Stories of gardening, including design, techniques, and the occasional “how-to.”
and yes, it came with a disaster or two. The yew hedges grew and the issue arose - what would we fill the spaces that they gave us with? [...]
My name is Ben, and I am a professional gardener. Some might consider me lucky; some might feel sorry for me. A career in gardening is something many look down [...]
Guest Post by Stephanie Sheffield Stephanie Sheffield is a neurologist who has been designing and making gardens across the US and New Zealand for the past 30 years, specializing in [...]
A perfect late summer day: sleeve-fluttering breeze, a few puffy clouds in a powder-blue sky, pleasantly temperate temperature—it’s finally happening. The pure bliss of just being outdoors is all the [...]
Everyone has their own style of gardening, I tell myself. Try to be more tolerant, I tell myself. Admit that you’re in no position to throw even the tiniest pebble, [...]
Welcome to the inside of my head after a busy growing season when I’m trying to remember why I choose to keep gardening. Please indulge me a bit of self [...]
Roses - yes, we've got roses! The photos are not very rosey, but this is August. The anemones are the star right now. So we do have roses, [...]
We were wild when everyone else was tame. Here is The Wild Garden with a clunky arrow showing you where you’d find it. Sometimes the idea of clearing ground [...]
My good news is that Veddw Garden is one of 100 gardens in the new RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) book: RHS Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland: Your Guide to [...]
I am half way around the back nine and stuck on a recurring theme of what my last garden might look like. I can only imagine— smaller. Is gardening [...]
Unfortunately, for me, it’s easier to feel bad about my garden than good. Rather than enjoy what’s right, I have trained myself to look for what’s wrong. Every walkthrough, I’m [...]
At this point in the summer, I’m not yet bringing out the big guns when it comes to the weeds. As the 4th of July holiday reminded us, independence and [...]
