When you pick up a copy of the Summer 2018 issue of Garden Design magazine — even better, subscribe to this no-ads, in-depth-writing, photo-rich quarterly magazine — you’ll find 144 pages of gardening goodness, including two articles I’d like to draw your attention to.

“Into the Woods” is an article I wrote about a rural New York garden created by the irrepressible Mark Veeder, who began planting before he’d even closed on the house.

Photo by Claire Takacs

At his property in upstate New York, Mark Veeder has created what can only be described as a plant-lover’s dream. Here, ‘Big Daddy’ and ‘Sum and Substance’ hostas, astilbe, and pink-blooming Filipendula rubra add cottage-garden charm. Climbing hydrangea, sparkling with white flowers, surrounds the trunk of a tree at right. —Garden Design magazine

Texas readers, you’ll be especially interested in “Backyard Oasis,” an article about the personal garden of one of my favorite Austin designers, B. Jane. B.’s garden was included on the recent Garden Bloggers Fling tour, which I helped organize, so you might have seen recent photos on various bloggers’ websites. The photos in the magazine, taken by Austin photographer Ryann Ford, feature B.’s cutie-pie dog Brisket swimming in the pool.

Photo by Ryann Ford

“If you want a relaxing garden to just enjoy, you need three things: low-maintenance plants, privacy, and durable materials that don’t require a lot of upkeep.” —B. Jane of B. Jane Gardens. At her garden in Austin, Texas, B. Jane and her husband turned a neglected suburban property into an oasis designed for enjoyment and rejuvenation rather than active gardening. —Garden Design magazine

I hope you enjoy my article, and I’m off to read the rest of the magazine myself right now!

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