Many of us have spots under trees or areas of our gardens where the soil is lean and dry and it seems like nothing will take root and grow there. Finding plants to grow in dry shade is one of the most difficult challenges facing many gardeners because you have to contend with low [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Shady Characters
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Landscape Design, Natives, Plant Possibilities on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following the Connecticut Garden & Landscape Trail
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration on April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Connecticut gardeners and garden enthusiasts have a new resource to help them find all things gardening. According to the Connecticut Garden & Landscape Trail website, the Trail is “a joint project of the Connecticut Nursery & Landscape Association and the Connecticut Greenhouse Growers Association, with additional funding from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture”. The Trail [...]
Update on Bloom Day…My Tulips are Blooming!
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on April 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On April 15th, in observance of Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day, I posted a few photos of the plants that were blooming in my southwestern CT garden that day. At the end of the post there’s a photo of a tulip bulb that is just starting to bud and I mentioned that I had no idea [...]
A Must Have Book For Every New England Gardener
Posted in Book Previews, Garden Coaching, Gardening in Connecticut, Zone 6 gardening on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Get This Book! The New England Gardener’s Book of Lists by Karan Davis Cutler is a must-have book for every gardener who lives in one of the New England states. In this one relatively small book, you will find over 200 different lists of plants perfectly suited for growing in any New England garden. Looking [...]
A Nod to GreentheGrounds.org – Suggestions for the Connecticut Governor’s Residence
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Natives, Sustainable Gardening on April 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I first heard about the Green the Grounds movement on Garden Rant in a post by Susan Harris. The idea behind Green The Grounds is to “raise awareness about the vast number of changes that can be made at our country’s most prominent residences – the White House, governor’s mansion and even mayor’s homes – to [...]
Landscape Design 401…The Principle of Proportion
Posted in Landscape Design on April 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is the fourth article in a series about the basic principles that should be used when designing a landscape or garden. The first installment, an overview of the five principles, can be found here. To find out more about the principle of Unity and how it applies to landscape design, click here. The third installment [...]
Five Plants To Grow For Their Foliage
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on April 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When designing a garden, it’s easy to get fixated on flowers and forget that for most plants, the flowers are fleeting. That means it is also important to think about what the foliage will look like before and after flowering. And for many perennials, their foliage is pretty uninteresting and in some cases down right [...]
Happy Bloom Day!
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Zone 6 gardening on April 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Yeah! Besides being ‘tax day’, it’s another Garden Bloggers Bloom Day GBBD) and my garden is starting to come alive. The weather here in Stamford, CT (zone 6) has been a bit cooler than normal and I am hoping all our April showers really will lead to lots of new blooms for May’s GBBD. In [...]
Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson!
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, tagged Cheryl Harness, Gardening Inspiration, professional landscape designer, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson's birthday Monticello on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As gardeners, we draw inspiration and encouragement from many sources. One of my favorite quotes about gardening, “..but though an old man, I am but a young gardener“ comes from Thomas Jefferson. As a professional landscape designer there are definitely times when I feel like the more I learn, the more I realize I don’t know. I am [...]
Last Frost Days
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Zone 6 gardening on April 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
This is the time of year when gardeners really need to show some restraint, which if you’re anything like me, is easier said than done. The days are starting to warm up and many of the basic winter clean-up chores are done. So it’s understandable that once our gardens start to look neat and tidy we [...]
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