Apr 28, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 28 Beautiful gardens don’t just contain many flowers. It can be argued that foliage color and texture is more important to good garden design than bloom. Including big leaves, small leaves, grassy and colorful foliage is valuable, and...
Apr 27, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 27 It comes as no surprise to many of you when I say that I’m a speaker, and my goal is to get people excited about plants and gardening. I often present talks that use images to illustrate the points I’m making, and as someone who thinks...
Apr 22, 2010 | Inspiration, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 22 A series of emails from the ANLA (American Nursery and Landscape Association) and a talk that I gave at Sullivan Renaissance have me thinking about growing the Gardening Tribe. How to better get people excited about plants and gardens?...
Apr 14, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 14 When I was in the seventh grade my friend Debbie Leach and I would make elaborate houses for our Barbie dolls. Houses? Well at the time they seemed like nothing less than palaces. Other girls in our class would tease us: “You still...
Mar 28, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 28 On February 18th I wrote about how much I miss my homegrown vegetables in the winter, and my idea to grow salad greens in my shed. Today, I’m rejoicing that this scheme worked. We’ve been picking fresh greens for dinner for the last...
Mar 26, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 26 I went to the Boston Flower Show on Thursday, and enjoyed it immensely. As is often the case, one exhibit made the trip worthwhile for me, and in this case it was Paul Miskovsky’s cottage garden. Wow – that man can put a display...
