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Managing Storm Water in Your Garden
More and more municipalities are developing multi-layered plans to manage storm water runoff. And the smart ones are enlisting the aid of homeowners to get involved and start keeping storm water...
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Front Foundation Makeover
Fortunately, I’ve been quite busy this year with my garden design business, working on projects both large and not-so-large. I thought I’d show you a video I created with photos of a front foundation...
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Plant Possibilities ~ Comptonia peregrina
I’m always looking for two types of plants to add to my Connecticut garden – native plants and plants that I can use as lawn alternatives. Here’s one plant that fulfills both objectives, Comptonia...
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Recycling Plastic Plant Containers
Recycling plastic plant containers is a big issue for many towns, cities and states, not to mention many green-minded gardeners. The lack of an industry-wide standard for container sizes, coupled with...
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John’s Find White Pine: You Can Grow That!
I’m joining C.L. Fornari’s meme, You Can Grow That!, a celebration of gardens and plants and the joy they bring to our lives. Garden bloggers from across the country highlight plants they think other...
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Win a FREE Copy of Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?
**For the chance to win your FREE copy, simply leave a comment below** “Let’s face it: the garden is a popularity contest.” So begins Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?: 255 Extraordinary...
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Last Minute, Local Gifts For Gardeners
If you’re still looking for a gift for your favorite gardener and want to make an impact in your local economy, too, here are a few suggestions that will tickle the fancy of that special green-thumb,...
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Book Preview & Giveaway ~ Garden Therapy Handmade Gifts
Garden Therapy Handmade Gifts ebook by author Stephanie Rose is a collection of simple yet sophisticated garden-inspired gifts for every holiday. Rose is the author and creator of the popular and...
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Winter Resolutions for my Garden
Winter is a quiet time in most gardens. It’s a time for planning for the coming seasons. I especially enjoy seeing my garden’s ‘bones’ – the structure that gets hidden during the frenzy of spring and...
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Native Groundcovers for Shade ~ You Can Grow That!
Once again I’m joining C.L. Fornari’s meme,You Can Grow That!, a celebration of gardens and plants and the joy they bring to our lives. Garden bloggers from across the country highlight plants they...
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3 Native Spring Ephemerals for Your Garden
Spring ephemerals, plants that bloom for just a few weeks in the early spring and whose foliage dies back by mid-summer, are a great source of nectar for early pollinators in your wildlife garden. They...
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The Best Nature Tips in the Virtual World
I’m so excited to have a guest blogger today – Michelle Rebecca from the blog, SocialweLove. Michelle is an aspiring writer with a passion for blogging. She enjoys writing about a vast variety of...
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Book Preview ~ Lawn Gone!
I’m so excited to review Lawn Gone!, a new book by Pam Penick. For those who don’t know Pam, she is the author of the fabulously popular gardening blog, Digging. And until recently, Pam was also a...
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Barking Up The Right Tree
I love trees, especially in the late fall and winter when you can more easily appreciate their silhouettes, branching structure and their bark. Here’s a look at a few of my favorite trees with...
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Garden Designers Roundtable ~ Romance
This month on Garden Designers Roundtable we’re exploring the topic of Romance. When thinking about romance, the first thing that often comes to mind are the emotions involving love. I thought it would...
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