cool gardens in a hot climate™
June 12, 2024I walked by this home in my northwest Austin ‘hood the other day and — bam! — the landscaping stopped me in my tracks. A silver-green planting of whale’s tongue agave, woolly stemodia, and grassy Lindheimer nolina (I … Read More
Cindy Bolz loves Japanese maples and is growing sixty — sixty! — in her serene, Asian-style garden in Farmers Branch, Texas.… Read More
I finally got to visit Michael McDowell’s Plano prairie garden in springtime. Purple coneflowers were stealing the show.… Read More
Suzy Renz’s Dallas garden offers happy curb appeal. Potted plants and a found-art sculpture draw you toward the front porch.… Read More
Deborah Hornickel’s tiny bungalow lives larger by extending her living space outdoors with a pear allee and other architectural features.… Read More
Tanglewild is a botanical fantasia unlike any other garden in Austin, with palms, bananas, cannas, and daylilies galore.… Read More
Flowers are blooming and fawns are appearing in the garden. It’s the transition from spring to summer, a time of abundance.… Read More
A colorful patch of wildflowers greeted me in Teresa Garcia’s garden. Edibles, a pond garden, chickens, bees, and a tortoise thrive here too.… Read More
Colleen mourned her old garden for a while. Then she realized she didn’t mind having a smaller yard. It was, in fact, exactly what she wanted.… Read More
The stone walls of a century-old sheep pen in Blanco, Texas, give structure and history to the country garden of James and Nancy Robinson.… Read More
You wouldn’t expect to find a huge prairie garden so close to downtown Austin that blue-glass skyscrapers peek over the treetops.… Read More
Lori Daul’s South Austin garden is an oasis with numerous water features, beautiful plants, and a moody blue color scheme.… Read More
I’ve been busy lately, but every day I stop and breathe deep in my own garden, taking in the green freshness of the season.… Read More
Chris Vincent and Nicolas Webster planted a bursting-with-wildflowers backyard prairie garden, accented with two small crevice gardens.… Read More