The First Steps are So Important
I recently visited a job where we’re sprucing up a pollinator garden that was installed this past spring. The plants, for the most part, made it through the summer, but…
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December 28, 2023
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…
November 24, 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
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
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