Man oh man. If I haven’t talked much about my garden lately, here, on Facebook or Twitter, it’s because my garden is mostly depressing this year. Why? Because we’ve had appallingly few soaking rains since June, along with heat and humidity that’d make ANY good Southerner request a cold drink. It’s brutal out there, and [...]

On January 1, 2010, I launched Garden Smackdown, and what a trip it’s been. OK, so it hasn’t quite been six months, but you’ve probably noticed I’m in the thick of the growing season as we speak, and I want to get this in print before I get busy and forget. So what’s happened with [...]

Lately, like once a week, I hear about Doug Tallamy’s Bringing Nature Home. First it was my Connecticut designer friend Scott Hokunson, then I noticed Tallamy was speaking at two conferences I wanted to go to, then again in the newsletter of Plants Nouveau president Angela Treadwell Palmer. I’m accredited in organic land care through [...]

ATTN: landscape designers and architects who don’t so much care for plants: hi! I’m a landscape designer too, and I love nothing more than a fat, juicy plant list, chock full of sophisticated flora, many natives, most low-care and all low-water. May I help with yours? Just say the word. Lists are one way I [...]