November 02, 2018
Garden stirrings
February 27, 2023 The freeze-damaged aloes (Aloe maculata) may have lost most of their fleshy arms, but check this out: they’re sending up flower spikes for spring anyway. Go, aloes, go! Here’s another one with just a couple “limbs,” but look at the size of that flower spike. These plants …
Organic sculptures by Steve Tobin at Houston Botanic Garden
At Houston Botanic Garden, an art exhibit by Steve Tobin plus subtle winter beauty make for a pleasant stroll …
Late-winter flora and fauna on my 17th blogiversary
Today is Digging’s blogiversary. I’ve been documenting my garden(s) — and gardens across the country, and beyond — for 17 years now …
Read This: Dry Climate Gardening
Dry Climate Gardening by Noelle Johnson shows just how colorful and plant-rich, yet waterwise, a desert garden can be …
Back to Beck’s majestic live oaks
Seeing these majestic, 400-year-old live oaks in Houston helped me forget tree woes from the ice storm back home in Austin …
Arbormageddon ice storm smites Austin’s trees
Austin’s trees took a pummeling last week, when the worst ice storm in 15 years struck. Arbormageddon, local wags soon dubbed it …
Thirsty cedar waxwings come in for a drink
Cedar waxwings were lined up along the rim of the fountain and dipping down to drink. All that berry hunting is hard work! …
Learn how to choose the right plants from Austin designer Mark Word
On 2/23 Austin designer Mark Word will show how to choose successful plant combos in the final Garden Spark talk of Season 6 …
Designer Nick McCullough shares American Roots at Garden Spark
Austin gardeners and designers turned out for Garden Spark on Thursday to hear designer Nick McCullough speak about American Roots …
One-of-a-kind design on the 2023 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 2
A jewel-box goth home (really!) was one of my favorites on the Tribeza Interiors Tour in Austin last Sunday. Here’s Part 2 …
Color-saturated homes on 2023 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 1
The quiet season for gardening makes the perfect season to focus on interiors — and attend Austin’s 2023 Tribeza Interiors Tour …
Layers of natural beauty, predators and prey, in Julia Lucey art
I’m in love with the enchanting art of Julia Lucey, who’s exhibiting her mixed media collages at Austin’s Wally Workman Gallery through 1/29 …
Stock tank returns to the Circle Garden – as a planter!
I’ve been outside. A lot. Ripping things up. The Circle Garden gets another makeover, and the central stock tank returns …
Zilker Tree spin on Christmas Eve
On a quiet Christmas Eve we visited the Zilker Holiday Tree, which has been lighting up Zilker Park just south of downtown Austin since 1967 …
