Bold Textures For Your Garden

Bold Textures For Your Garden

I was very lucky to escape to South Florida for a time this winter. Aside from soaking up the sun and thawing out my toes, I enjoyed visiting some wonderful public gardens. I fell in love with the striking, bold foliage plants available to tropical gardeners. The huge...
Pot Luck For Your Garden

Pot Luck For Your Garden

Add a splash of flower color to a terrace, walk, or driveway. Grow lush tropical foliage plants or a selection of culinary herbs. All this and more is possible with container gardening. I’m not referring to a small planter on the windowsill or a tomato plant in a pot....
Water, Water, Where’s the Water?

Water, Water, Where’s the Water?

For many years I watched my landscape wilt under a sweltering summer sun. Then I would pull out the hoses and drag them around the garden, setting up sprinklers, often soaking myself, breaking plants, and hating the process all the while. One time I forgot to turn off...
Protecting an Investment

Protecting an Investment

I love to putter through my garden on summer mornings. I deadhead fading flowers and leaves, look for symptoms of disease or insect damage and enjoy the constant changes that take place throughout the seasons. It’s a very enjoyable activity to me and it helps to keep...
A Garden Aglow

A Garden Aglow

Snow was falling lightly and the temperature was dropping as I sat at my desk last evening. I was thinking how hard it is to write about the garden in this weather. Then my imagination took me back to into a warm evening last summer. I was on the terrace preparing for...