When I recently took a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, as a guest of P. Allen Smith for his 3rd annual Garden2Blog event, I was blown away by a number of things. The knowledgable sponsors, the beautiful gardens and scenery, the energetic participants, old and new friends. But sometimes I like to take a step [...]
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I had THE. MOST. FANTASTIC. TIME. EVER. last week at P. Allen Smith’s Garden2Blog! Allen and his sponsors invite a couple dozen garden bloggers to his Moss Mountain Farm in Little Rock Arkansas every spring to talk about gardening, plants, soil, cooking from the garden, urban farming and garden trends. I was fortunate to be [...]
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I spent a lovely, relaxing afternoon at The Great Outdoors recently, just my Nikon and me. I wasn’t shopping for clients, I didn’t have a plant order to place or a bamboo question for Merrideth, the local expert. I just wanted to roam around and take pictures. I took a photography class a couple of [...]
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Today I’m leaving for Little Rock, Arkansas for a bit of a whirlwind garden blogging extravaganza! P. Allen Smith, noted garden designer and television garden show host (“P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home”) has invited 22 garden bloggers from around the United States to his Garden Home Retreat at Moss Mountain Farm to talk all things [...]
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I’m thankful that our April flowers have been decent, because we sure haven’t had any measurable rain to lead to May flowers! This month is my favorite in the garden–aside from it being my birthday, April is such an alive month, isn’t it? Greenery poking up through the ground, reminding us of plants we forgot [...]
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So I decided last year that I should grow a flowering vine on my balcony railing, but I never did it. This year, I’m a new and improved gardener! I’ve got goals and 150 square feet of gardening space, a veritable force of nature! Yeah, whatever. But I did score some morning glory (Ipomoea tricolor) [...]
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I love anything free, especially when it’s awesome free stuff. Add “garden” between awesome and free, and I’m hooked. If you are, too, then check out these contests going on right now–these sites are having a serious case of Spring Fling! Seasonal Wisdom– Teresa O’Connor is celebrating spring and the redesign of her blog by [...]
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I’m loving being in the Bay area this week at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show–it’s my second time to the show, and it’s such an exciting week seeing the display gardens and getting caught up with friends! On the Tuesday before the show begins, our wonderful friend, Rebecca Sweet, opens up her gorgeous [...]
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Whew! Wow, this had been quite a week–last Monday, Rebecca Sweet and Susan Morrison’s book, “Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces” (Cool Springs Press) was released to an avalanche of attention and great press. To celebrate it, Susan, Rebecca and several other bloggers who were featured in the book banned together [...]
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