Jun 18, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 18 Just as combinations of contrasting colors can be pleasing, contrasting shapes in the same colors is also a garden design conversation starter. This combination of Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica’ (Belgica...
Jun 14, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 14 One aspect of garden design is creating ways for the colors of plants to have conversations. When we put plants together we aim for contrasting colors and textures, but we also look for repetition…we find ways for a plant’s...
Jun 13, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 13 I went into the entry garden on Sunday morning and caught movement in my peripheral vision. It was a very long garter snake, moving off of the slate path. About twenty minutes later I spotted this same snake, waiting just...
Jun 8, 2012 | Garden Celebrations, Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 8 Many of my clients want perennials because they mistakenly believe that these plants are less work than annuals. Gardeners know that some perennials take more involvement than annuals, and that a perennial garden takes...
Jun 6, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 6 Gertrude Stein wrote this line in a poem, and it’s entered the popular vocabulary as another way to say, “It is what it is.” This might have been true of roses in the past, but just as language changes, plants do as well....
Jun 2, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 2 The rain fell off and on today which is very good for all the young plants and seeds we’ve put in the ground. In between showers we planted, and in the late afternoon I went up to the garden shed and transplanted...
