The Late Autumn Shade Garden
How is your shade garden looking today? Does it continue to shine with a variety of colors and textures? Does it entice you to walk along its garden path on…
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November 24, 2023
What to Expect with a Chemical-Free Lawn and Landscape
The fact that we are even discussing a chemical-free landscape is exciting. It wasn't that long ago that the answer to all landscape issues was a chemical treatment. In the…
November 2, 2023
It’s Scary Not to Have a Garden in Bloom Now
We have come so far as gardeners. When I first started, gardening magazines would talk at great length about putting the garden to bed for the winter. We didn’t have…
October 31, 2023
Monarchs Over the Gulf of Mexico
Typically, when I’m fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, I spend my time scanning the water for schools of fish. This year was a bit different. As I waded out…
October 27, 2023
Microclimates Show Themselves
We often talk about microclimates: the subtle and sometimes not so subtle differences in growing conditions within a neighborhood, street, or landscape. The microclimates were on full display yesterday morning…
October 24, 2023
Immediate Results with Pollinator Gardening
It’s not uncommon for pollinators, bees, and butterflies, to be drawn to new plants, still in their pots, waiting to be planted. When this happens now, I’m not surprised for…
September 25, 2023
Wonderfully Tiny
“The crabapple standards at the start of our walk just had to go, they had become so overgrown and had been poorly pruned when we bought the house,” laughs Natalie…
September 5, 2023
Five Must-Have Fall Plants
While some gardeners may be lamenting the end of the summer season, we are looking forward to cooler, more comfortable days in the gardens when we are reinvigorated, and eager…
September 1, 2023
Fresh Starts
There’s a sense of pride and wonderful contentment that comes from sitting in a new garden: one that is only a few months old, and seeing all this beauty. I…
August 18, 2023
Small Changes for a Big Impact
“When I first met my client, I could see the front landscape had great bones, it was simply in need of an update, and that was exactly what the client…
August 16, 2023