About Pat Stone

Pat Stone

Pat is Founding Editor of GreenPrints, having established GreenPrints in 1990 as a unique gardening quarterly print magazine that is filled with entertaining, funny, and heartwarming stories about gardening and life. Pat’s vision continues to guide the editorial mission of GreenPrints, and he ensures that every published story is worth a read by subscribers.

Articles by Pat Stone

Cowprints in the Carrots

Cowprints in the Carrots

"Let's open up the bidding at 800. Who'll give me 8? gimme 8, gimme 8. C'mon, look at that udder, fellas. Looks like milk in the ring. 800. 8 and  …
A Healing Garden of One Million Daisies

A Healing Garden of One Million Daisies

It’s no wonder why hospitals and mental health facilities build healing gardens for their patients. There is no such place that can change your mindset so easily than the scent  …
Travels with Iris

Travels with Iris

The other week I helped my sister move from Paris, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia, from a rural farm to a small white house in the city. Not just any urban  …
A Bird in the Garden Named Cowie

A Bird in the Garden Named Cowie

There aren’t many stories I read that make me both want to laugh and cry at the same time, but today’s story, The Cowbird Way, is such a sweet, funny  …
FEMA, Gardening, and Hope

FEMA, Gardening, and Hope

June—such a wonderful gardening month, especially for a vegetable gardener. (I’m more the veggie than the flower type.) You and your garden are bursting with energy, and Spring crops are  …
A Simple Lesson for Gardening with Kids

A Simple Lesson for Gardening with Kids

When my children were young, I was sure that they didn’t listen. Even a doe-eyed three year old attached at the hip who seems like they’re patiently listening to all  …
Solitude is the Real Joy of Gardening

Solitude is the Real Joy of Gardening

There’s a lot to be said for solitude. Henry David Thorough once wrote, “I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Sometimes the joy of gardening isn’t  …