
Designing with Ball-Shaped Flowers
I love designing with ball-shaped flowers. Don’t get me wrong, I also adore spire-shaped flowers (click here if you missed that post!) However, there’s something about
I love designing with ball-shaped flowers. Don’t get me wrong, I also adore spire-shaped flowers (click here if you missed that post!) However, there’s something about
When designing a garden, some of my favorite plants to include are those with spire-shaped flowers. Spire-shaped flowers are typically triangular, with a broader base
The concept of ‘proportion and scale’ in the garden can be tricky to get right, but when you do, you just know it. Well, that WASN’T
The surest way to create a wow-factor moment in your garden is to add height with flowering, towering plants. Not just a little height either
Late winter is the perfect time to talk about adding four-season structure with trellises, tuteurs, and obelisks. Take a look outside, and you’re likely to
Welcome to Part 2 of Creating Winter Interest in the Garden (if you missed Part 1, click here.) I recently walked through a new client’s
Creating winter interest in the garden is so important, and is one of the things I consider first when designing a new garden. Especially since
It’s mid-December, and most of my garden is now fast asleep. This week’s rain has knocked off the remaining fall leaves, perennials are silently slumbering
Creating contrast in the garden is such an important design principle, I thought it would be helpful to show the many different ways I accomplished
I’d like to introduce you to my new obsession – Foxtail Lilies (eremurus ‘Oase’) I’ve wanted to write about these for months, ever since I
One of the many reasons why I love visiting public gardens is that each one tells a unique story: why it was created, who was the
When the garden begins to shut down and take on its melancholy tones this time of year, I often think of my grandmother. I don’t
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