Aug 3, 2011 | Inspiration, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – August 3 I’m away from Poison Ivy Acres tonight but wanted to share with you all a photo I took at Heritage Museums and Gardens yesterday. This lovely shade area was planted with a variety of foliage colors and textures,...
Aug 2, 2011 | Inspiration, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – August 2 Last night the setting sun cast a pink glow over the landscape, so I ran outside with my camera. A few of the photos I took proved to be nice although none captured the magic of being in the garden in that rosy...
Jul 21, 2011 | Inspiration, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 21 The Fairy Gardening Festival is this weekend at Country Garden and I spent the day creating a walk through display. Such gardens are fun to create because you don’t have to consider the normal constraints of spacing...
Jul 16, 2011 | Inspiration, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 16 We’re having a Fairy Garden Festival at the garden center, and are calling for entries into a Fairy House contest. (Prizes are $25. gift certificates!) There will also be several fairy houses hidden around the garden...
Jul 10, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 10 As I was downloading photos of my garden this evening I checked in with my garden writing group on facebook. Derek Powazek wrote about Julie Bass’s struggle to grow vegetables in her front yard in Oak Park, Michigan....
Jul 2, 2011 | Inspiration, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 2 Perhaps I should say we did it. Or my husband did it. I merely had the vision and picked the colors…he made and painted the shutters and window boxes. We both agree that the shed looks better. When I speak I...
