The garden reemerged, after copious raking and blowing and bagging, from the annual spring deluge of last season’s live oak leaves and subsequent pollen catkins. I ran around with the camera, capturing the gorgeousness of new flowers and fresh foliage …

A romantic, violet veil brightens Mexico City each spring, when jacaranda trees unfurl a profusion of purple flowers on bare, sinuous trunks lining parkways, park paths, and residential streets …

A bluebonnet field of dreams made a classic photo op for our Italian exchange student, and we found a killdeer had gotten there first …

Coyoacán is one of Mexico City’s charming historic neighborhoods with sherbet-colored buildings, bustling plazas, green parks, a market, and coyotes everywhere …

Inside the blue walls of Frida Kahlo’s house, we discovered a courtyard lushly planted with palms, trunking yuccas, shrubs, flowering bulbs, and ivy …

Two weeks ago, give or take a few days, the ephemeral pink flowers of Mexican buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) began blushing on bare branches …

The Hempstead, Texas, garden of plant explorer and collector John Fairey has long been known by the titter-inducing name Peckerwood, but last week it was renamed in honor of its founder. Just a few days later, John G. Fairey passed away, and The John Fairey Garden now remains as a …

The sweet grape scent of Texas mountain laurel is the smell of springtime in Central Texas …

Check out the new issue of Country Gardens, Spring 2020, for my article “Where the Bees Are,” about Mary Ray’s pollinator-magnet xeriscape garden in Fort Collins, Colorado …

In conversational first-person voice, Margie Grace narrates the story of each garden’s design, from the owner’s wish list to her initial impression of the property to the smart design moves that make each space functional and beautiful, not to mention as eco-friendly as possible …

Responding to warm temps and a good rain this week, the garden is awash with new growth and pockets of spring color, like glowing yellow bulbine …

As Tokyo’s cherry blossom season approaches, it seems the perfect time to read a book about Japanese gardens: The Gardens of Japan by Helena Attlee, with photographs by her husband, Alex Ramsay …

Visiting the Japanese garden at Zilker Botanical Garden last week, I noticed all kinds of changes for the better at our perennially underfunded city garden …

If you like garden art but aren’t sure how to use it to greatest effect, you’ll want to attend my next Garden Spark talk. On Thursday, April 9th, Pat Webster, an artist and garden writer at Site & Insight, will present “Art in the Garden: What, Where, Why.” …