November 02, 2018
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 …
Christy Ten Eyck-led tour of San Antonio garden
A Garden Dialogues tour at a private garden in San Antonio led by designer Christy Ten Eyck, with a bonus solar eclipse …
Moon gate and woodland garden at Boulder Haven
A stone moon gate appears like a portal to another world at Boulder Haven, the home garden of designer Carol Verhake …
October blooms brighten my garden
October! It’s the best month of the year, providing sweet relief from a Texas summer with cooler weather and rain and bringing the garden back to life …
Making the scene at Create A Scene garden
In their garden Create A Scene, designer Michael Bowell and artist Simple express their humor and place-making through plants and garden art …
Behind-the-scenes tour at Longwood Gardens plant-production facility
The Philly Area Fling started with a behind-the-scenes tour at Longwood, where plant-production staff grow horticultural displays to wow …
Flamboyant flower borders and containers at Longwood Gardens
Longwood Gardens is a showplace designed to wow, especially in the colorful Flower Garden Walk and Compartment Gardens …
Into the sunflowers in Longwood’s meadow
I set off on Longwood Garden’s meadow trail in late afternoon, as the light slanted low through golden petals and tawny grasses …
Italian Water Garden, trees, and treehouses at Longwood Gardens
The sky-blue pools, jets and arcs of white water, and green lawn and trees of Longwood’s Italian Water Garden evoke a fairy-tale world …
Magical children’s garden and plant displays at Longwood’s conservatory
Longwood’s conservatories are amazing just for the architecture. But the plant showmanship within them is astonishing. Here’s the children’s garden and more …
Orchids, silver garden, and living walls at Longwood Gardens conservatory
Longwood Gardens’ conservatory wows with extravagant displays in the Orchid House, Silver Garden, and even its green-walled restrooms …
