Group photo at Spring Fling

Group photo at Spring Fling

April 07, 2008The Garden Bloggers Spring Fling 2008 came in like a lion and went out like a lion. The socializing, nonstop talking, and garden visiting began for me on Friday morning and didn’t end until late Sunday afternoon. It was a more incredible experience to meet all these garden ...
Meeting Carol & a tour of Jenny Stocker's garden

Meeting Carol & a tour of Jenny Stocker’s garden

April 04, 2008 On her Blotanical “Plot” (site no longer active), in her entry for Garden to See Before I Die, Carol of May Dreams Gardens has written, “All those gardens of the Austin garden bloggers!” As it happens, a number of the Austin garden bloggers have had a burning ...
Meeting Carol & a tour of Jenny Stocker's garden

Meeting Carol & a tour of Jenny Stocker's garden

April 04, 2008 On her Blotanical “Plot” (site no longer active), in her entry for Garden to See Before I Die, Carol of May Dreams Gardens has written, “All those gardens of the Austin garden bloggers!” As it happens, a number of the Austin garden bloggers have had a burning ...
Garden bloggers, unite!

Garden bloggers, unite!

March 31, 2008 Warm (but not too warm) weather and a little rain are working wonders in the garden. The roses have set dozens of buds, and ‘Carefree Beauty’ has just exploded into bloom. The bluebonnets (above) and columbines are flowering, the trees are green, and as my neighbor pointed ...
When 30+ bloggers come to visit

When 30+ bloggers come to visit

March 26, 2008 Purple coneflowers ( Echinacea purpurea) are back, just in time for the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling. When more than 30 garden bloggers are coming to visit your garden in a matter of days, you begin to look at your little Eden with a calculating eye. You want ...
A whole lotta garden bloggers

A whole lotta garden bloggers

March 13, 2008 ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine (Bignonia capreolata ) See the hundreds of buds on this crossvine, ready to burst into bloom at a moment’s notice? That’s what the upcoming Garden Bloggers Spring Fling feels like to me. So much potential friendship, fun, networking, brainstorming, learning, and socializing will soon ...
Door prizes at Spring Fling

Door prizes at Spring Fling

February 29, 2008 As if the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling on April 5 could get any more fun, we’re giving away garden-related door prizes at the County Line BBQ dinner (click here for info on reserving your seat). Several local businesses are generously donating gift items to our door-prize drawing, ...
Trading-card fun at Spring Fling

Trading-card fun at Spring Fling

February 26, 2008If you’re coming to the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling, check out Kathy Purdy’s guest post over at the Spring Fling website. Because she’s visited other bloggers and attended blogging conferences in the past, she knows that while seeing each other in person is great, there’s also fun to ...
May Dreams Carol and Cold Climate Kathy to lead blog talks at Spring Fling

May Dreams Carol and Cold Climate Kathy to lead blog talks at Spring Fling

February 04, 2008 Carol of May Dreams Gardens and Kathy of Cold Climate Gardening have graciously agreed to lead blogging discussion groups at the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling on April 5. For more information, pop over to the announcement page on the Spring Fling site. All material © 2006-2008 by ...
Spring Fling guest list update

Spring Fling guest list update

February 01, 2008 A month ago the Austin garden bloggers invited garden bloggers everywhere to our fair city for a Spring Fling on April 5. At the time I hoped that the local bloggers would make a good showing and a couple of out-of-towners might be willing to join us, ...

BlogHer’s Debra Roby dishes on the Spring Fling

January 27, 2008My thanks to Debra Roby, contributing editor at BlogHer, for her enthusiastic write-up about the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling. Hey, if we Austin garden bloggers weren’t already throwing this shin-dig, her post would have me signing up today. In Saturday’s BlogHer post, Debra writes, I swear if I ...

BlogHer's Debra Roby dishes on the Spring Fling

January 27, 2008My thanks to Debra Roby, contributing editor at BlogHer, for her enthusiastic write-up about the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling. Hey, if we Austin garden bloggers weren’t already throwing this shin-dig, her post would have me signing up today. In Saturday’s BlogHer post, Debra writes, I swear if I ...
Garden Bloggers Spring Fling: A Kiwi's perspective

Garden Bloggers Spring Fling: A Kiwi's perspective

January 23, 2008 Photo by Tim Hansen, courtesy of morgueFile Surfing around on Blotanical this evening, I came across a New Zealand blogger who visited Austin last month. Lynsey Gedye of Tea Garden writes, “Having just returned from Austin, Texas, I can thoroughly endorse the hospitality of the people of ...
Garden Bloggers Spring Fling: A Kiwi's perspective

Garden Bloggers Spring Fling: A Kiwi’s perspective

January 23, 2008 Photo by Tim Hansen, courtesy of morgueFile Surfing around on Blotanical this evening, I came across a New Zealand blogger who visited Austin last month. Lynsey Gedye of Tea Garden writes, “Having just returned from Austin, Texas, I can thoroughly endorse the hospitality of the people of ...
More Austin bloggers

More Austin bloggers

January 23, 2008 The spring greens of bamboo muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa ), iris foliage, and tumbled glass in the bird bath. Drizzly, wintry weather returns to Austin tonight with temperatures dipping to freezing. Freezes always seem to take Austinites by surprise, so accustomed to warm weather, shorts, and flip-flops are ...
James David's garden will wow at the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling

James David’s garden will wow at the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling

January 17, 2008 If any garden bloggers are still on the fence about attending the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling on April 5, this should make up your mind. We’re pleased to announce that our afternoon tours will conclude with a visit to the world-class garden of James David and Gary ...