Make a Garden Lighthouse
I decided to revisit the instructions I wrote a few years ago for creating a lighthouse garden ornament using a galvanized chicken feeder. You can make one for the garden or as table decorations for a special event. You need: The galvanized chicken feeder. Soil for...
Planning A Cutting Garden
You want to be able to cut a few flowers and stick them in a row of bottles above your kitchen sink. Perhaps you want to snip some colorful blooms in the garden and take them in for your desk at work. Or maybe you want to be able to create garden arrangements for a...
I Love American Holly
Imagine: Beth and John loved the stand of American holly trees in their backyard. On summer evenings the light grey trunks were visible as they sat on their patio. In the winter Beth loved how the green holly leaves blocked the view of the bare hedge and her...
Flowers in February
If you like picking small bouquets for the house, you don’t have to give up this practice just because it’s the middle of winter. In many parts of the country you can have flowers in bloom in every month of the year. Here are just some of the plants that...
Words To Live By via Dorotheanthus bellidiformis ‘Mezoo Trailing Red’
Imagine: Sara had too much on her plate. Her in-laws were coming for dinner over the weekend, her boss had just assigned her the campaign he was supposed to be running, and she was hosting a fairy-theme birthday party for her daughter in two weeks. This on top of the...
How To Make Twig Hearts
Sunpatiens: a Flower-Making Machine
Imagine: Dedee walked through the display garden with an eye on the plants but her mind on her new patio. It was going to be her first outdoor room and it was nearly complete. She’d have space for 2 lounge chairs so that she and her BFF could relax and talk with...
A Visit To Patch of Heaven Gardens
First of all, huge thanks to the FNGLA for making my visit to Patch of Heaven Gardens possible. They were kind enough to arrange for a group of garden communicators to visit several horticultural sites in Florida in January 2017. It was an amazing experience. In this...
Emilia Javanica, Tassel Flower & Irish Poet
Imagine: Sandra loved pastels, so naturally when she planted a flower garden, those are the colors she chose. She bought annuals and perennials that were lavender, pink and white. True blue blossoms were hard to find, but the hydrangeas in the back of her flowerbed...