November 02, 2018
Greensleeves Nursery featuring native plants opens in Pflugerville
Greensleeves Nursery wears its love of native Texas plants on its sleeve. The new Pflugerville nursery brings native plants to North Austin …
Danny Bravens on self-sustaining Texas gardens for Garden Spark
Designer Danny Bravens gave a fascinating Garden Spark presentation about creating self-sustaining gardens in Central Texas …
Look for my plant picks in Fine Gardening
Fine Gardening features “Plants with the Best Spring Color,” and I contributed four plant picks as their regional expert from the Southwest …
Spring is coming around
What a change from a week or two ago. It was a sunny 82 F today in Austin — fully spring-like and more like late March than late February …
Read This: Bedrock, plus BOOK GIVEAWAY
Late one summer’s day, I fell into a dreamworld known as Bedrock Gardens. And now owner Jill Nooney has written a book about its creation. Here’s my review plus a book giveaway! …
Exposed limestone and winter foliage in my garden
A squid agave in a fluted pot is the queen of the garden each sunny afternoon, when light outlines her tentacled arms …
Come hear a talk on lawn-free xeriscaping by Austin designer Danny Bravens
Join me on March 6th for a Garden Spark talk on xeriscaping by Danny Bravens, founder and lead landscape designer of Native Son Gardens …
Austin homes on 2025 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 3
Let’s explore more homes on the 10th annual Tribeza Interiors Tour, a tour of Austin homes that shows off the work of interior designers …
Austin homes on 2025 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 2
I’m a maximalist with a weakness for bold design moves. You’ll see lots of them today in Part 2 of the 10th annual Tribeza Interiors Tour …
Austin homes on 2025 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 1
Last weekend I went on the 10th annual Tribeza Interiors Tour, a tour of beautiful Austin homes that shows off the work of interior designers …
Late-winter mosey around the garden
Despite the cold snaps, winter is one of my favorite seasons in my Texas garden. Beauty is still out there if you look …
A limestone entry walk with agaves and yucca
A front garden with a limestone entry walk and terracing caught my eye in Austin’s Tarrytown neighborhood last weekend …
Wildflowers and waterfalls at Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier’s 14,410-ft peak is an active volcano capped with glaciers. Last July, I photographed wildflowers on its flanks …
Turquoise lakes, waterfalls in North Cascades National Park
In North Cascades, Diablo Lake’s milky turquoise color is caused by glacial silt that hangs in the water and refracts light …
