Just in time for Halloween, the Roundtable is offering up insights on “Darkness” in the garden! Creepy darkness, sinister darkness? No! Shady areas in the garden! Dark gardens can be brooding, gothic, cool or soothing. They can also be dank, inhospitable growing areas for many plants. Get some insight on your shady garden by reading [...]
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After 10 years designing landscapes for my clients, part of which includes container planting, I’d like to think I’ve come up with a few pretty good ideas. But I’m not alone–I happen to have a ton of talented friends who have some awesome ideas of their own! If you’re looking for some inspiration for your [...]
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Check out this small space garden tour I found on Martha Stewart’s site. Lots of yummy ideas here–awesome entryways, seating areas and incredible plant combos (staghorn ferns, succulents, tillandsias). The effect is inviting, slightly eclectic and just a little fabulous. I want. You might also enjoy these articles:Blending Surfaces in Small Space GardeningGarden EntriesThe Garden [...]
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My crew and I just finished a whirlwind day where we installed a courtyard patio, complete with assorted cacti, ornamental grass, flowering perennials and 4 different types of rock. I hope you like it as much as I (and the clients) do! You might also enjoy these articles:Blending Surfaces in Small Space GardeningFriday Mish-Mash UpI’m [...]
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This month’s edition of The Garden Designers Roundtable is focusing on “getting from here to there”– or, for me, that means pathways and walkways! Unless you have a tiny garden, it’s really important to spend some time thinking about how you will get from one part of your garden to another. If you simply omit [...]
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Good Tuesday morning to you! This month’s Roundtable offering involves a hot topic in the gardening world: alternatives to the water-hogging, chemical-guzzling, high maintenance expanse of grass! In my area of the country (Texas), 90% of our state is experiencing devastating drought and extreme heat (105+ temps daily). Many people have simply let their lawns [...]
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“Water is the soul of the earth.” W.H. Auden I don’t plan a water feature for every garden I design, although I’d like to. They’re cooling on a hot summer day, and just the sound of water in the garden is relaxing and refreshing. But sometimes clients are afraid of the maintenance or the cost [...]
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Got shade? A lot of gardeners do! It might be making you crazy–maybe you yearn for roses, vegetables and lots of grass–but guess what? If you’ve got shade, you’ll have to reconsider your garden wants. Instead of thinking “sunny” and “bright,” think “lush” and “cool.” And I’ll do one better for you–this month, the Garden [...]
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Your fence separates your garden from the street or your neighbor’s garden, and until recent years, they have been built with mostly function in mind. But why have the same old stockade vertical privacy fence when you can have some a bit more creative and visually interesting? I collect pics of great ideas as I’m [...]
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Got a bit of a creative streak, you say? Like to add some unexpected touches to your garden? I gotcha covered here. On a recent visit to Lucinda Hutson’s exuberant central Austin garden, I noticed a small bed in the back that was edged with clear bottles. Not steel edging, not rock, but glass bottles. [...]
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