Posts Tagged ‘design’
The Lifelong Gardener: Book Review and Giveaway
When I'm asked to teach about reducing garden maintenance and making things easier to manage, I begin by asking "What do you love most about gardening? What brings you joy?" I believe that adaptive gardening, whether due to physical challenges or simply getting older shouldn't be about giving things up, but rather about ensuring that…
Read MoreOne Special Tree – Four Outstanding Seasons
We all want instant gratification in our gardens; plant today – fabulousness tomorrow. At some point most of us have learned the hard way that plants just don't work to our schedule and we have to wait for the plants to fill in and mature before they really fulfill our vision. Yet occasionally I come…
Read MoreGolden Moments from Chanticleer
Leave it to Chanticleer Garden to always surprise, to always leave you wondering "Can I do that?" No matter how often I visit I'm left in awe and utterly enchanted. Last month I had the opportunity (aka excuse) to visit once again, this time with my husband Andy. I was scheduled to speak locally so…
Read MoreMove over boxwood – make room for Distylium!
Have you been searching for the perfect shrub? One that is low maintenance evergreen deer resistant insect resistant disease resistant can be used for hedging, screening, as a foundation plant, groundcover or as part of a mixed border? is tolerant of wet soils, yet also drought tolerant? Maybe something to replace those ailing boxwood that…
Read MoreFrom Hellstrip to Heavenly
We all have challenging areas in our landscapes, but perhaps one of the toughest is the proverbial "hellstrip", that narrow planting bed sandwiched between the road and the sidewalk. To passers-by and visitors alike this appears to be part of YOUR landscape simply by virtue of its proximity. It has to tolerate foot-traffic, swinging car…
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