When we meet new clients they often invariably say,”Oh yes, and we want lots of color.”

Last February, I attended the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers Winter Meeting. where 2 brilliant and renowned landscape designers reviewed the making of four of their spectacular gardens.

I was so moved that I bought a book each of them had […]

Sometimes when explaining to people the needs of their gardens, I say, “Well how would you feel if …”

Attributing human qualities to your plants can give you a refreshing understanding of your garden needs. […]

All gardeners, no matter where we live or what we grow, have a universal problem. There is some living creature that attacks or eats our favorite plant.

You know what I mean…that peach colored rose with its early tender bloom; […]

I look out my front window in December just as the first big snow is falling.  The fog is suspended above the snow covered ground with cold air and warm earth mixing.  I suddenly see movement at the base of our tree, then […]

As we all struggle to recover from the negative speculations of some of our financial institutions, I thought it might be fun in an ironic way to look at a similar situation that occurred in Europe in the 17th century.

Tulipomania was the […]