Rebecca Sweet

The artistic garden of Robert Bellamy

The artistic garden of Robert Bellamy

While visiting Dallas last week for the Garden Writers Association’s annual symposium, one of the highlights of the week was touring some pretty amazing gardens.   One of my very favorite gardens belongs to landscape designer Robert Bellamy.   Over the past several decades, Robert has acquired neighboring properties in Old East Dallas, resulting in […]

Sprinkler Garden Art

  Okay, okay – by now most of you who have been reading my blog for any time now probably feel like they’ve personally strolled through Freeland and Sabrina Tanner’s garden and have seen everything I could possibly show them, right?  WRONG! Freeland is an amazing powerhouse of creativity and has just finished building two […]

The Tanners’ Eye-Candy Containers succulents in containers

The Tanners’ Eye-Candy Containers

Hands-down, the most incredible containers I’ve ever seen are those created by Freeland and Sabrina Tanner. I’m honored to call this landscape design dream team good friends of mine and try to visit their Napa Valley garden as often as possible. I’ve written about their glorious garden here and here, but today I want to highlight their breathtaking containers. Artfully […]

Praying mantis nests for the tough-to-please teenager

  Engaging older kids in the garden is definitely not as easy as it was when they were young.   It takes a little more craftiness than having their own ‘big kid shovel’ to lure some of these kids back into the garden, so I’m always willing to try  something new. One foolproof method is […]

From ‘Ewww’ to ‘Cool’ – growing mushrooms in a box

From ‘Ewww’ to ‘Cool’ – growing mushrooms in a box

I walked into Peets Coffee the other day (sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it?) Anyway, I walked in and saw these interesting looking mushroom kits for sale.  And since I’m an avid gardener who will grow just about anything, I was immediately intrigued.  So, I snatched one up for $15.00.   Having […]

Succulent Container Gardens – Book Review

Succulent Container Gardens – Book Review

Since there’s already so many glowing reviews of Debra Lee Baldwin’s Succulent Container Gardens on the internet, I thought I might do something a little different – review the author first, and then review  the book.   I mean, really – who doesn’t want to know all about the person who wrote the book?  I know […]