4 Sep 2022

I’m on Cultivating Place talking about growing community, coping with climate change, and my fave plants

This week I’m on Cultivating Place, talking with host Jennifer Jewell about building a gardening community, how I got into gardening, my Garden Spark speaker series, gardening in the challenging conditions of Central Texas, coping with climate change, meeting Lady Bird Johnson one time, and my top 5 plants for Austin gardens.… Read More
11 Dec 2021

From the vault: Leaving your garden to strangers

Despite our neglect, or maybe thanks to it, the garden astonished us with a candy-cane colored display in the spring. Azaleas in pink, red, and white lined the foundation. The dogwoods scattered white and pink petals across the weedy lawn. The phlox—in parallel lines of alternating pink and white—invited passersby up the front steps. It was an amateur’s garden in the Latin sense of the word: loved, a garden someone had cherished for many years before it was relinquished—reluctantly, perhaps—to new ownership.… Read More
30 Jun 2020

I’m writing for Candide, a new website and app for U.S. gardeners

Candide, a website and social sharing app for gardeners, recently launched in the U.S., after first growing its user base in South Africa and the U.K. Now that U.S. gardeners have access, I’m happy to announce that I’m writing articles for the website and sharing more-personal gardening photos and posts via the app, which is kind of like Instagram for gardeners.… Read More

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