
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, one of my favorite flower shapes to include is spires. Spire-shaped flowers are typically triangular, with a broader base that tapers
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
I can’t get enough of tall, flowering, towering plants, whether they’re perennials, grasses, or shrubs. In fact, when wandering through a nursery or reading a
Late winter is the perfect time to talk about adding four-season structure to the garden with tuteurs, trellises, or obelisks. Take a look outside, and
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
You may remember my Rain Garden’s before-and-after (if not, click here.) In that post, I mentioned my goal was not only to transform this section
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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