November 02, 2018
A bug’s eye view: Shawn Smith’s Ommatidium exhibition
Artist Shawn Smith’s “Ommatidium” exhibition at grayDUCK Gallery explores our complicated relationship with the insect world …
Make a stacked paver pedestal for your garden
Need an inexpensive pedestal to show off a container or garden art? Stack concrete pavers in two different sizes to make a garden plinth …
Flowering trees and more unfurling
Yesterday the Mexican plum burst into full bloom, transforming itself from bare twigs to fluffy white flowers seemingly overnight …
Garden stirrings
February 27, 2023 The freeze-damaged aloes (Aloe maculata) may have lost most of their fleshy arms, but check this out: they’re sending up flower spikes for spring anyway. Go, aloes, go! Here’s another one with just a couple “limbs,” but look at the size of that flower spike. These plants …
Organic sculptures by Steve Tobin at Houston Botanic Garden
At Houston Botanic Garden, an art exhibit by Steve Tobin plus subtle winter beauty make for a pleasant stroll …
Late-winter flora and fauna on my 17th blogiversary
Today is Digging’s blogiversary. I’ve been documenting my garden(s) — and gardens across the country, and beyond — for 17 years now …
Read This: Dry Climate Gardening
Dry Climate Gardening by Noelle Johnson shows just how colorful and plant-rich, yet waterwise, a desert garden can be …
Back to Beck’s majestic live oaks
Seeing these majestic, 400-year-old live oaks in Houston helped me forget tree woes from the ice storm back home in Austin …
Arbormageddon ice storm smites Austin’s trees
Austin’s trees took a pummeling last week, when the worst ice storm in 15 years struck. Arbormageddon, local wags soon dubbed it …
Thirsty cedar waxwings come in for a drink
Cedar waxwings were lined up along the rim of the fountain and dipping down to drink. All that berry hunting is hard work! …
Learn how to choose the right plants from Austin designer Mark Word
On 2/23 Austin designer Mark Word will show how to choose successful plant combos in the final Garden Spark talk of Season 6 …
Designer Nick McCullough shares American Roots at Garden Spark
Austin gardeners and designers turned out for Garden Spark on Thursday to hear designer Nick McCullough speak about American Roots …
One-of-a-kind design on the 2023 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 2
A jewel-box goth home (really!) was one of my favorites on the Tribeza Interiors Tour in Austin last Sunday. Here’s Part 2 …
Color-saturated homes on 2023 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 1
The quiet season for gardening makes the perfect season to focus on interiors — and attend Austin’s 2023 Tribeza Interiors Tour …
