Jun 23, 2011 | Garden Celebrations, Garden Wedding, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 23 I spent the day working on the table arrangements for Kate’s wedding. Here are my thoughts, after completing 45 of the 60 centerpieces. I don’t know how any professional florist manages unless he/she has a full time...
Jun 9, 2011 | Garden Celebrations, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 9 As I walked around the gardens at Poison Ivy Acres today I felt positively drunk on the season. Whether your thumbs are green or black, you have to admit that June is an amazing month. It’s no wonder that people...
Sep 12, 2010 | Garden Celebrations, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 12 I visited two lovely gardens in Rochester NY this past weekend, thanks to the generosity of Laurie Burtner who drove me around. On Friday I went to Jed Fox’s and on Saturday spent an evening wandering through...
Jun 12, 2010 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 12 I often wonder who among us could be a household name if he or she had a good marketer. In a previous post I wrote about plants that were quiet treasures, and this was on my mind again today when I spoke about Hydrangeas at Highfield...
Dec 31, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – December 31 Back in the day I hated New Year’s Eve. It seemed that people would get together simply for forced merriment. So some thirty-five years ago I, my husband and friends started gathering for a stay-at-home turning of the year....
Nov 29, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 29 This morning my husband and I hung bells on the arbor that he finished last week. We designed the arbor to be tall enough, and strong enough, to hold my bell collection. Three of these bells were made from old gas tanks by...
