November 02, 2018
Athena the great horned owl nesting again at the Wildflower Center
A great horned owl has been nesting at the Wildflower Center for 15 years, laying her eggs each spring in a planter niche high on a wall …
Found-art sculpture, bejeweled gnome village in Tom’s garden, Part 2
In Tom Ellison’s garden, gnomes make jeweled flowers, and Tom’s found-art sculptures shine among plants and pots …
Cottage garden charm in Tom’s Tarrytown garden, Part 1
In the cottage garden of artist Tom Ellison and his wife, Pat, spuria iris, sweet peas, and pickerel weed make a springtime tapestry …
Cactus flowers, lizards, and another owl sighting
What I’ve seen this week: a nesting screech owl, battling skinks, wren, lounging lizard, cactus flowers, and more! …
Wildflowers, donkeys, and old-sign magic at Katie Bird Farm
A tour of Kay Angermann and Julie Nelson’s utterly charming Katie Bird Farm, a hobby farm and garden in southwest Austin …
Edgeland House, where the wild things are
Edgeland House tucks into a bluff above the Colorado River, and a triangular green roof of prairie plants insulates the sunken home …
Screech owl nesting in new owl box
LOOK! An owl! I believe we have a nesting female in our front-yard owl box. There’s another screech owl hanging out in the trees – her mate …
Hopping over to Ruthie’s hilltop garden
Last week, I hopped over to Ruthie Burrus’s garden, where colorful wildflowers bloom around spiky agaves and yuccas–and one big rabbit …
Wildflower safari east to Independence
When Lisa Negri of SummerHome in Denver came to visit and told me she’d never seen bluebonnets, I made it my mission to find us some blue …
Read This: The Texas Native Plant Primer
A new book about Texas native plants is one of the best I’ve read: The Texas Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden …
Purple passion and roses in Lucinda’s garden
When April’s roses unfurl their soft petals, Lucinda whips up Purple Passion cocktails and invites friends over to enjoy the spring spectacle …
Not feeling cross about crossvine in bloom, and more!
When ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine goes, it goes. Ka-boom! An explosion of orange trailing along the coyote fence …
Spring swinging into the Wildflower Center
Visiting the Wildflower Center to see what’s in bloom and support the launch of Andrea DeLong-Amaya’s book, The Texas Native Plant Primer …
Come hear a talk on making an urban wildlife oasis by Lisa Negri
Central Texas gardeners, join me on 4/10 at 7:30 pm for a Garden Spark talk by Lisa Negri, the visionary owner of SummerHome Garden …
