I’ll have to check out the Austin pond tour one of these days. Please let me know if you hear about any other good garden tours.

Soul of the Garden has photos of the same Wildflower tour garden that was your favorite, the one made by the homeowners. We’ve gone on the Austin pond society tours a few times, too. On these tours I also find the intimate, owner-designed gardens to be more interesting than the professional ones, but I admit to personal bias.

Annie

Yours is an interesting comment about “Central Texas Gardener.” I’d be interested to know host Tom Spencer’s take on the show’s purpose: showcasing high-end dream gardens or offering achievable inspiration to the average gardener with a small, suburban yard? Personally, I like to see what people can make of their yards when they’re not blessed with a lakefront vista and a two-acre lot. When you don’t have a view, you must make your own. That’s what most of us must do—and so much can be done!—so that’s what we want to be inspired by. (In fact, that’s what Tom has done so beautifully with his own garden. Check it out at http://www.soulofthegarden.com/home.html; click on “The Daily Muse” link.)

Our sphinx moths haven’t come up yet either, and I’m getting a little impatient. There’s a lid on the container, so we’ll know if they hatch. I’m still hopeful and will post photos if/when something happens.

Annie
PS I have no idea if our sphinx caterpiller got his wings – the two-week mark arrived with the storms, hail, wind and the subsequent branch cleanup. There was no lid on the box of soil, so the moth was free to leave.