How to prune a crape myrtle
February 27, 2019 Guest post by Allen Owings, senior horticulturist at Bracy’s Nursery, a wholesale nursery in Louisiana. This article appeared on Bracy’s Nursery’s Facebook page and is republished here (with light editing) with permission. A mature, properly pruned allee of crape myrtles at Dallas Arboretum Crape myrtles are among ...
Shooting a garden in Death Star light and a PhotoBotanic GIVEAWAY
September 10, 2015 Saxon Holt guest posts today!Acclaimed garden photographer Saxon Holt regularly shares his expertise and inspir- ational images on his blog and at Gardening Gone Wild, helping to educate the next generation of garden photographers, many of whom, like myself, are bloggers or Instagram sharers. In addition to ...
Guest post: Graveside mementos at Austin Memorial Park in danger of being prohibited
May 25, 2014 Revolutionary War veteran’s tombstone in Concord, MAMemorial Day is about remembering and honoring our veterans, but it’s an appropriate time for remembering our loved ones as well — visiting their graves, placing tokens of remembrance there, sitting for a little while on a graveside bench. I used ...
Do More with Less Lawn: A guest post at Gardener’s Supply Company
February 11, 2014 Old Man Winter’s hoary fist may be clenched around much of the U.S., but (in a raspy Eddard Stark voice) spring is coming. Yes, it really is — and soon for those of us in the South, Southwest, and Southern CA. With lawn-mower and sprinkler season looming, ...
Lawn Gone! giveaway and my guest post at Garden Rant
August 15, 2013 “Lawns are for kids, right? After all, they need that big, green carpet to enjoy the outdoors. Would it be an exaggeration to say it borders on neglect not to keep a lawn for your children or grandchildren to play on?” So begins my guest post today ...
Guest posting at Martha Stewart Living's garden blog
October 18, 2010 I’m delighted to announce that I’m guest posting today on At Home in the Garden, the garden blog of MarthaStewart.com. I hope you’ll take the time to check it out. My thanks to garden editor Stacey Hirvela for inviting me to contribute a regional report. And if ...
Guest posting at Martha Stewart Living’s garden blog
October 18, 2010 I’m delighted to announce that I’m guest posting today on At Home in the Garden, the garden blog of MarthaStewart.com. I hope you’ll take the time to check it out. My thanks to garden editor Stacey Hirvela for inviting me to contribute a regional report. And if ...
A Call to Shovels! In Search of the Gen-X Garden
July 26, 2010 A guest post by Scott Calhoun Over the past year, I’ve been traveling around the interior West, speaking to gardening groups, and as I scan my audiences, I’ve become worried that the demographics of gardening do not bode well for the future of America’s favorite pastime. I ...
Digging on wowOwow.com
August 13, 2009 I’m excited to be featured on WOW today! Founded by Lesley Stahl, Whoopi Goldberg, Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin, and other well-known women in media, WOW — “The Women on the Web” — is an online network for women over 40. Recently WOW asked me and six other ...
Guest blogging at Garden Rant
March 01, 2007 Check out my guest post over at Garden Rant. I’m ranting about mixing cacti and agaves into the garden: “Just Deserts? No way! Cacti are for every garden.” ...