Fall at SummerHome Garden, Part 1
SummerHome Garden, a privately-owned public pocket park in Denver, is the brainchild of owner Lisa Negri and designer Kevin Philip Williams.… Read More
Julie Clark and Mae Sanchez’s desert-inspired garden
Inspired by a trip to the West Texas desert, Julie and Mae craved desert-style openness for their waterwise garden in South Austin.… Read More
Drive-By Gardens: Contemporary, lawn-gone front yard
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
A curbside garden for pollinators and all-year interest
Yellow sulphur butterflies flitted among zexmenia flowers last evening in this curbside garden in Austin’s Tarrytown neighborhood.… Read More
Surviving the record-breaking heat
Let’s celebrate the summer heat-wave survivors: succulents, sotols, yuccas, agaves, purple heart, woolly stemodia, and more!… Read More
Drive-By Gardens: Waterwise front yard on Castle Hill
A Castle Hill charmer with a sky-blue door and modern front yard of native and adapted plants made me hit the brakes for a closer look.… Read More
Springtime at Red Hills Desert Garden, part 2
I squeezed in a visit to Utah’s Red Hills Desert Garden during our big RV trip, and it dazzled with colorful desert flowers. Here’s part 2.… Read More