Diary of a New Landscape – Part II And It Begins! The most exciting part of creating a new landscape is clearing the land. You’ve looked at it and looked …
Diary of a New Landscape A successful landscape design starts with a good conversation and a lot of dreams. But how to put it all together? In …
When Your Garden Becomes Your Passion Every part of Kelly and Jim McDaniels’ garden is carefully planned with love…..and a glass of wine or two. Each evening they …
Summer Solstice Summer Solstice! The first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Lovely memories of a past summer solstice for …
What’s Blooming Now? Summer Perennials Summer Phlox, one of the earliest summer perennials, is just starting to bloom and already the butterflies are getting their nectar! Because …
Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies When you have hummingbirds and butterflies in your garden you feel as though you have a REAL garden! They dance on a …
4 Tips to Design Your Garden Have you decided THIS is the year to design your garden? You’re probably inundated with all the new gardening catalogs filled with …
Plant a Spring Walk for Romance Fall is the Time to Plant a Spring Walk Last fall I planted a Spring Walk in my backyard, inspired by the …
Heather for Year ’round Color and Design Heather is one of my all-time favorite plants for adding texture and color to the garden year ’round. And it has a …
Highgrove Organic Gardens The organic gardens at Highgrove are world renowned for their sustainability and biodiversity. The gardens are located in one of my favorite places …