Italian Water Garden, trees, and treehouses at Longwood Gardens
The sky-blue pools, jets and arcs of white water, and green lawn and trees of Longwood’s Italian Water Garden evoke a fairy-tale world.… Read More
Magical children’s garden and plant displays at Longwood’s conservatory
Longwood’s conservatories are amazing just for the architecture. But the plant showmanship within them is astonishing. Here’s the children’s garden and more.… Read More
Orchids, silver garden, and living walls at Longwood Gardens conservatory
Longwood Gardens’ conservatory wows with extravagant displays in the Orchid House, Silver Garden, and even its green-walled restrooms.… Read More
Early autumn at Hedgleigh Spring garden
Charles Cresson is the 4th generation of his family to reside at Hedgleigh Spring, expanding on the garden created by his grandfather.… Read More
Philadelphia Area Fling and Andrew Bunting’s Belvidere
Andrew Bunting indulges his love of tropical foliage in his Swarthmore garden, Belvidere, which was part of the Philadelphia Area Fling tour.… Read More
Agaves by sun and blue moon
As I’ve been waiting for the summer from hell to break, I’ve been admiring stalwart agaves, which look good day or night.… Read More
Twilight in Cat’s garden
A late-summer evening in my friend Cat’s garden is serene and lovely, as twilight hides the summer scorch we’re all seeing in our gardens.… Read More
Hot summer survivors and new book news
Texas gardening is tough. But even with 2 months of surface-of-the-sun temps and zero rain, some plants are happy. Plus, new book news!… Read More
Michael Eason’s desert garden retreat
While in West Texas a couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting designer and author Michael Eason’s garden in Alpine.… Read More
A healing garden in West Texas
Father Mike and Susan Wallens turned their expansive Alpine, Texas, backyard into a garden for spiritual healing and outreach in the community.… Read More
Robert Bellamy’s upcycled Marfa garden
The fun, upcycled garden of Dallas designer Robert Bellamy in the art mecca of Marfa, located in far West Texas.… Read More
Surviving the record-breaking heat
Let’s celebrate the summer heat-wave survivors: succulents, sotols, yuccas, agaves, purple heart, woolly stemodia, and more!… Read More
Drive-By Gardens: Waterwise front yard on Castle Hill
A Castle Hill charmer with a sky-blue door and modern front yard of native and adapted plants made me hit the brakes for a closer look.… Read More
Drive-By Garden: Waterwise front yard and patio
In East Austin I spotted this attractive waterwise front yard and patio with feathergrass, hesperaloe, firecracker fern, and fall aster.… Read More