I attended an interesting lecture today at the Bartlett Arboretum here in Stamford, CT called Gardening in Deer Country. The lecture was given by horticulturalist Vincent Drzewucki who has written two books on the subject, Gardening in Deer Country and Flowerbeds and Borders in Deer Country. I have attended my fair share of these kinds of lectures and [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Oh, Deer!…
Posted in Deer-resistant, Gardening in Connecticut on February 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Are You Ready For Spring?
Posted in Landscape Design, Natives, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening, tagged Cornus sericea, Landscape Design, red twig dogwood, southwestern Connecticut gardener, using camera for landscape design on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This time of the year can be frustrating for southwestern Connecticut gardeners. Mother Nature tempts us with a few warm spring-like days sprinkled in between our typical days with near freezing temperatures. Sure you can get outside on those warm days and start to clean up a bit – maybe pick up all the branches that have fallen [...]
The Big Question…How Does My Garden Grow?
Posted in Deer-resistant, Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities, tagged Deer-resistant, landscape designer, Woodland Garden on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once people find out I’m a landscape designer, they often say something like ‘you must have a beautiful garden’ or ‘I bet you grow the most magnificent roses’ or ‘I’m jealous, my garden will never look as good as yours must look’. If only they could see what my garden really looks like! I used to be too [...]
A Peek at my ‘Must Have’ List
Posted in Deer-resistant, Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities, tagged Blue Chip buddleia, butterfly bush, Deer-resistant, long-blooming, low-maintenance on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blue Chip butterfly bush
I bet you’re like me. Admit it, you get excited when your plant catalogs arrive in the mail. I savor every page of my favorites, like White Flower Farm, Heronswood and Klehm’s Song Sparrow, dog-earing pages of plants I would love to add to my garden. I look at the catalogs over and [...]
30 Days and Counting…
Posted in Zone 6 gardening, tagged frost dates, last frost date in Coastal Connecticut, Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus', Spring, zebra grass on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Waiting for Spring
It’s hard to believe that Spring is just 30 days away. In the past week, we’ve had snow and also 50 degree temps – it’s enough to make anyone crazy, especially an impatient gardener like me! A quick walk around my garden shows the ground is frozen in some spots but slowly thawing in [...]
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