Harmony in the Garden Blog

Don’t you love the feeling you get when pulling up to someone’s home for the very first time, and the moment you see their garden you just know you’re in for a treat? That’s how I felt when my taxi slowly crept along the street, looking for the address of Sheila Schultz. This past May, I …

I’m a sucker for good ol’ American holidays, with the Fourth of July being right up there at the top of the list.  But with California’s severe drought amplifying threats of wildfire you won’t be seeing many firework shows this year. But that’s okay.  This summer I’ve been organizing my zillions of garden photos and am seeing exploding …

I’m spending some time in New York City this summer and am thrilled to have finally visited the High Line public garden. Ever since its grand opening in  2009, I’ve been dying to see the transformation of this abandoned, defunct elevated railway into one of the city’s most inspiring and innovative public gardens. First, though, to help you fully …

No longer relegated to the back of the garden, hidden away from sight, edibles are finally getting the respect they deserve.  Whether mingling with showy perennials and annuals in traditional ornamental beds, tucked into a patio container, or (gasp!) featured as a focal point in the front of the garden – edibles are at home in …

  Here we are at the end of May and I’m happy to share with you the final phase of my front garden re-do! As you may recall, in January I finally decided to remove my little-used front lawn and replace it with a low-water garden (you can read about it here and here). After moving around my …