Camellias for MONTHS of wow-factor blooms
While there aren’t any camellias that bloom non-stop from fall through spring, I know of an easy way to have months of wow-factor blooms as early
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Harmony in the Garden Blog
Category: Drought Tolerant Gardens
A Skinny Space Before-and-After plus a Giveaway!
As I wrote about in my last post, time is a critical element in the garden. When planting a new garden, it’s understandable to want your plants to hurry
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Four Fab Faves for the Fall Garden (say that one fast three times!)
Fall is taking its sweet time showing up where I live in Granite Bay. As I currently write this, it’s late October and a way-too-hot
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Transforming awkward spaces in the garden
I’ve spent the past two years working in my new garden. And by working, I mean killing myself trying to fix one awkward space after
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Gardening on Steep Slopes
Gardening on steep slopes is problematic at best. Ever try and plant, prune, or deadhead on a steep hill? NOT fun. I should know. I’ve
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Taking ‘gardening is therapy’ to a whole new level
At one time or another, most of us have said ‘gardening is therapy,’ right? But seeing an actual therapeutic garden work its magic right in
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The Sacramento Historic Cemetery’s Native, Perennial, & Rose Gardens
I can’t believe it, but I’m coming up on the 2nd year anniversary since moving up north to Granite Bay from the Bay Area. During
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The Bold Dry Garden – a review and giveaway
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to attend a party celebrating Timber Press’s new release, The Bold Dry Garden, written by Johanna Silver
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The mystery of the monarch
Throughout my daughter’s life, I’ve tried just about everything I could think of to pique her interest in gardening. And while she’s always appreciated playing
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Designing a garden for Sunset magazine. No pressure!
A few weeks ago, Johanna Silver (Sunset Magazine’s Garden Editor) reached out and asked if I would be interested in designing a garden for a
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The Water-Saving Garden book party and giveaway
I’m thrilled to be invited to help celebrate the release of Pam Penick’s second book, The Water Saving Garden, with a party that you’re all
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Tantalizing Tillandsias
It’s no secret that this past year has been a whopper for me. During most of my chemotherapy treatments I was able to continue writing
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