November 02, 2018
Colleen Belk’s Old Austin garden
Colleen Belk’s garden has a wonderfully collected, Old Austin feel, with beauties like silver Mediterranean fan palm and Texas palmetto …
Come learn how to boost wildlife habitat with a hedge
Come to the Dec. 7 Garden Spark talk with landscape architect Shaney Clemmons, who’ll tell us why biodiverse hedges are better than fences …
Jay’s front-yard garden of native plants in Dallas
Jay of @NewTexasGardens has challenged himself to plant his front yard in a central Dallas neighborhood almost exclusively with natives …
From mill to Mill Fleurs, a garden of rare plants
Barbara Tiffany’s extensive gardens at Mill Fleurs are a showplace for her skills as a designer and collector of rare and variegated plants …
Jenny Rose Carey’s playful garden rooms at Northview, part 2
Jenny Rose Carey has been gardening at Northview for 25 years – a charming place thanks to so many years of her plantsmanship and creativity …
Jenny Rose Carey’s charming Northview Garden, part 1
Filled with color and whimsy, Jenny Rose Carey’s Northview Gardens is a joy to explore. Here is Part 1 of my tour …
Stoneleigh native-plant estate garden and Flingers
Stoneleigh, a new public garden of native plants in Villanova, PA, is a park-like arboretum around a Tudor Revival mansion …
Tropical terraces, color, and meadow at Owl Creek Farm
One of my favorite private gardens at the Philly Area Fling was Steve and Ann Hutton’s spectacular Owl Creek Farm …
Pumpkin season at the Dallas Arboretum
Autumn at the Arboretum features Charlie Brown, Linus, and the Peanuts gang in this annual pumpkin extravaganza at Dallas Arboretum …
Bamboo forest and pond gardens at WynEden
An Asian pond and bamboo forest offer romance and enchantment at Wayne Guymon’s WynEden garden in Pennsylvania …
Fall florals to fall for at Terrain garden shop
My infatuation with Terrain’s beautiful garden shop stems from its immersive, gorgeous, creative store displays, especially in fall …
Pruned-up prickly pear is living sculpture
A pruned-up prickly pear in a gravel garden, with a single bench, makes for a Zen moment at the front door …
Homey fall garden at Brandywine Cottage
One soggy morning I toured David Culp’s Brandywine Cottage, which was a little windblown post-storm, but glowing and autumnal …
Linda’s live oak courtyard garden in San Antonio
Linda Peterson’s San Antonio garden is one of my favorites in all of Texas, and is home to several charismatic live oaks …
