Mother Nature’s emissary, winter storm Elliott, swept through the US bringing rapidly plummeting temperatures and snow Dec 22-23rd. Here in Louisville, it went from 55F in the evening, to -5F the next morning. A 60 degree drop. The weather folks called this a flash freeze. Jeez. In 20+ years I have not seen the…
It seems two of us have been on holiday. Rather a contrast – one of us to the desert, and me to — Chipping Campden. Which is just about as far away as you’ll get me from home, and a long way from a desert. So if any of you think of visiting our garden…
It’s that first perfect spring day that happened to fall on a weekend and we’re all outside trying to get caught up. Our failings are so incredibly evident, but beside them, amongst them, beautiful little gems throughout the garden are calling out, hoping for some of the attention they deserve. Do we see them or…
Readers may recognize Colston Burrell as the garden designer, writer and speaker, perhaps best known for his knowledge of plants that are native to Bird Hill, his garden on a woodsy hillside near Charlottesville, Va. I had run into Cole at a conference or two but never seen his famous garden – until this spring…
Last week I shared photos of Colston Burrell’s garden near Charlottesville, Va. and promised to show off two amazing gardens in that historic city. Here ya go! The Garden of Podcaster Leslie Harris I visited Charlottesville at the invitation of Leslie Harris (no relation) whose podcast I’d been catching up with since we met in…
Classic Beach Hydrangeas THIS is the classic beach landscape of my childhood memories, formed while visiting the charming, family-friendly Buckroe Beach in Virginia. The cottages there were much smaller but I remember them with mophead hydrangeas along the front. These days my beach trips are in spring and fall, before and after hydrangeas bloom, and…
Folks around here have taken to calling it the “Boxwood Winter.” Named for that fabled Dec. 23, 2022 day when we were all waiting for Santa Claus and an artic blast flew in instead dropping the temperatures 50 degree in twelve hours. Heavy winds. Sub-zero readings. Frozen rain. Death or serious injuries to our all…
Readers are likely used to my talking about Garden Walk Buffalo at this time of year. The big walk is this weekend (7/29-30); it is the grand finale to a month of Open Gardens and smaller regional tours – almost all free and almost all uncurated. You don’t have to do anything to be…
I’ll be brief. I just want to have a short rant. This could be the place for that?! We just went to a local art and craft exhibition. And there, on display, no doubt with gardens in mind, were several statues of naked women. Which reminded me just how much I do not want to…
You may recognize this photo of podcaster Leslie Harris’s garden in Charlottesville, VA from my visit in early April. Well, it wasn’t long after that that Leslie announced that she and husband Jeff were MOVING. And not just selling the masterpiece she’d created over nine years, but downsizing BIG-TIME, from this almost-acre lot to a…
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