Tree Peony seen in Glorious Full Bloom in a local garden earlier today.

Walking in Circles - A Really Big Idea

Sunday, April 29th, 2012 1:01 AM

I know there are many readers here in town that look to yours truly for inspiration. Not an easy task I say, but this time I think have stumbled (almost literally) on an idea that could really benefit all of us here in Oak Park - residents and businesses alike! And the idea is free, and it's right under our noses. Well, more specifically, under our feet.

Happy Arbor Day!

Friday, April 27th, 2012 8:14 AM

Tree's On Fire

Thursday, April 26th, 2012 6:38 PM

Light in April

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 2:57 PM

A local garden glows in the morning light early yesterday.

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