November 02, 2018
Visit from Natalie the Plant Ninja
YouTuber Natalie McAnarney came to film my garden last weekend for The Plant Ninja, her excellent video series on Texas gardening …
Publication day for Gardens of Texas!
Publication day! Gardens of Texas is here — a love letter to the creativity and resilience blooming across the Lone Star State …
Learn how Texas gardeners are adapting to weather extremes, making gorgeous gardens
Come learn from Gardens of Texas author Pam Penick at a November 6 presentation for Garden Spark in Austin! …
Fall sights at Barton Springs Nursery
October 12, 2025 I popped into Barton Springs Nursery this week and admired how beautiful the grounds are looking. The big palm in the entry court is accented with beaked yucca, horsetail, ‘Will Fleming’ yaupon holly, bamboo muhly grass, and root beer plant — a tapestry of foliage texture — …
I’m on The Plantastic Podcast talking first jobs, blogging, Gardens of Texas
I’m honored to be on Dr. Jared Barnes’s The Plantastic Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about gardening, writing, and Gardens of Texas …
Playing at Pease Park: Treehouse and Dambo troll
On a morning walk at Pease Park, we explored the rebar-sphere Treehouse and Dambo troll–two playful, interactive works of art in the park …
WaterWork lights up Seaholm and Lady Bird Lake with immersive art
WaterWork, an annual immersive-art experience, gives Austinites a reason to appreciate Seaholm’s architecture and location on Lady Bird Lake …
Waterlily oasis in San Angelo
In San Angelo, Texas, far from the gulf’s brow-basting humidity, you’ll find lily-bejeweled ponds of the International Waterlily Collection …
What’s lighting up the garden
Let’s take another spin through the garden as temperatures in Austin shift toward fall — if fall means temps in the low 90s F. No matter, I’ll take it …
Watch me on Central Texas Gardener
I’m excited to be on PBS show Central Texas Gardener this fall, talking about the resilient gardens in my new book, Gardens of Texas! …
Rounding the bend to fall (I hope)
I’m hanging on for fall by my fingernails. Last week I got a second burst of oxblood lilies, helped along by my watering day …
Skullcap pollinators, pests, plus oxblood lilies
On hot afternoons, I prowl the hellstrip garden looking for bumblebees. It’s always purple skullcap that attracts them the most …
Magical, mysterious artist’s garden will wow at next Garden Spark talk
Jill Nooney’s Garden Spark talk is for anyone who loves whimsy and magic in a garden and is curious to see how an artistic gardener created an utterly unique landscape …
I’m talking native plant design on Growing Greener Podcast
I’m on the Growing Greener podcast this week talking with Tom Christopher about native plants in formal gardens. Plus: my upcoming talks! …
