A Fall Garden For Years of Pleasure

A Fall Garden For Years of Pleasure

Do you do this, or something like it, year after year? You could have a colorful fall garden that re-emerges every year in celebration of autumn.  Containers can also be updated for fall with a selection of ornamental grasses and late blooming flowers.  Such plantings...
The Autumn and Spring Garden

The Autumn and Spring Garden

Autumn and spring are the seasons when our Mid-Atlantic weather invites us to get out and enjoy our gardens. They are absolutely the most colorful and enjoyable months of the garden year. October is a great time to evaluate your whole landscape and to make any needed...

Autumn Is In The Air

Days are getting shorter and nights are refreshingly cool. Autumn is right around the corner and winter is close behind. With the busy days of summer over, September is a wonderful time for strolling in the garden. Have you gotten all the enjoyment you want from your...
Garden Renewal

Garden Renewal

Renovated entry garden Subject to the forces of nature, dynamic growth and decline, a landscape is ever changing. An alteration in lifestyle often demands a landscape makeover. After a time even the best planned landscape may require some refinement and updating. In...

The Evolution of a Great Garden

I had the privilege of visiting some wonderful public gardens this month. Among them was the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. This  420 acre garden has been designed with great creativity as a setting for a large and ever growing collection of sculpture....
Hot, Hot, Hot

Hot, Hot, Hot

July is hot and August is hotter. This is the time to kick back around the swimming pool and keep cool. Years ago a we bought a house with an older swimming pool. The pool was a stark rectangle set in a desert of concrete and it became increasingly unattractive over...