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This month on Garden Designers Roundtable, we explore the topic of Idols, those people we look to for inspiration when we’re designing gardens for our clients. As I was thinking about who to profile, I started thinking about different aspects of inspiration. Perhaps I should profile a person whose book I turn to for inspiration and guidance [...]

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Here in the northeast, Mother Nature played a big trick on us this weekend, sweeping through with a historic snowstorm – Snowtober. Like many of you, I will be spending part of the day cleaning up my garden and assessing the damage left behind. But in honor of the day, I thought I’d offer up a special treat and provide [...]

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It’s fall and that means it’s time to start thinking about planting spring-flowering bulbs to add color to your garden next spring.  While the ready availability of bulbs is a boon for gardeners, it can also be a curse. There are so many new bulbs on the market it can be difficult to decide which bulbs are [...]

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Sometimes, finding inspiration for your own garden is right around the corner. I found inspiration for a few design projects I am working on during a recent visit to Hollister House Garden in Washington, CT with some fellow garden designers from APLD CT. We were fortunate to have a behind-the-scenes tour of the garden by its owner and [...]

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Garden enthusiasts in and around Connecticut are in for a special treat on September 10th. The Association of Professional Landscape Designers, Connecticut Chapter (APLDCT) is hosting a private, behind-the-scenes tour of Hollister House Gardens in Washington, CT. This special tour is open to anyone, you don’t need to be a professional garden designer or even have more than a [...]

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This month on the Garden Designer’s Roundtable we explore the topic of Shade.  Our guest  is none other than Margaret Roach, author of several best-selling books and the gardening blog, A Way to Garden. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to get a private tour of Margaret’s garden last year with several Roundtablers and other [...]

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Not only is this the time of year when Hollywood stars are receiving their awards, plants are being recognized for their contributions in the garden too.  Every year, the Perennial Plant Association chooses a plant of the year and for 2011, the winner is…Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Blue Star). This  perennial, native to the southwestern US [...]

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It’s that time again,  when we reflect back on the past year.  I thought I’d try something new this year and re-cap the five most popular blog posts of 201o - as chosen by you.  The funny thing is I’m not sure why these particular posts are so popular – if  I knew I’d write more just like them [...]

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I have big news!  I recently signed on to be the garden writer for a new online hyper-local newspaper called Stamford Patch.  My column is called The Garden Patch and will be published on the first Tuesday of each month. My inaugural article, Holiday Gifts for Gardeners, highlights local sources for gifts any gardener will  [...]

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Back in August, I wrote about Acer palmatum ‘Yatsubusa Kiyohime’, aka the ‘groundcover maple’.  I first encountered this unusual maple tree during a private tour of O’Brien Nursery in Granby, CT.   I fell in love with the ground cover maple even before I saw it.  As soon as John, the owner of O’Brien’s, mentioned it, [...]

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