November 02, 2018
Checking out the new Academic Quad at Rice
This Owl flew back to Rice University in Houston for Homecoming and to check out the newly redesigned Academic Quad …
Sculpted berms at Bouldin Castle inspired by land art and Kauai
At Austin’s Bouldin Castle, designer John Garrett has created a fantasy-scape of berms inspired by land artists and Hawaii …
Austin’s Harry Potter house, plus IT homage, for Halloween
At Diagon Alley Austin, one family displays jaw-dropping constructions from the Harry Potter series in their front yard …
Boots on the ground in Mike Kintgen’s Denver garden
Perennials, grasses, and evergreens encircle a small lawn, which Mike Kintgen retains to make his garden legible to lawn-loving neighbors …
Come hear a talk by Plano prairie gardener Michael McDowell in Austin
Join me on 11/14 for a Garden Spark talk by Michael McDowell, better known as @PlanoPrairieGarden on his blog and Instagram …
Lucinda Hutson celebrates life for Day of the Dead
Lucinda Hutson decorates joyfully for Day of the Dead, displaying traditional sugar skulls and skeletons throughout her purple house …
After the corn maze at Chatfield Farms
A cornfield maze tempted us to trek out to Chatfield Farms, a native plant refuge and working farm that’s part of Denver Botanic Gardens …
Jennifer Jewell’s Garden Spark talk sows seeds of garden inspiration
Jennifer Jewell, creator and host of Cultivating Place podcast, was the kickoff speaker for Season 8 of Garden Spark in Austin last night …
Gold in them thar hills: Aspen season in the Rockies
In all my visits to Colorado, I’d never seen aspens turning gold or elk bugling. Now I have, thanks to a late September trip …
Falling for SummerHome Garden, Part 2
SummerHome is owned by Lisa Negri, who in 2019 bought the house next door to hers, tore it down, and created a public waterwise garden …
Fall at SummerHome Garden, Part 1
SummerHome Garden, a privately-owned public pocket park in Denver, is the brainchild of owner Lisa Negri and designer Kevin Philip Williams …
Screech owl still hanging around
The screech owl hangs out in the owl box each day, dozing in the doorway each morning or alert but relaxed each evening …
Julie Clark and Mae Sanchez’s desert-inspired garden
Inspired by a trip to the West Texas desert, Julie and Mae craved desert-style openness for their waterwise garden in South Austin …
A screech owl in the new box
A screech owl has been hanging out in the new owl box for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I finally spotted it! …
