Designing with Spire-Shaped Flowers
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
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One Window Box for Four Seasons
I love designing a window box for all four seasons. Not only because window boxes provide yet another opportunity to plant, but because they’re a
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Transforming a side yard from Blah to Beautiful
I originally wrote this post about transforming a side yard eight years ago. However, I’m re-writing this in honor of my friend who created this
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Adding Height with Flowering, Towering Plants
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
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Four-Season Structure with Trellises, Tuteurs, and Obelisks
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
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Repurposing trash into treasures for the garden
I love repurposed items in the garden. Things that may be broken or have lost their usefulness are all too often headed to the dump,
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California Carnivores
While visiting Sonoma earlier this summer, I told my husband that I just had to see a nursery located in Sebastapol, just a few miles away.
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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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A Jewel Box Courtyard that’s Wheelchair-Friendly
Today I want to share with a darling jewel-box courtyard (that’s wheelchair friendly, too!) Three years ago our local newspaper ran a story on our
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NYC summer garden tour wrap-up
As summer comes to a close, I thought I’d share with you the last gardening tidbits from my summer in New York. They might seem
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The art and soul of Freeland Tanner
What do you get when you combine a pile of twigs, sprinklers, and watering cans with the right side of the brain that just won’t quit?
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Pyracantha Pandemonium
Today started out just like any other January day. For the past week, I had been admiring one of my favorite shrubs growing in my
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