This month on the Garden Designers Roundtable we’re exploring the topic of Transitions. Transitions mark all sorts of boundaries in your garden. They can help set the tone and mood for your garden and can be strong visual cues for … Continue reading
Spring gardens are a bounty of colors and fragrance. Here in southwestern Connecticut, the pink candy cotton flowering cherries compete with the sweet fragrance of koreanspice viburnum which is vying for attention with the assorted gumball colors of azaleas and hybrid … Continue reading
It’s the fourth day of the month so that means it’s time once again for You Can Grow That!, a celebration of gardens and plants and the joy they bring to our lives. Garden bloggers from across the country highlight plants they … Continue reading
Here in Connecticut, spring means the three big names in non-native spring-flowering trees – Magnolia, Malus (crab apple), and Prunus (cherry) – are in full bloom. Here’s a look at one reason why these trees are so popular and make great additions … Continue reading
Whether you’re entirely new to gardening, or are a certified ‘green thumb’ who is transforming an existing garden into a wildlife habitat garden, it can be a bit overwhelming to figure out where to begin. You know your garden can … Continue reading
This month on the Garden Designers Roundtable we’re exploring the topic of Transitions. Transitions mark all sorts of boundaries in your garden. They can help set the tone and mood for your garden and can be strong visual cues for … Continue reading
One of my favorite parts of writing this blog is having the opportunity to introduce you to ‘garden worthy’ plants and products you may not have heard of but that I feel will enhance your enjoyment of your garden . … Continue reading
I’m joining C.L. Fornari’s meme,You Can Grow That!, a celebration of gardens and plants and the joy they bring to our lives. Garden bloggers from across the country highlight plants they think other gardeners should know about. This month, I thought I’d … Continue reading
Multi-season interest. For some reason, it seems like that phrase has become passe over the past few years. But it’s crazy to design a garden without incorporating plants that offer more than one season of interest, especially if you’re designing a small … Continue reading