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.

Della LaCour, 2nd vice president of the Garden Club and wife of LaCour, spoke about the history and significance of the sundial. It is a tradition to include a motto with a sundial, she said.

The sundial gracing Audrey Roberts' garden in Avon Lake is nothing like the mass-produced sundials sold at garden centers. Audrey's husband, Chet, designed and crafted his wife's sundial, but only ...

Tom Laidlaw, center; his grandson, Doug Brouhard, left; and his daughter, Debra Brouhard, look over the sundial garden Laidlaw created in his Vancouver Heights neighborhood front yard.

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 ...

There’s something inherently magical about having a sundial perfectly placed in the centre of a curated garden. Evoking Alice In Wonderland charm while celebrating the ancient first steps ...

Click to open image viewer. [Bowman Garden]: sundial garden, Fall 1998, showing Magnolia 'Stellata' in fall color and Cornus kousa with walk bordered by summer impatiens.

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.