Feb 10, 2011 | Inspiration, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – February 10 This is the time of year when gardeners start to plan for the coming season. Let me rephrase… this is the time of year when we’re longing to go nuts. Plants, ornaments, sculptures…I love them. I...
Jan 25, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 25 Today I went into the garden center to prepare for upcoming events and boy was I glad that I did. It wasn’t the planning or work on flyers that was so wonderful, but a trip to the greenhouse. It snowed today, it’s...
Jan 21, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 21 When I was in college, I frequently passed by a poster hung on a professor’s office door. The photo showed a child bursting out of a school building, and the bold caption said, “The Real Classroom is Outdoors: Get...
Dec 30, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 30 Dividing a property into a series of “garden rooms” offers many advantages. Smaller properties will appear larger and big landscapes are made more intimate. Different spaces allow the gardener to experiment with...
Dec 10, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 10 While going through photos some today, I came across some shots of Carol’s cottage garden. First I remembered how delightful this garden was, and then I thought of a previous post about X-Factor Gardening, and...
Dec 1, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 1 There are many reasons that I love being a member of The Garden Writers Association, but among them is the opportunity to visit other gardens. Every year the GWA has an annual symposium in a different area of the...