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 18, 2011 | my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 18 Do you know the song Popular from the musical Wicked? This tune was running through my head after a facebook conversation with Barry Glick of Sunshine Farm and Gardens. I sent him a message via fb asking about the...
Jun 7, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 7 I visited the Windmill Garden at Heritage Museums and Gardens today, making sure that this bed that I designed was doing well. I’m hoping to record a message that visitors to this garden can access by cell phone, so I...
Jun 4, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 4 I spoke to a customer at the garden center who was frustrated that all the lupines that she’d planted over the past few years have died. I was sympathetic, because many gardeners in this area have trouble with this...
Jun 3, 2011 | plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 3 Every week I start off GardenLine with I Love This Plant/I Hate This Plant. Yes, there have been several plants that I’ve admitting disliking, but the majority of those selections that start of the show are in...
Jun 2, 2011 | Life's Gardens, plants I hate, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 2 In several past posts I’ve written about my love/hate relationship with iris. Yes, when they’re in bloom they are stunning. But they flower for about fifteen minutes, truth be told, and the clumps need dividing every...